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We review the Ford Fiesta ST200 from price to economy and all its features

APPARENTLY it takes just 0.2 seconds to fall in love.

Let me explain. The chemical dopamine, which gives us those unpredictable warm flushes when we see someone we fancy, takes just 0.2 seconds to be produced by the brain.

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The brain then sends it surging to, ahem, other parts of our body.

We feel fuzzy, get tongue tied and so on.

It is a hugely powerful reaction that explodes in just 0.2 seconds. It is how the science world explains the phenomenon of “love at first sight”.

To me it’s how I explain those cripplingly embarrassing moments in mixed swimming classes at school.

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And while 0.2 seconds doesn’t sound like much, in fact a lot can happen.

Ford knows this. Because if you were to crunch the numbers on the new Fiesta ST200 — which has shaved just 0.2 seconds off the 0-62 time of the standard version — you might not think it is worth the extra three grand Ford is asking for it. But believe me, it is.