Advantages: Fuel Consumption Very Good - Powerful - Good Looking - Disadvantages: High Tax Band - High Emissions - Reasonably Cheap Feel
I purchased a 5.5 year-old Ford Fiesta Zetec-S this year. (The mark 5, which is the model before the one currently shown in the picture. I've included pics of mine for this review), in June of this year. I purchased a higher end model with air conditioning and 'Phase-2' styling. As purchased she had 43000 miles on the clock and was in excellent condition, however the clock now reads 51000 miles, after considerable traveling over summer and I now ... ...- Ford CD6000 CD Player
- 6 Speakers (Two sets of components up front, and 2 rear speakers)
- Ford Zetec-S Alloy Wheels - Split folding rear seats
- Large boot-space
- Sporty white dials
- Front and Rear Foglights
The car was also available in 4 striking and unique colours, ensuring the Zetec-S would stand out from the crowd: Panther Black, Imperial Blue, Moondust Silver and Colorado Red. In addition to this the supplied documentation: user ...
Radical-Machine 01.11.2007 (02.11.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Ford Fiesta 1.6
Advantages: Great to drive, superb handling, fun, space Disadvantages: Wind noise on motorways
The newest Ford Fiesta is an all-new car. It is not a revamp of an old chassis with go-faster stripes. I have just bought one for my wife and would like to tell you all about it. "Telling" may soon be about all I can do where this car is concerned; as the more she drives it the less she let's me near it. We have not had the car so very long but if I learn anything new - I'll add it here over time, good or bad.. First Impressions =========== Having ... ...I visited 2 Ford dealers but never managed to see a salesman for more than a minute before the phone rang and they left me standing there like a lemon. So I checked out the What Car best price from a dealer for the model we wanted and saw that the list price of £11,495, with the metallic paint we wanted, would be unlikely to fall below £10,500 if we were lucky / pushy and very patient. So I surfed around the internet and came up with a car and a ...
ciaotoday 04.05.2003
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Ford Fiesta 1.6
Advantages: Reliable, economical. Low service costs. Retains value well. Disadvantages: Still a "small" car.
...~ This little beauty, the Ford Fiesta, is still arguably the best car in the supermini sector, despite huge opposition from the Japanese manufacturers in particular.
The biggest trend in the new car market in recent years has been drivers “downsizing” from larger cars, that has resulted in a huge increase in the demand for cars like the Fiesta.
However, lots of these “new” customers have brought along many of their large ... ...that were first introduced by Ford donkey’s years ago in the Ford Escort, and that are also still used in the Ka “citycar”.
Some models now use the more up-to-date 16-valve 1.25-litre engine, and the top of the range Zetec-S and Ghia have the more potent 1.6-litre powerplant.
~ ~ Over the years, the Fiesta has simply evolved and “grown up”, rather than undergoing revolutionary changes like many of its competitors.
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the_mad_cabbie 28.08.2001
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Ford Fiesta 1.6
Advantages: Looks, drivability, handling, everything. Disadvantages: Cant afford One
...ended up with was the Ford Fiesta Zetec S.
less than 1000 miles on the clock, brand new car smell and acceleration to knock the balls off a brass monkey. I knew this was going to be fun.
Getting into the car, everything was in the right place and the sporty seats did make the ride to work at 3am very comfortable.
My usual trip to work was about 35mins, with this car, I can honestly say, you will struggle to keep it under 90mph. It literally just ... ...screen wash squirter was recovering after a money tried to make monkey love to it.
The only thing I can say is (In true Jeremy Clarkson style -Top Gear) TOP TIP: dont take a Ford Fiesta into a monkey enclosure, cos you'll end up missing bits... On that Bomb Shell.... ...
dwspalton 08.09.2007
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Ford Fiesta 1.6
Advantages: Small, economical and great features. Disadvantages: It's a 1.6 so doesn't come into the cheap tax bracket.
Now, I am not a fan of Fords. I never have been. I have always found them basic in the extreme. I have never liked the model shapes, faces or rears. They have never seemed to be able to make a decent executive or sports model and their middle-of-the-range fleet car (Mondeo - known in my trade as the Mundaneo) is unexciting to say the least.
