Faults:

Usual wear and tear plus servicing. Brake pads need replaced more often than I would like and I do not drive hard, so that is a little strange; other than that no major issues. Interior is a little rattly but it is getting older now.

General Comments:

First of the newer shape 2013 Ford Fiesta's, this is a decent looking little car in red.

Style model is rather basic but does at-least have electric windows in the front, and A/C. Lot's of cheap looking grey plastics everywhere, but they are hard wearing.

1.2 performs as expected - smooth and quiet around town, a little noisy and stressed on motorways, but does have good economy for petrol.

We have a Vauxhall Corsa in the family as well around about the same age; there is honestly little between these cars now, they are near identical. Still great modern cars if all you want is the basics of transport and cheap running costs.

Faults:

Took it in for trans. issues at 700 miles. Was told it was normal to bang, slip and smell until it's broken in at 1k miles. Now they say it needs a new clutch and there are none to be had anywhere on a waiting list.

Don't stop on a hill, because when you try to take off, the RPM goes up, but you roll backwards!

My daughter's first new car, and needless to say it will probably be her last Ford!

General Comments:

This car is junk as far as I'm concerned.

General Comments:

The new Ford Fiesta is a beautiful car. It has the new Microsoft Sync built-in, so that you can connect your phone with Bluetooth to receive and make calls. The system is able to dial numbers with your phone through voice activation. There is also a number pad on the dash that can be used to dial numbers as well.

I am averaging about 28.7 MPG in the city where I live, but Ford says it can get up to about 39 on the highway. They also told me that some people have reported averaging around 43 MPG, but it is dependent on how you drive.

The seats are very comfortable, and the interior is surprisingly spacious for such a small car. From the outside, the trunk also looks very small, but when it is open, you can see that the trunk is actually very deep and spacious as well.

The car is slightly jerky when I push on the gas sometimes (not often), but I attribute this to still not being fully accustomed to the new engine compared to my old car (which had transmission slip).

The dashboard and steering wheel are accented with red lighting (may or may not vary with other Fiestas) that looks very sharp.

At $3.15 per gallon of gas, it only takes about $30 to fill it up, and lasts about 2.5 weeks. My old car cost about $45 to fill and only lasted about 1.75 weeks.