If Ford are doing this I believe it is a big mistake. The 1.25 Fiesta compared with most of the similar small cars is MUCH better. ( I have had most of the competing Euro hire cars at one time or another over the past 2 years, (but not the 206 or New Nova). (I have had a 60k 1.25 P regn from new).
I had a 1.3 (current Fiesta) on loan on one occasion from a Ford dealer and from an engine point of view flexibility, performance, econ etc it was a pile of ......
To me the loan car was an opportunity for Ford to convert owners of larger cars in for servicing to a Fiesta for a second car. Giving out 1.3 just reinforced any preconceived (poor) image. The Service manager said he could not care about selling, he saw the loan cars as a cost and would use the cheapest cars he could get. Somebody should talk to Fords Marketing Dept, but thereagain, they dont listen, or is it they just dont reply.....
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£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ that is why ford will never appeal to the private buyer although the cars are sometimes mechanically superior the devil is in the detail, look at the VW golf compared to a Focus - the focus interior is a cheap hole. This engine in question dates back to the Anglia.
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I'm sure I read somewhere a while back that Ford used the ancient pushrod 1.3 in the Ka because of some problem with the 1.25's ability to meet emission regulations. The fact it used the 1.3 always struck me as a damn good reason not to buy a Ka. It seems unbelievable that the modern 1.25 engine can't be used as I'm assuming the 1.4 is a very similar Zetec?
Regards
John
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Honest John wrote:
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> You're right. I got the press pack this morning and the 1.25
> isn't in the line-up. I suspect that it had a problem meeting
> Euro 4 emissions standards.
How the hell can a brand new engine have worse emmisions than an engine designed in 1950's?
Are we sure the 1.25 engine hasn't been upped to 1.3 and renamed DuraTech? There's a 16v engine in the lineup. Can a 16v engine be OHV?
Logically they'd ditch the 'spanish engine' and keep the 1.25... Surely nobody would put a push rod engine making 60bhp in a modern car? (Except the Ka which is sold on it's cost and styling rather than it's modern performance.)
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