就在几周前，谍照记者首次拍到了下一代福特嘉年华，从照片看，该车更像一辆嘉年华ST。而从最近这次拍到的照片看，该车的车身看起来与上次拍到的差不多，但有几处小地方暗示这可能是一款更高性能的版本。该车的最大变化是在散热器格栅的后面，谍照记者称，这是油温冷却器，但也有可能是中冷。这款车采用了重度伪装，但ST版本的格栅上部看起来更大，很可能介乎于福克斯和和福克斯ST之间。而该车的扰流器也比几周前拍到的嘉年华更大，但由于角度不好，无法比较。通常情况下，轮圈最是暴露该车真实身份的地方，但这款车不是这样。无论是ST还是标准版都采用了现行版ST的轮圈——五辐轮圈为标准版，而多辐轮圈为ST版本。福特试图掩盖更大的刹车盘，因而用黑色多辐轮圈来替代，但前轮刹车盘和卡钳并不大。嘉年华和嘉年华ST预计将作为2018款车型上市，这两款车很可能会在明年法兰克福车展首次亮相。

 

2018 Ford Fiesta ST spotted looking sporty

Only a few weeks after spotting the next-generation Ford Fiesta for the first time, we've snagged shots of what might be the new Fiesta ST. While its body looks broadly similar to the regular hatchback we saw earlier this month, there are a few small hints that this car will serve as a hotter entry.

 

The biggest giveaway sits behind the lower grille. Our spies call it an oil cooler but it might be an intercooler. The camouflage is heavy, but the upper grille looks bigger on the ST, like the difference between the Focus and the Focus ST. And the spoiler on this car looks bigger than the Fiesta we saw a few weeks back, but we don't have the best angle for making a comparison.

 

Usually, wheels are a big giveaway about a car's true nature, but not in this case. Both this ST and the standard car we saw a couple weeks ago wear current Fiesta ST's wheels – five spokes on the normal car and multi-spokes for the ST. Ford could have been trying to hide larger brakes with the black multi-spokes, but the front rotors and calipers don't look bigger.

 

The Fiesta, like the Fiesta ST, is expected to be a 2018 model-year vehicle. That would imply a debut late next year, perhaps at the Frankfurt Motor Show.