Luxury at a bargain price
None.
Very comfortable family car, extremely economical for its size, I am averaging 34 mpg and I do not drive slowly.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 14th January, 2001
Unknown quality to most
New front suspension bushes.
Various locks changed due to wear.
New alternator and battery.
Car has all the power required for any function.
Handling is second to no other car in its class and above.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 5th January, 2001
A good workhorse, where a van is not practical
So far the car has been faultless.
The old girl drives very well and brings about 30mpg.
Running costs are low.
Can carry a large amount things in the rear.
Does not burn or leak oil (yet).
Body work is mint.
Look out for good ones as there are a lot of crap ones out there.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 13th November, 2000
An unbreakable workhorse
All four shockers had to replaced for an MOT along with the rear brake hoses.
Six months ago it needed new front brake discs, pads and anti roll bar bushes.
The car has a full service history and performs admirably for a car of this mileage.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 1st November, 2000
If you just want a car to get from A to B then this will do you
Heater leaked.
Head gasket went.
Suspension bushes need replacing on the front.
Sluggish, unwilling but economical engine.
Awful build quality.
Cramped interior for size of car, cheap feel to inside, average handling.
Good points are the smooth gearchange and parts are cheap and easy to find.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 19th October, 2000
Very nice car - must be one of the cheapest cars to run today
Fuel pump drive pin wore causing fuel starvation approx at 40,000 miles.
Water pump bearing gave up at about 50,000.
Very cheap to run, surprisingly quick, although it doesn't like high revs. No rust whatsoever on this car which still looks like new after 70K miles.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 27th June, 2000
Cheaper than walking
Very little except normal wear and tear from the Starship Enterprise mileage!
Warped brake discs (common problem on these), clutch at 100,000+, rear wheel bearing giving a strange squeaking noise, otherwise normal service items.
Valve guide seals just starting to shown signs of wear, as oil consumption starting to increase, and the odd puff of smoke from cold - not a difficult or expensive job if one finds a good independent specialist.
A fantastic car for the money (paid circa 3K five years ago). 1.8CVH engine reliable, economical but lacking in smoothness. Fortunately quite torquey as it doesn't like to be revved. If the mileage was hidden it would be difficult to tell from driving how many miles car had covered - still returns 35MPG on a long run and seats 4 adults in comfort.
Parts are usually cheap, and car is simple enough to service with a penknife (!) so no need to pay main dealer labour rates.
I hope there's another 100K left in this one yet.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 18th June, 2000
Underrated car
New Spax adjustable lowered suspension at 56,000.
New polypropylene suspension bushes at 59,000.
New offside front driveshaft at 78,000.
New clutch at 110,000.
Had an appetite for compliance bushes, seems to be a Ford design fault because they were the same for all the Sierra's.
Great car, fitted Spax adjustable suspension and really sucked the road.
No problems with the engine or transmission. Drive shaft failure was due to being driven hard, clutch was due to wear and tear. Engine like new at 110,000. I only sold it because of the high fuel costs.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 16th June, 2000
New rear caliper £80.00 (recon).
New alternator £35.00 (recon old one).
Have got another one - hatchback version, both cars identical, both cars drive very differently.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 28th December, 1999
Where to start!!??
Bought with 38,000 on the clock.
Gearbox fails on the way home from (not Ford) dealer. Get's "new" gearbox. 1,000 miles later that fails. Pay £800 for new gearbox from Ford dealer. Not covered by useless aftermarket warranty.
2 engines failures in 30,000 miles.
Traded in at a Rover dealer with engine number 3 on last legs.
2 sets of front discs.
Would have been a nice car if reliable, although 26mpg is not acceptable for a 90hp car. Lovely inside and made an excellent Motorway muncher.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 29th October, 1999
Not much has gone wrong with it, only warped brake discs.
Nice looking car which is easy to modify. It is quite fast as well, I've had just over 120mph out of it.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 27th June, 1999
Another case of an over reading speedo methinks.
I have 1,8 CVH 1992. caravan and cannot go over 175 kmh. it is noisy, every inch over 3000 rpm takes houres to get. but when it gets there it goes like a bus. I drove 1.6 I (75hp) and it drove much faster and smoother. remarkable difference. Caravan has 156000 km.
Nothing so far but the common fault is the Head Gasket at about 80-90k (72k at moment).
A very quick car but even quicker with a few mods, including exhaust system, K&N air filter, Superchip, etc..
It goes like stink!!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 21st December, 1998
Front brake disks replaced at 56K.
This is the cheapest and most reliable car I have ever had, its now done 78K and runs fine.
I wish the engine was a bit smoother !
Never service Ford cars at Ford dealers, they don't know what they are doing, I take mine to a Toyota dealer !
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 1st February, 1998
19th May 2001, 15:28
Because of the suspension problem, I replaced the normal bushes with polly (power-flex) ones on my XR 4x4. This is because I managed to total wreck ALL the bushes on the rear end on my old sierra. In 4 and a half years of caning, sorry driving, these have given no trouble and people even comment it seams to be more comfortable.