Used New Ford Fiesta Zetec S Cars Parts 1
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Ford Fiesta Zetec S Cars
Ford Fiesta Zetec S Parts 1
Ford reckons the new Fiesta really is the very best small car that money can buy, so read our review to find out if they're right
Us Brits love fast Fords, so it’s a bit disappointing that company bosses claim there are no plans for an ST version of the new Fiesta. The sportiest model is the Zetec S Cars – so I had to make do with driving that instead.
And the car’s performance figures aren’t mega-inspiring. The sprint from 0-62mph takes 9.9 seconds, and the top speed is pegged at a modest 120mph. Really the 1.6-litre engine’s 118bhp simply isn’t enough to make the most of the Fiesta’s totally brilliant chassis.
Thanks to the use of some über-techy, ultra high strength steel for the bodyshell, the new model is 40kg lighter than the outgoing car yet a whole lot stiffer, too. Despite the fact that the Zetec S Cars is specced with sports suspension and rides on 16inch alloys, its low speed ride is well balanced. In fact it’s better than some executive cars I’ve driven! The damping is really progressive, allowing potholes and sunken manhole covers to be breezed over around town, but it’s out on tight and twisty roads where the Fiesta excels.
For a normal supermini it really is great fun to drive. The steering is super sharp, there’s massive levels of front-end grip, and body roll is almost non-existent. Dynamically this car humiliates its main rivals. And on the Zetec model you can even turn the ESP stability control off, which means you can start to enjoy some proper lift-off oversteer fun.
It’s a bonus that the body which surrounds the sparkling chassis is seriously good looking – both inside and out. Zetec S cars get a bodykit, and this includes a cool rear wing, which subtly apes the whale-tails of the legendary Escort and Sierra Cosworths. The interior’s design makes that of its peers seem like they were styled by the Victorians.
But not everything is perfect. The new Fiesta does have a few downsides... I could moan that some of the plastics used inside the cabin feel as cheap as those used in microwave meal packaging, and I might also whinge about how there is no clever seating – as in the Honda Jazz. But I’m not boring so I won’t. However, there is one thing that does annoy me – the fact there won’t be an ST model. Let’s hope Ford is lying. After all it did about the Focus RS.
Us Brits love fast Fords, so it’s a bit disappointing that company bosses claim there are no plans for an ST version of the new Fiesta. The sportiest model is the Zetec S Cars – so I had to make do with driving that instead.
And the car’s performance figures aren’t mega-inspiring. The sprint from 0-62mph takes 9.9 seconds, and the top speed is pegged at a modest 120mph. Really the 1.6-litre engine’s 118bhp simply isn’t enough to make the most of the Fiesta’s totally brilliant chassis.
Thanks to the use of some über-techy, ultra high strength steel for the bodyshell, the new model is 40kg lighter than the outgoing car yet a whole lot stiffer, too. Despite the fact that the Zetec S Cars is specced with sports suspension and rides on 16inch alloys, its low speed ride is well balanced. In fact it’s better than some executive cars I’ve driven! The damping is really progressive, allowing potholes and sunken manhole covers to be breezed over around town, but it’s out on tight and twisty roads where the Fiesta excels.
For a normal supermini it really is great fun to drive. The steering is super sharp, there’s massive levels of front-end grip, and body roll is almost non-existent. Dynamically this car humiliates its main rivals. And on the Zetec model you can even turn the ESP stability control off, which means you can start to enjoy some proper lift-off oversteer fun.
It’s a bonus that the body which surrounds the sparkling chassis is seriously good looking – both inside and out. Zetec S cars get a bodykit, and this includes a cool rear wing, which subtly apes the whale-tails of the legendary Escort and Sierra Cosworths. The interior’s design makes that of its peers seem like they were styled by the Victorians.
But not everything is perfect. The new Fiesta does have a few downsides... I could moan that some of the plastics used inside the cabin feel as cheap as those used in microwave meal packaging, and I might also whinge about how there is no clever seating – as in the Honda Jazz. But I’m not boring so I won’t. However, there is one thing that does annoy me – the fact there won’t be an ST model. Let’s hope Ford is lying. After all it did about the Focus RS.
