Fiesta ecoboost

Lex Luthor

just looking at specs for the 1.0 ecoboost fiesta here, is it 60bhp compared to 100 and 125 in the uk? am i reading this correctly?

bazz26

100bhp version is available here but only with the powershift box.

Henry Ford III

It's a real shame a 1.0T 125bhp Zetec S can't be had here.

3 doors, sporty, quick enough (0-62mph in 9.4 secs, 122mph, and claimed 65.7mpg) no modern diesel concerns, and 99g of Co2 meaning low VRT/road tax.

Alfagtamini

We imported a fiesta 1.0l ecoboost from the UK last month for our driving school.

Fantastic engine is very nippy even at motorway speeds.

We are averaging 38/40mpg stop/start city driving, can't comment on a run as it's is just used for driving lessons.

The new fiestas are nice to drive also.

Mindfulness

paulryanmini wrote: »

We imported a fiesta 1.0l ecoboost from the UK last month for our driving school.

What power output? The 60 hp, 100 or 125?

SamAK

Top Gear reviewed one (took it to Chernobyl!) last Sunday night. Hammond had the 125 bhp one, seemed like a lovely yoke!

Alfagtamini

Mindfulness wrote: »

What power output? The 60 hp, 100 or 125?

100hp

road_high

60 bhp? Is this for real? Would have expected that in a suzuki alto or something, not a new generation petrol fiesta. That's shocking low.

Leonard Hofstadter

bazz26 wrote: »

100bhp version is available here but only with the powershift box.

How very Irish. As noted, the 'regular' Ecoboost is just 65 PS in Ireland compared to the 80 PS version that is available in the UK. That said, the 1.25 is a great little engine even though its design dates back nearly 20 years now.

Henry Ford III

captainspeed wrote: »

How very Irish. As noted, the 'regular' Ecoboost is just 65 PS in Ireland compared to the 80 PS version that is available in the UK. That said, the 1.25 is a great little engine even though its design dates back nearly 20 years now.

65ps and 80ps are 1.0l engines. 100ps and 125ps versions are 1.0t ecoboost
engines.

Detuned engines and lacklustre model lineups are a right pain here in Ireland.

Leonard Hofstadter

Henry Ford III wrote: »

65ps and 80ps are 1.0l engines. 100ps and 125ps versions are 1.0t ecoboost
engines.

Detuned engines and lacklustre model lineups are a right pain here in Ireland.

According to the latest price list from Ford Ireland, ALL 1.0s (turbo and NA) are 'Ecoboost' engines.

cerastes

paulryanmini wrote: »

We imported a fiesta 1.0l ecoboost from the UK last month for our driving school.

Fantastic engine is very nippy even at motorway speeds.

We are averaging 38/40mpg stop/start city driving, can't comment on a run as it's is just used for driving lessons.

The new fiestas are nice to drive also.

I've no doubt they are great cars.
From the driving thats been done, Id expect that to be similar to anyone driving around day to day
But 38/40mpg is what I got from a 99 1.25 that I had for ten years.
I thought there was supposed to be radical improvements in l/100km (mpg)

mickd

yet again Ford overstating their economy figures

bazz26

cerastes wrote: »

I've no doubt they are great cars.
From the driving thats been done, Id expect that to be similar to anyone driving around day to day
But 38/40mpg is what I got from a 99 1.25 that I had for ten years.
I thought there was supposed to be radical improvements in l/100km (mpg)

But the current Fiesta is a lot bigger and heavier than your 99 Fiesta. Cars in general have gotten bigger and heavier over the years to incorporate additional safety features and packaging. Getting similar mpg from a smaller capacity engine despite growing in size and weight is not a bad thing really.

Mycroft H

You may as well have the 1l Dacia Sandero if the 125bhp isn't available. Good car by the looks of it.













I think I left my coat over here....

Mister Jingles

captainspeed wrote: »

According to the latest price list from Ford Ireland, ALL 1.0s (turbo and NA) are 'Ecoboost' engines.

I was under the impression that the Ecoboost engines where all turbo until somebody I know got Fiesta, one less thing to go wrong but very Irish of Ford Ireland not offering the turbo if you ask me.

Even the titanium spec over here and in the UK are very different.

gooner99

Do these ecoboost engines achieve the official mpg?

Henry Ford III

gooner99 wrote: »

Do these ecoboost engines achieve the official mpg?

Highly unlikely. No car achieves it's claimed test conditions mpg in my opinion. Having said that they'll be relatively economical I'd imagine. I've driven a 100bhp version in a much heavier Focus and it's decent. 125bhp in a Fiesta would actually be fun I'd imagine.

jimgoose

Lex Luthor wrote: »

just looking at specs for the 1.0 ecoboost fiesta here, is it 60bhp compared to 100 and 125 in the uk? am i reading this correctly?

Can't have the hundert brake one here, bass - she'll burn de peteral, like. And the neighbours'll 'ave you for gettin' above yerself ye jumped-up little ballacks, ye! :pac:

readytosnap

paulryanmini wrote: »

We imported a fiesta 1.0l ecoboost from the UK last month for our driving school.

Fantastic engine is very nippy even at motorway speeds.

We are averaging 38/40mpg stop/start city driving, can't comment on a run as it's is just used for driving lessons.

The new fiestas are nice to drive also.

was there much of a saving on price or was your motive the bhp?

Alfagtamini

readytosnap wrote: »

was there much of a saving on price or was your motive the bhp?

We saved around 3.5k and has slightly better spec. We brought it 10 months old with 5k miles .

First one to be imported as we had to wait for a VRT statistic code to be generated

As it used for driving lessons we need to get popular cars that are easy sellers in 3 years time as cheaply as possible.

ofcork

SamAK wrote: »

Top Gear reviewed one (took it to Chernobyl!) last Sunday night. Hammond had the 125 bhp one, seemed like a lovely yoke!

And it cost 17k sterling!

cerastes

bazz26 wrote: »

But the current Fiesta is a lot bigger and heavier than your 99 Fiesta. Cars in general have gotten bigger and heavier over the years to incorporate additional safety features and packaging. Getting similar mpg from a smaller capacity engine despite growing in size and weight is not a bad thing really.

Weight shaving/saving seems to be a mantra for newer cars,
there is not much of a difference in either weight (although it seems to be equal or less, and the dimensions which are similar, bigger in some places and smaller in others).
Mk 4 924kg-1465kg
Mk6 1041kg-1100kg
Thats just wiki, Ive a vague recollection the mk4 was around 1000-1100kg for the 1.25, maybe the diesel and corier van versions were heavier.

All this, with engines that are more efficient? Id expect more mpg.

naughtysmurf

Has anybody driven the Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost 60PS, what did you think of it it?