Advantages: Very pleasant to drive in Disadvantages: Not pleasant to look at
...been there when the first Ford Scorpios were produced. The assembled mass of workers must have felt their jaws drop when they looked at it. Not at the beauty but at the ugliness of it. Was there no-one who, like in the Emperor’s New Clothes, said there is something not quite right here. The problem was not one of nudity but the clothes the Scorpio came in.
There it must have stood bug-eyed, a huge fat backside, a mass of unrelieved contourless ... ...replaced was no surprise. That Ford subsequently gave up building large cars to concentrate on owning jaguar and more recently Volvo was more surprising but it speaks volumes that Ford should have become so tarnished in the executive motor sector after the Scorpio. At one time Ford dealers were told they could only take extra Mondeos or Fiestas if they took a Scorpio for every 20 or so Mondeos. Hence discounts were huge.
All of which is something ...
polydeuces 25.06.2001
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Ford Scorpio 2.3
Advantages: cheap to buy, so smooth Disadvantages: reliability, few pattern parts, fuel consumption
I've owned a scorpio for 3 months now, and I still like it, which is unusual for me.
First impressions were only reasonable. It had a nasty vibration coming through the cabin at anything over 55, it knocked going over bumps, and returned 18mpg with its duff thermostat.
However, after a £400 service, which replaced the two front wishbones (balljoints not available seperately), the thermostat, and the anti roll bar bushes, it was good. Powerful, ... ...it died on me at the main south terminal roundabout at Gatwick airport. The engine wiring harness had been cooked by the heat of the engine, a known problem on the 2.3 scorpios. £125 later for my local mechanic to make a new harness and fit it, and I was back on the road.
After that it was plain sailing for a month, then a coil pack went down. Another 100 quid to diagnose and replace the coil pack, and the two HT leads.
Since then however, its ...
robachamings1 27.01.2005
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: helpful Review of Ford Scorpio 2.3
Advantages: Very roomy. Easy to park with power steering and very nice to look at. It looks more top of the range than it is. Not heavy on handling, quick at pulling away. Disadvantages: None
...for push-chairs or prams; both singles and doubles. I can also fit a lot of shopping in the back.
This is the first Ford car I have owned, but won't hesitate when buying another. I have only had this car 5 months, but wouldn't be without it! ...
Wendywife 11.04.2003
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: helpful Review of Ford Scorpio 2.3
Advantages: Better than any BMW Disadvantages: None
...the most refined engine that ford have ever made.
There is no doubt that the only country that can produce a better car than the scorpio is the USA which is without doubt the ultimate car producing nation.
My scorpio is a manual but although there is nothing wrong with it you can't beat an automatic.
What would an immaculate merc or bmw have cost me I only paid £1000 for this. ...
SCORPIOMAN 15.09.2005
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Ford Scorpio 2.3
Advantages: great inside Disadvantages: horrible outside!
...anyone interested, check out the ford scorpio owners website for more info.
Inside it has all the toys you could ever want... air con, electric seats, climate control, sunroof, multi changer cd, leather trim, the list goes on and on!, mechanically, its very similar to the ford galaxy and mondeo, so parts are no problem, although being a ford, you wont nead many, and they are cheap! outside, well, thats a different story, but all i can say is... ...
donniebrue 10.10.2004
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