Got my wife an st3 focus last spring . It is her daily driver and I do not drive it much . The other day I took it out for a run the same route I do in the Boxster and EVO . The car makes good power but the handling is not so good . I damn near crapped myself , odd body roll and weird steering , felt unbalanced . no confidence at all with this thing. My 10 year old boxster will destroy this thing with handling . all in all The ST is a nice car for the money but you would most certainly crash it if you drove it like a boxster . Don't tell my wife i said that.