"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
04/08/2020 at 18:05 • Filed to: Ford Fiesta Mk8.
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
04/08/2020 at 18:05 • Filed to: Ford Fiesta Mk8. | 2
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This the Mk8 Fiesta belonging to Mr Hertz which he took back to day. He had to take it back on a truck because lockdown restrictions meant I couldn’t drive it back to him.
American readers can’t buy one, but if they could they would find differences between theirs and mine.
Let’s explore a few.
It’s powered, though not very much, by a 1.1 NA triple with 70 bhp. They wouldn’t like that.
To explain the numbers, 1,
645 kg is the max allowable gross weight, 2,
395 is the max with a trailer (so 750 kg trailer), the two 830 kgs are the front and rear max axle loadings.
Opening the boot, we don’t find an emergency release lever.
Nothing stopping a car maker fitting one, but they’re not required in the EU and margins are tight. Every cent counts.
On the outside of the front light cluster we don’t find side marker lights. They’re allowed in the EU and are subject to regs if fitted, but money. Few makers do them
. Also, and not shown, the only orange lights at the front are the indicators. Orange side/parking lights like the Americans use are illegal. They must be white.
There are rear fog lights, operated by the little switch to the left of the main one. The headlights are (and are required to be) adjustable for height to avoid dazzling people if there’s a lot of weight in the back. You press the knob in the middle of the switch, it pops out and you twiddle it.
Note the three pedals. Dodgy DCTs aren’t an issue for Fo
rd here.
A thing we share though is visibility, or the lack of same. Look at the windscreen pillar. There’s a small window in the corner but you can’t actually see out it.
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04/08/2020 at 18:20 |
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I find this very interesting. Side marker lights are actually useful because people with stupid bright DRL s and no taillights can be more easily identified. And emergency trunk releases are useful too if you find yourself pranked or kidnapped.
But adjustable headlights should be required here. Period. Not that anyone would use them.
As for the window, it is at least useful on the other side of the car so it makes sense to be symmetrical.
We don’t envy the 3 pot though. You can keep that.
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04/08/2020 at 18:31 |
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Fiestas here have either the NA 1.1 or the turbo 1.0, both triples. It’s a suburban shopping kind of car, buyers aren’t going to pay for anything more exciting. There is an ST with a turbo four, but nobody buys them.
I hope to borrow
my fathers’’s Focus next week, it has the 100 bhp turb
o so we’ll see what that does.
Svend
> Cé hé sin
04/08/2020 at 19:00 |
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I think STs make up at least a quarter of Fiestas sold here in the U.K., certainly of the 3 door Fiestas.
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04/08/2020 at 20:24 |
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My 136 hp Cruze is considered very slow and small here , where gas is currently below $2 a gallon pretty much everywhere. That’s a sub $20 refill on my car right now! It really is a waste of cheap gas.
Suburban here means lots o highway driving, typically, so big comfortable cruisers are king. And m ost old trucks and vans here have 4 liter V8s tuned for durability because gas is usually pretty cheap and towing matters.