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(05-10-2012, 01:41 AM)Flofocus Wrote: I'm gonna say its starting price is $29 900. It is "more car" than a BRZ/FRS after all.

Well we have some info now that we can use to do some presumptive math; for example we know that for the past year or so the exchange rate has been in and around par, and we know what the relationship is between US pricing and Canadian pricing on the current Focus is - so let's do some extrapolation.

Notwithstanding any package or content differences the Canadian Focus ranges from 6% below US pricing (base S Sedan) and 7% above US pricing (base Titanium hatch) and that the average price differential on all Focus models is 1.8% higher for Canadian models.

So then doing the math, you could assume that a Stage 1 in Canada might range between 23,025 and 26,209 and based on the average, could come in at 24,935.

Same numbers for Stage 2: 25,267 - 28,762 (27,663)

Stage 3: 27,194 - 30,955 (29,450)

Personally I don't see how Ford Canada could get away with charging a premium of 10% over US pricing, but even if they did that would put the ST at a range of 26,945 to 31,823 for the Stage 3.

So doing the math this way it looks like the ST will start well under 30k.