Zetec S TDCI
Ford Fiesta Zetec S Cars Road Test Parts 3
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Zetec S TDCI
Zetec S TDCI
Ford Fiesta Zetec S Cars Road Test Parts 3
Once on the open road, the spritely Fiesta Zetec S Road Test displays an impressive amount of courage for one so small. You can throw it into corners with something that borders wild abandon, and most of the time you'll stay on the road. To put it more succinctly, the Zetec Model Fiesta's bigger tyres and stiffer underpinnings make this vehicle a lot of fun to punt through corners, giving the underpowered vehicle a tenacious personality that begs to be driven hard.
The revisions to the suspension give the Fiesta a more direct feel through the steering wheel, which gives you a bit more confidence to stuff it deeper into a corner, and it feels more closely tied to the road than any of its progenitors. The thing does seem to teeter a little on its outside wheels through really fast corners, and the rear end doesn't always track as faithfully as the front end (perhaps due to its semi-independent twist-beam rear suspension), but in general FoMoCo's feisty supermini is more than happy to spend a day carving its way through winding forest roads.
Compared to its rivals, the Fiesta Zetec is hard to beat. There's nothing in the Holden Barina line-up to challenge the Fiesta Zetec after the demise of the European-sourced SRi models, and vehicles like the Mazda2 aren't quite as sporty to drive, and while the Renault Clio Sport is a quicker and more accomplished vehicle in almost every respect, it's also a good $15,000 more.
Acceleration is taken care of by a 1.6-litre DOHC engine, which is detailed below, and though it's not going to win any land speed records (especially in automatic guise) it's got enough poke to void your driver's license without having to try too hard. And on the other side of acceleration is deceleration, which is taken care of by hardy 258mm ventilated discs up front, and while drum brakes live at the rear, you never really get a sense that the aft anchors are dropping the ball.
The revisions to the suspension give the Fiesta a more direct feel through the steering wheel, which gives you a bit more confidence to stuff it deeper into a corner, and it feels more closely tied to the road than any of its progenitors. The thing does seem to teeter a little on its outside wheels through really fast corners, and the rear end doesn't always track as faithfully as the front end (perhaps due to its semi-independent twist-beam rear suspension), but in general FoMoCo's feisty supermini is more than happy to spend a day carving its way through winding forest roads.
Compared to its rivals, the Fiesta Zetec is hard to beat. There's nothing in the Holden Barina line-up to challenge the Fiesta Zetec after the demise of the European-sourced SRi models, and vehicles like the Mazda2 aren't quite as sporty to drive, and while the Renault Clio Sport is a quicker and more accomplished vehicle in almost every respect, it's also a good $15,000 more.
Acceleration is taken care of by a 1.6-litre DOHC engine, which is detailed below, and though it's not going to win any land speed records (especially in automatic guise) it's got enough poke to void your driver's license without having to try too hard. And on the other side of acceleration is deceleration, which is taken care of by hardy 258mm ventilated discs up front, and while drum brakes live at the rear, you never really get a sense that the aft anchors are dropping the ball.
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