New 2013 Fiesta ST 1.6 Turbo
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Finally received my new car today after a couple of months waiting time, new 2013 fiesta ST in "molten orange" paint colour. Got a great deal from the ford dealer i work at so it would have been rude not to.
Always been a big fan of Fords and Fiestas especially, my last car was a Racing Puma but it had to go because i was putting too many miles on it for such a rare car (W plate with 55k on it) and it wasn't the comfiest of rides, but i have to say it was the best car I've ever driven handling wise and kept up with a lot more powerful cars on the twisty backroads.
I owned a new shape zetec s fiesta for about a year in between three racing pumas but it just didn't have enough poke so went straight back to another Racing puma, always said i wouldn't sell the puma unless they made a new ST fiesta so when i saw there was one on the way i got my name down straight away.
I only got the car today but I'm grinning from ear to ear with how torque-ey it is and the grip in the corners already.
The recaro seats are extremely hugging and it makes quite a nice low down roar when accelerating.
Heres a couple of pictures of her in the sunshine, the paint sparkles so much in the sunshine but generally looks red when cloudy so I'm praying for sun all the time now. Not likely here in the uk! And excuse my thumb on the first pic.
Always been a big fan of Fords and Fiestas especially, my last car was a Racing Puma but it had to go because i was putting too many miles on it for such a rare car (W plate with 55k on it) and it wasn't the comfiest of rides, but i have to say it was the best car I've ever driven handling wise and kept up with a lot more powerful cars on the twisty backroads.
I owned a new shape zetec s fiesta for about a year in between three racing pumas but it just didn't have enough poke so went straight back to another Racing puma, always said i wouldn't sell the puma unless they made a new ST fiesta so when i saw there was one on the way i got my name down straight away.
I only got the car today but I'm grinning from ear to ear with how torque-ey it is and the grip in the corners already.
The recaro seats are extremely hugging and it makes quite a nice low down roar when accelerating.
Heres a couple of pictures of her in the sunshine, the paint sparkles so much in the sunshine but generally looks red when cloudy so I'm praying for sun all the time now. Not likely here in the uk! And excuse my thumb on the first pic.
Yeah its an ST2 with style pack (grey alloys, red calipers and illuminated scuffplates) and all the other optional extras, fully loaded you might say. I absolutely love it already, gonna get a couple of coats of polish and wax on it this weekend and then we will see how shiny it can really look.
Mastodon2 said:
Looks good in that colour, better than f
king white at least!
Not a fan of white i take it?king white at least!There was a white one came into the dealer today aswell, it did look really nice but as everyone knows, every man and his dog has a white car still at the moment and i wanted to be different.
Heres a white one, pinched the pic from another user on heres topic hope he doesnt mind!
Edited by AdamC1983 on Thursday 18th April 22:34
Max M4X WW said:
Very nice, I've had a few Fiesta's in my time (still got one) and one with a semi Racing Puma engine in which I loved for the noise.
Any mods planned?
Nothing major just cosmetic touches like painting all the front lower grilles gloss black to match the large upper "mouth" and maybe (its a big maybe!) a small drop in ride height, 30mm maybe.Any mods planned?
Will also be upgrading the headlamps to xenons as its got nice white led daytime running lights but the more yellow halogen type projector main lamps. Still no xenon option on the fiestas sadly.
ManaghGB said:
I've just ordered one of these to replace my MK1 Focus RS!
Loved the test drive as it drove just like the RS but better and without the high running costs. How are you getting on with yours now? Still enjoying it?
I'll hopefully get mine in around 10 weeks, ordered an ST-2 in Race Red with sat nav and climate. I cannot wait!
They've also stopped making the Molten Orange colour now due to problems mixing the paint, whether thats a permanent thing or not I'm not sure though.
Im still loving it more every day, much faster and also more fuel efficient than my previous car the racing puma, ive not heard owt about stopping molten orange and i work at a ford dealer, saying this i do have a paint issue on mine where the front bumper is off colour to the wing on the drivers side but we have done a few sprayouts at work and have found a good match so hopefully will be ok once the bumper is re painted.Loved the test drive as it drove just like the RS but better and without the high running costs. How are you getting on with yours now? Still enjoying it?
I'll hopefully get mine in around 10 weeks, ordered an ST-2 in Race Red with sat nav and climate. I cannot wait!
They've also stopped making the Molten Orange colour now due to problems mixing the paint, whether thats a permanent thing or not I'm not sure though.
But other than that its an awesome car and i would highly recommend it to anyone after a hot hatch.
Well im getting just over 30mpg normal driving but i have been giving it some right foot action quite a lot, yeah when you get on a motorway into sixth gear its easy doing 45mpg maybe more.
It will be worth the wait i promise you that, in the mean time you should get your dealer searching round for vehicles of similar spec that are already built, you may just find one and get it a lot quicker.
It will be worth the wait i promise you that, in the mean time you should get your dealer searching round for vehicles of similar spec that are already built, you may just find one and get it a lot quicker.
Edited by AdamC1983 on Thursday 2nd May 21:24
Its got 197bhp trust me, overboost comes on everytime you floor it for 20 seconds at a time.
Torque rises to 214lbft aswell, ford uk quoted the lower 180bhp to reduce insurance and road tax costs, whereas in the USA they quote the full 197bhp.
Torque rises to 214lbft aswell, ford uk quoted the lower 180bhp to reduce insurance and road tax costs, whereas in the USA they quote the full 197bhp.
Edited by AdamC1983 on Wednesday 22 May 21:14
Comes in on full throttle and lasts 20 seconds. Long enough in my opinion as how often are you full throttle for 20 seconds??
Basicly the boost pressure goes up when you floor it.taking it from 179bhp to 197bhp, But then soon as you let off throttle you get another 20 seconds soon as you stamp on that loud pedal again so its all the time really.
Basicly the boost pressure goes up when you floor it.taking it from 179bhp to 197bhp, But then soon as you let off throttle you get another 20 seconds soon as you stamp on that loud pedal again so its all the time really.
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