Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost 125

[arun1uk]

Morning all,
Does anyone have a Fiesta Ecoboost by any chance?

Looking at the 125 5dr Titanium X to replace a DS3 115 DSport Diesel (which, by the way is a fantastic car). We just fancy a change and something more practical.

Now, we've driven the Fiesta on a short test drive but I'm after some more personal experiences.

- What is economy like on an average month (mix of dual carriage way and city)
- How practical is it? Does it lack grunt with 4 people up?
- Build quality?
- Reliability?

Are there any other cars that we should consider?

Cheers

[arun1uk]

Anyone got any thoughts?

The other options were the new Mini, but to spec it to the level of the Fiesta it took it over £25k, which I think is unreasonable.

[arun1uk]

Hallelujah!
Thanks for the response, I really appreciate it. I've taken a risk and ordered the Titanium X 125 to replace the DS3. The DS3 has some real guts in the engine (same engine as the Mini Cooper SD?) and pulls from low down, so I think it might be a different driving experience.

The car is for the Mrs and I think she'll appreciate the practicality of a 5dr more than the 3dr DS3, but wont be a fan of revving the poop out of the engine.

Thanks for the advice, I'll make sure to look out for those problems as the car will be fully maintained through work.

[arun1uk]

Tonto said:

Cant agree with that, met one at a party the other day. All it did was torque torque torque.

Bravo Sir....Bravo.

Thanks for the updates, mine is due to arrive in July - quite a long lead time. When I ordered, there was a transition which was quite confusing. I went to one dealer, he gave me a brochure but couldn't offer a test drive, so went to another, got a test drive and another brochure too. When I got back and compared them, they were totally different! Different colours, spec etc - quite strange.

So, the 2014MY Titanium X has the reversing camera, folding mirrors with puddles lights and rear parking sensors as standard, along with some different materials in the cabin. Should be good and very well specced when it arrives but I am conscious about the Sync unit as I've heard some big problems with it.

[arun1uk]

Agent51 said:

I ordered a 2014 MY Titanium X last month for the Mrs. I was told by the dealers the reversing camera is no longer fitted on the Titanium X? with Nav, even though it says so in the brochure. But I was also told June delivery and its already on the boat, so should be here next week - then I will know for sure. Apparently Ford just add or withdraw stuff as and when they like?

That's really strange...my dealer confirmed that it was all included! But yes, I agree - Ford seem to chop and change whenever is convenient for them, and at £18k it should be very well equipped!!!

[arun1uk]

chris watton said:

If you took less than 30 secs to look through this thread, you would have seen that.

Indeed - There's no way in hell I'd pay full price for it! That would be absurd...