Budget
Car is very rusty.
Rear view mirror fell off.
New front suspension parts required for MOT. This was cheap and simple to repair.
The car is complete rubbish to drive.
The only satisfaction in ownership is that it is cheap and reliable.
A great car for anyone who doesn't care what they drive, but likes a bit of cash in their back pocket.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 28th September, 2005
Reliable and Simple, but very very basic
Gear box and engine mounts both needed replacing.
Courtesy light only worked on drivers door, and that was extremely temperamental.
Front indicators leak water.
Leak through aerial leading into car.
Locks easily tampered with by little thieves.
Don't expect this car to go fast, it doesn't! However it's comfortable at 80mph and have had 104mph out of it with no trouble.
Drivers airbag which was rare at this age, but that is the only extra! Very basic, no PAS, electric anything.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 23rd May, 2005
Good runabout, but some silly faults
Steering column lock had to be rebuilt in 2003.
Steering column stalk assembly had to be replaced in 2004.
Rear wiper intermittently fails.
A good runabout, but much heavier on fuel in town than my previous Panda.
Pity the rear seat base doesn't fold - limits its van-style capacity.
Comfortable to drive.
Power steering's a bit over-assisted for my taste.
Servicing's cheap, but part failures were irritating and quite expensive to rectify.
Driven modestly, it's quiet and comfortable.
Unlike the Panda, it's no fun to thrash (so I don't).
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 23rd May, 2005
Great nippy first car!
Immobilizer sometimes has a mind of its own.
Exhaust all ways hangs low, out of the specified area.
Clutch replacement at 877000 miles.
This car is a perfect car to get young drivers established on the ever growing roads of the UK. With high reliability starting every time, you're never stuck any ware.
Driver image is little to be desired as it's a ford also the tappet sound from the engine can be annoying and sometimes embarrassingly loud!
Stops in good time and always sticks to the road no-matter how hard you push it.
Cheap replacement parts and easily found a local scrap yard for next to nothing.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 19th April, 2005
A car you could fall in love with if not for little problems
Front shocks needed replaced twice in a year.
Clutch went at 105,000 which isn't really bad wen its the original clutch.
Superb seats and handles like a dream.
Top speed of 125mph or 130mph downhill it's a real nippy car.
Acceleration ain't great upto 20 but rockets after that.
With low profile 16" alloys K+N air filter and straight though power-flow exhaust it's a dream drive and sounds great.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 14th January, 2005
This car is brilliant
Clutch cable snapped the first day of owning the car, going up a hill.
This car is very quick with its 1.6 Zetec engine, a Pipercross induction kit, and full stainless steel exhaust system. They have have pushed the BHP up from 90 BHP to around 105 BHP.
The car handles like a dream. It has been lowered by 35mm, and that gives the car a better overall feel.
The 1.6 Si may not be the XR2i, but it handles like one, and has the same feel. I would have another any day over an XR2i, for the simple fact that the insurance is just the same as a 1.1 Popular, but at the same time, it has the feel of an XR2i.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 10th November, 2004
Have you actually tested your Si to see if its kickin out 105hp? I've done the same mods, but it doesn't seem any faster. I don't really think you can get 15hp out of an induction kit and straight through exhaust, the zetec engines don't do that well to breathing modifications, but still it's a great car to drive. It's not far off an Escort XR3i for performance, but it's restricted by its tiny valves.
14th Aug 2006, 11:30
Girlfriend owned 1 and driven couple others, max speed is 120 even downhill overblown claims annoy me.