Ford Fiesta Zetec

Advantages: Small
Disadvantages: Bit Noisey

...I have now had my Ford Fiesta Zetec engine size1.4 for three months and have been very pleased with it so far. Although it is a small car i find that the inside is spacious and you can fit three people in the back without to much bother. There is a lot more room than my old car which was a VW Polo. The interior is very nice, especially the radio/cd player which comes as standard with the car. Im also impressed with the electric windows and power steering, both of which i have never had the pleasure of before. It's true that once you have tasted power steering you can never go back. The digital display is also a nice feature. The car is very nippy especially when moving off in first gear so you have no problem pulling out at busy junctions. Acceleration is also good making overtaking easy. The handling is superb which is...

killiefan 27.09.2005 (30.09.2005) · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta Zetec S

Ford Fiesta Zetec S Review

Advantages: Nippy acceleration, Superb styling looks, Great fun to drive
Disadvantages: Inside is cramped for passengers, Not the best MPG, Higher Tax

...Hello, Iv owned my Zetec S (ZS) for over a year now. Before i went to buy one i did alot of research myself into the pro's and con's of this superb looking little motor. They were produced from the year 2000-2002, bringing out two phases. The differences between the two phases are as follows: Phase 1 Centre Caps on Wheels Lighter interior Metal Rocker Cover Metal Grill Phase 2 Plastic rocker Cover No Centre Caps Boot Release Rutton Darker Interior (Black) Engine has 3-Piece Crank Shaft end float bearing Plastic Grill Additional Lambda sensor in the exhaust plastic removable cover covering the pollen filter housing. Has more pics on the heater settings The colours what are also available are: Moondust Silver Colardo Red Panther Black & Imperial Blue If it possible i would recommend trying...

heyheyrich 20.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta Zetec S

Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec

Advantages: Good acceleration, positive steering
Disadvantages: Poor display of instruments, notchy/awkward gear change

...I recently had reason to drive my mother-in-law's 1-year-old Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25. It is the bog standard 5-door hatchback model and I had to get used to using window winders - my car has electric windows. She didn't want "anything fancy" she said. I found the car very quick for a 1.25, but it wouldn't pull the skin of a rice-pudding on some hills we encountered. Brakes were very good and steering quite repsonsive. The noise-levels were quite good at low speed, but there was a lot of road and wind noise at higher speeds on motorways. On the negative side, the gears were rather notchy and I had some difficulty engaging 4th and 3rd gear as I came down from 5th. I also missed the air-conditioning although I would have opted for the higher-spec Ghia model. Something that I was particularly uncomfortable with was the intrument...

derek-j-a 29.04.2005 (24.05.2005) · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta 1.25

Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25 5door, my experience!!

Advantages: The road tax is low!
Disadvantages: The price of the vehicle!

...I brought my Fiesta 7months ago it is lovely; the car handling is good quality. The steering is light and easy to use all the controls. My fiesta is a 55 plate so the dash board is all electronic (apart from the speed monitor), I like this because it?s easy to read and modern. I think that the price is unfair considering the brand and the size of the car the price is high as I paid £6,000 and I have this vehicle on 4 years on finance. In my opinion if these companies want to make more money they should sell these vehicles at a lower price. I also noticed that the ford style has next to nothing on the vehicle, if you want alloy wheel ect you would have to upgrade to the next model up that is the Zetec and then its £2,000 + more (this is why I went for the Zetec). My over all review of this vehicle is lovely car nicely designed but...

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Review of Ford Fiesta 1.25

Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.4 TDCi 5dr

Advantages: Cheap to run, Zetec handles really well
Disadvantages: Bit plasticy inside, can get rattly.

...I have a 2002 Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.4 TDCi 5dr in red. Over 60MPG, very low insurance and cheap tax. Beware of the first batch in 2002 that didn't have the CO2 tweaked so yours paying £120 tax when the exact same car released months after is only £35 a year to tax. Very annoying! The Zetec has superb handly and most of the time feels very nippy with good pull in higher gears on motorways. It seems a lot nippier than it's 68HP would suggest. I fill it up once a month and I'm driving about 25 miles a day to work and back and pottering around at weekends. The car has a couple of annoying rattles from the slightly cheap interior build quality but there are a nice number of storage compartments and the cabin feels pretty good standard. Seats are comfy and there is plenty of room in the car. I am 6ft 2 and my left knee does sometimes rub a bit...

mystik 30.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi

Ford Fiesta 04

Advantages: CD Player, cheap to run
Disadvantages: servicing can be expensive..

