The Ford Edge has transformed and acquired a version of ST

11 January 2018

Horses and speeds became more

Sales of the current version of the Ford Edge began in the USA in 2014. Since then four years have passed, it's time to update this mid-size SUV. In anticipation of the opening of the Detroit motor show, the American manufacturer has just revealed a facelifted version, but also told about the first in the history of the model version of ST.

Edge got significantly transformed the face. Front looking at us new full led headlights (they will be included in basic equipment), modified octagonal grille and a different bumper. The rear lights lost their connecting led thread and found a new filling, although the overall shape has not changed.

The base version of the Ford Edge still provided a two-liter gasoline turbo engine. He was a bit modernized, so that now develops 253 "horse", five more than before. Much more important is that instead of a six-speed "automatic" came an eight. The lever of switching of modes of the automatic transmission gave way to a spinning washer.

The main premiere will be release ST. This is famous for other "Ford" acronym (Sports Technologies) was first applied to the family Edge. However, differences from previously Edge Sport not so much. It has the same 2.7-litre V6 twin-turbo, although its numbers have increased to 340 horsepower and 515 N·m (up from 320 HP and 475 N·m). In addition, a revised chassis tuning.

While Ford calls price updated Edge. But we are not particularly important: the last time the Ford Edge sold in Russia a few years ago, and it was the car of the previous generation, hastily received localized Assembly at the end of his life in the United States. Even before the crisis, 2014, the sale was void because of the mistakes marketers (Edge imported in a single configuration, moreover cost almost as much as the larger Explorer). So the updated version of the American crossover is unlikely to ever reach our country.