Ford sends the ST hatchback to Jay Leno's garage. Accompanying the five-door hatch is its chief engineer, Jamal Hameedi.

Hameedi and Leno walk us through the finer points of what makes the ST special, from bigger brakes to torque vectoring and a manual transmission and the 252hp and 270 pound feet of torque from the 2.0 liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine.

Watch the video below to see what Leno thinks of the global Focus ST.