However, my boss has lent me her Fiesta Zetec for a month over Christmas and I have fallen in love with it.
... ...own a small car because I don’t do enough miles out of town to warrant anything bigger. So, for the purposes of this review, I am pitching the Fiesta against other small cars I have driver like the Clio, Renault 5, Peugeot 206, Citroen Ax, Vauxhall Corsa, Nissan Micra and Rover 100.
This little Fiesta has a high spec interior as standard. It has a CD player, Aircon, electric windows, remote control central locking, ABS, PAS, sports seats, driver’s ...
Motley 28.12.2000
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Ford Fiesta 1.6
Advantages: Great Styling, handling, grip. Disadvantages: Dagenham build quality.
I picked up a new X reg Zetec-S Fiesta on 1st September. So far this has turned out to be the most fun i have ever had in a new car. It looks stunning in Imperial blue with it's bespoke alloys and bodykit and turns heads wherever it goes. I know a Fiesta turning heads, well believe me it has been so nicely modified from the standard Fiesta people forget what it is. It has a Puma shaped front bumper with two round front fog lamps and a bright mesh ... ...fire up the 103ps engine you hear a sporty rasp front the tuned exhaust system. The engine will spin all the way round to it's 6750 rpm limit giving a even spread of power and torque. The sweet aluminium engine is matched to the sweetest gear-change on any current
Ford.
The interior is still the same as a standard Fiesta with the addition of a half leather colour coded steering wheel, metalic effect dash and white dials.
The handling is something ...
tcook5 20.09.2000
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Advantages: Great drive, quick and esy to drive, comfortable Disadvantages: soundproofing has limitations, noisy geartrain
...whine.. and chatter. I discovered Ford do not soundproof the bulkhead beside the brake master cylinder (on the gearbox side) and the gearchange housing under the heater in the cabin ( forward of the gearlever) is unshielded.
I bought a soundproofing kit from www.noisekiller.com and added extra on the bulkhead and under the heater. Result a much quieter car on motorways and around town.
Other than that so far it is reliable and economical (39mpg ...
madf 16.10.2002
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Advantages: Economical, fun, comfotable and roomy Disadvantages: bit jerky round town
Just bought a 52 plate 1.6 ghia fiesta. 15000 on clock. It's like new. Handles incredibly well. The engine has a nice tone. I am getting about 43 mpg when driving normally. If you want to have fun it will a bit thirstier. It is very nippy and wants to have fun but i move it quickly through the gears and get good mpg. The heated windscreen is fantastic, very handy living in scotland; frozen to clear in a minute. Very comfy and i don't find it noisy ...
exiledaddick 29.02.2008 (28.02.2008)
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Advantages: Loads of extras for the price Disadvantages: Pull away a problem
I have an automatic ford fiesta - only out last year. It actually allows you to have automatic and manual (but without a clutch).
It is a fantastic little car - a good size for a little car. Once it is going the acceleration is good - but my main problem is when you slow down and then sped up - say for example when you approach a roundabout. If you slow down to about 2nd gear and then try to pull away this is VERY slow - it takes time to get used ... ...now. I had a manual Ford about 15 years ago and boy have they changed! The additional CD player booms out and the little things like being able to adjust the speed of the wipers are great. And nothing can beat the front screen defroster!!
I would recommend this car - I'll look to see if Ford improve the pull away in the future. ...
SJ11 14.02.2004
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Advantages: enjoyable to drive, lovely colour Disadvantages: not very powerful
...else but my mark I ford fiesta is the most fantastic car i could ever own. brilliant condition for a 20 year old car with only a spot of rust and the brightest yellow emaginable. I bomb about the streets with my factory standard mw/lw radio enjoying the ride. thats what i was coming to it is the most enjoyable car i have driven. admittadly for a first time driver i havent driven many cars but of the few i have driven the fiesta is the most responsive ...
mcmcmc 10.10.2000
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