...I bought a 04 plate Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.4 3dr about 2 years ago. I am a fan of Ford cars, had a little KA before. Hence, this purchase. Best things (from a girls point of view!) - Is that it has really good heating and A/C, heats up all nice and toasty but also lovely in the summer with the A/C on a long drive. At the moment with this cold weather, I hate it if it takes me ages to de-frost my car but this is great, does the front and back as normal but also has little heaters in the door which start de-frosting the windows!! But the best thing of all in the stereo, I have just the standard ford CD player. Nothing special from the front but has this brilliant thing of knowing how noisy your car is so if you are on the motorway it increases the volume and then if you stop and some light it will decrease. Love it!! The not so...

emmaj13 24.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta Zetec S

New 2006 Fiesta Zetec S

Advantages: Good Looking, Reasonable Performance
Disadvantages: Noisy

...In March 2006 I took delivery of our second car a brand new 2006 Ford Zetec S in metallic grey. The 2006 model cars can be identified from previous models externally by the new "Nissan Micra" style bubbled lights on both the front and back of the car, which my partner and I think looks really good. So far we have only done 700 miles in the car so this review will be a work in practice. Here are my first Impressions of the car: 1) Exterior Looks The car looks absolutely fantastic in dark grey paint, which compliments much of the grey exterior plastic on the bumpers and side door stripes, making it appear that the grey plastic was specifically designed to go with the grey paint (which it of course was not). The 16 inch alloy wheels look very nice and fill the wheel arches quite well. They are of a multi-spoked type and are...

stobbie66 06.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta Zetec S

Ford Fiesta

Advantages: cheap and fun car.
Disadvantages: Not much space on the back seats but its a fiesta not a limo.

...The Ford Fiesta 1.25 is a great car, ford first brought the 1.25 zetec fiesta out in 1996 on the mk4 fiesta, and from that day they put zetec engines in all the fiesta they brought out. The fiesta is still one of the best reliability and cheap car today. The 1.25 engine is a nippy car and is great for young students who what to drive and buy their first car, but also older people who would like a cheap car. i've got a fiesta 1.25 zetec and never had no problems with it so far. In my opinion the Ford fiesta zetec-s 1.6 engine is the best car and would love to have one soon as i saved lots of money up. The space in the fiesta could be limited for some people but for me there is plenty of room being on my own. with a fiesta you have to get power streering because its so much easyer than not having it. makes life so much...

jbt1990 02.06.2009 (04.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta 1.25

Buying a Zetec Fiesta.

Advantages: Great little cars
Disadvantages: Expensive if they go wrong. Buy a good one

...I love Fiestas. In fact, we have had 2 now. But im going to review a Fiesta Zetec rather than our Ghia. Firstly, I think its a better car. Secondly, Both of my Fiestas have had the Zetec Power Unit under the bonnet. Better car? Well its 1500 quid cheaper to buy than the Ghia. Comfort level difference is minimal in today's Fiesta. The extra touches are expensive for what they are. So Lets talk about the Zetec. My First Fiesta was an XR2I 1.8 16V Zetec. My god. Did it fly. It used to scare me and my passengers, particularly in the Wet. Basically, there was too much power under the bonnet for the wheels to transfer to the tarmac. Handling was attrocious because of this. It gave a great ride and was my favourite car that I have owned. In fact, as soon as I traded it in, I regretted it. I still kick myself over...

andycharger 02.08.2001 · Read review
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Review of Ford Fiesta MK III

Ford fiesta a great economic car

Advantages: Cheap to run, good spec, handleing, good motorway drive
Disadvantages: not many(if any)

...I like my Fords I have had 3 a focus and two fiestas and never had a problem (best touch some wood now) at all this is the third fiesta I purchased. I bought the fiesta to replace a fiesta, which was the last of the old generation; I purchased the car for my wife who travels a long distance daily at least 60 miles a day. The car she had before was a .25 zetec, which were good but not that good on fuel it being a small engine pounding the motorway was quite thirsty so I opted or should I say I advised we get a diesel. I have a diesel focus zetec and it is great on fuel, having had the car for two weeks we have had to only put half as much fuel in as before on the older car. In a two week stint it used to have fuel put in at least twice, a tank a week this new 1.4 diesel fiesta only requires a fuel up once in two weeks. Bare in mind...

dingoo 19.10.2005 (20.10.2005) · Read review
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