Ford Escort 1.6 Si

...new sporty Escort, as Ford started to appeal as a more upclass car manufacturer in the mid 1990's. "Si" seemed to look far more 9ct gold and diamonté to the XR3i's real-gold-plate and plastic gems. The car itself is a functional mk5 Escort. (Si's in mk5 are quite rare,) I've always quietly admired the look of the mk5 Escort. I much prefer it to the "sad-fish" styling of the mk6, which was copied wholesale onto the mk4 Fiesta too… Ford have reduced, ...
...10w/40 in the handbook, however Ford where quick to supersede this with 5w/30. The Zetec is a free-revving engine. Depending on the engine size shifts the torque considerably, the 1.6 versions have a high torque band, and the 2.0 version have the torque band in a place you wouldn't expect in a 16v petrol engine, which is much further down. The 1.8 seems to sit about right though, generating maximum torque around the 4500 rev mark. The gearbox fitted ...

benham 07.05.2008 · Read full review
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...the institution that is a Ford Escort. I spent my formative driving years in an Astra and a Peugeot 306 so was well aware of what to expect for this size car. The category of this opinion may have led the more astute among you to realise that an Escort finally won through. ::The Escort:: Remarkably Escorts have been with us, in one guise or another, since 1968 and have only recently been taken out of production by their much-improved replacement, ...
...It has the standard Ford 1600 – 16 valve EFI engine, although buying an N-Reg will get you the updated Zetec engine identical to those in the Focus. The Si badge just means I get a few extras, that all-important spoiler, metallic paint and some white racing dials on the looks side although more importantly an alarm and immobiliser and drivers airbag are fitted as standard as well. My seven-year-old car (when purchased) had an average mileage ...

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The Ford Escort 1.6Si I am reviewing is a 1996 three-door model. The car is distinguished from models such as the LX by the standard presence of a body-coloured front spoiler with fog lamps, a honeycomb front grille, a rear tailgate spoiler, sports seats, leather-trimmed steering wheel and white-backed instruments. Later models also had standard five-spoke alloy wheels, but mine was fitted with a set of fairly dull Ford trims. The spoilers, grille ...
...me! Slightly embarrasingly, the Ford Escort "featured" on the BBC2 quiz show, Petrolhead's blind parking challenge, was the very same model... == Driving == A reasonable drive with slightly stiffened suspension compared to the Escort LX and Ghia models, giving fairly sharp handling. This was at the expense of ride comfort, which was quite harsh over bumps. Steering felt reasonably precise - better than a Golf but not a patch on a 306 or the later ...

kah123 05.03.2006 (06.03.2006) · Read full review
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Ford Escort 1.6 SI I have had my escort for 9 months and purchased it from a lady who had the car for 6 years and travelled just 20,000 miles over 6 years and came with lots of history. BAD POINTS: are bodywork it failed its mot on welding on the rear sill and alo needed welding on both rear chasis legs - Ford seem to be very good for cheap reliable motoring but the body work in pre 2000 models realy leave a lot to be discussed, because of this ...
...be to replace with genuine ford parts as there are cheaper after market ones but these dont last as long and considering each time you have to have these replaced you also need to re-track the cars wheels which again is an additional cost. The car handles better on a roads and motorways than it does around town there is a lot of body roll and being the SI model the suspension is very stiff so you will feel the pot hols a bit more, but its never ...

jamiebarrow 21.02.2009 (20.11.2007) · Read full review
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I bought one of these cars secondhand, and have had very little problems with it. It always starts and has never let me down. The only problem i have had is with the indicator/light stalk. Sometimes the contacts stop working, which means its best to replace the whole stalk which is not very costly. This probably would only happen with an older car due to wear and tear. Other than that, i have over 100,000 miles on the clock, and it just keeps going ...
...keep going. On long journeys it is very economical still. The interior of the SI is very sporty, including white clocks, sports seats, and on the exterior a spoiler and nice wheels. The sports suspension makes it very good on corners and roundabouts. The MK6 3 door SI is a nice looking car, nice curves and spacious inside. For a second hand car, this would be a good buy. ...

Pudden123 18.03.2005 · Read full review
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