Ford Escort Finesse 1.6 Estate

...describe this (or any other) Ford baffles me. Just look at the badge on the tailgate. The word finesse looks as though it has been haphazardly stuck on, rather than delicately worked into the design. In all honesty, finesse is a word that I would never associate with a Ford. you will see my reasons for this statement throughout this opinion. I am writing this opinion in the main as an observer from the passenger seat. My father owns the car and ...
...Finesse when I worked at Ford though. I will be able to give a good run down of the features of the car, but when I describe things like the handling, I am putting my father's views from the questions that I put to him earlier. The car... Well, it's a standard W-reg Ford Escort 1.6 Finesse Estate. That is not a typo, although Ford stopped making the Escort some time ago now, most dealers still have several unregistered Escorts on the forecourt. ...

bigdgaff 05.02.2002 · Read full review
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...be replaced by the Focus, Ford had been making Escorts for at least 25 years so you would think it would be fairly safe to assume that they would have got it right by then. Well did they? I personally would have to say yes, they did. Although it's difficult to get that excited about (it is really a family car after all), the Finesse is a rather good little car which does exactly what it says on the tin perfectly well and a whole lot more. The engine ...
...however, its a different story. Ford have quite a bad name for making cars which rust badly but they seem to have conquered these problems. As part of the warranty my car had a three year anti-corrosion guarantee, meaning that if any rust appeared on the car within 36 months, you could drive round to the local Ford dealer and freely abuse the salesman to your heart's content. Any rust appearing on the body could be a sign of sub-standard accident ...

rockandrollstar 23.01.2003 (24.02.2003) · Read full review
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Review of Ford Escort Finesse 1.6 Estate

This has been a lovely first car for me.. When things go wrong most garages can help you out as parts are very common. It is very cheap and easy to upgrade/change parts of the car to suite your requirements. I would recommend this to first time buyers or anyone wishing to take advantage of the large boot (which is even bigger if you put the back seats down)! If you are a maintenance man or part time DIY'er this is perfect. This car has been very ...

turner3769 17.02.2007 · Read full review
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Ive owned my car now for 2 years. It still looks sharp and pretty especially for a 8 year old car. I have the 1.6 Zetec engine and must say i find it to be perfect, reasonably economic if driven sensibly, a comfortable on or around motorway spped limits, quick when pushed and its started first time everytime. overall cannoit fault the engine at all its even quiet. the suspension is dated and not up to modern cars standards. its bumpy and you feel ...
...you need to turn on a roundabout etc it doesnt roll and does grip well. i suppose that the flipside to a harsh ride, not comfortable but fun to drive. overall a comfortable car which fits plenty of stuff in the boot and children in the back. Looks good and had no problems with reliability. A fun car to drive however i have heard that its 2 star NCAP crash rating is not very impressive (so dont crash it). ...

chibbsy 18.06.2006 · Read full review
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they are not to bad allrounders good for distance or short trips, they look great if you want to put body kits on them, only for the boy racers,ive recently purchased mine for a very low sum of dosh within 2 weeks of having it ,the car is now snaking from 1 side of the road to the other, not sure what that is yet, the heater fan has stoped working,and i cant unlock it from drivers door it has air con which was working, not now because of the fan. ...
...a couple of hundread but at the mo i do not have time, i did not pay much for it on a p reg, but it belonged to an ederly gent which he looked after it, so not sure y its all gone pots up . any way do not be put off by this as i think im unlucky to have the things go wrong. the car is great it looks good has air con, alloys spoiler etc ido much very enjoy this car . ...

rikster99 29.09.2006 · Read full review
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