When I drove an early 2013 Focus ST with 2.0L, I would describe the test drive with 2 words "torque steer". But that was driving very aggressively playing with it. After owning a 2014 ST for 8 years now, I can tell you torque steer is only an issue if you are racing. Dumping the clutch with high RPMs from a dead stop, or turning from a dead stop while mashing the gas. Or maybe in the rain or snow.I have a 2016 Ford Fiesta ST with a 197 horsepower ecoboost engine and 230 lb of torque. It is a very entertaining car! You can make it torque steer, but to do so you have to be trying to go damn fast. It is more obvious when you are also trying to corner hard, not a situation that is likely to occur very often in typical truck use. My two cents worth.
Without the manual transmission and summer performance tires from Focus ST, you will probbaly never feel any noticeable torque steer. Automatic transmissions communicate with the engine and probably with steering input as well to minimize this, and there is also yaw control with braking and AWD to help with this as well.
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