I personally find this set of pictures pretty exciting. It suggests that the ST is getting ever closer to production. It's fun to see the production colors in a setting more real than the "flash" colors on the ST website. The white is stunning. Screaming tangerine looks better than I thought it would - I could see myself driving that color. Still wishing that Ford was offering the pearl red and charcoal metallic that look so terrific on the Focus Titanium. But all of the colors seem to look great.
I've been looking at the hood gap on production Focus when I run across them in parking lots, etc. lately. While it seems a bit large, it looks just fine in person. So, I'm not particularly concerned about the gap.
It's a little bittersweet to see this great photo set with multiple pictures of Jost Capito, only to learn that he is leaving Ford for VW. My sense is that Jost has been the heart behind the Focus ST program. I'm sorry to see him go.