It was not hard decision...I drove and liked the Focus ST, but it was just a little too big for what I had in mind...that includes autocrossing and rocketing around some of the fun and challenging roads in Eastern TN and neighboring N.C. My nephew bought the Focus ST and loves it. Not to take anything away from that and because I didn't need a "daily driver", I decided that the Fiesta ST was my best choice. The biggest disappointment is the long lead times between ordering and ETA a car (there is another thread here that explores to that topic). As for pricing, I haven't seen Focus ST pricing being discounted here, so the Fiesta ST pricing is still slotted just below the Focus in this area.
One more interesting fact...last weekend's edition of the Wall Street Journal included a front page article titled "Auto Makers Rebound as Buyers Go Big". It's worth a read, and within all the data reported, Ford announced that for December, sales of sub-compact cars fell...Fiesta sales were off by 20% and Focus was off by 31%. The implication by the writer was that small car sales will be displaced by increases in larger cars and trucks. I hope Ford doesn't decide to throttle back on ST's as a result.