Comparative tests with AUTO BILD has won the current Fiesta in rows. In many reports, it was driving compliments for form and fitness - and besides the little raging with Cologne in the World Rally Championship. Sounds promising: it has competitors in the handle, sporty, it is also - in terms of image can not append to the little ones. But what good is it if a hot motor sport variant of Finnish shoots crests, however, turns out to be the Allerweltsmodell in everyday life as a minor Leister? Exactly: nothing. Whether in fact and reality diverge, best explains an AUTO BILD-duration test of 100,000 kilometers. This long march began our five-door Fiesta 1.25 in the noble - and thus the time at least 15 250 € expensive - titanium equipment in April 2009. As was the seventh-generation Fiesta just half a year on the market and still a real looker.
Peppy packaged handsomely proportioned, almost coupé-like five-door model of the stands - and it still stretches his cheeky Heckspoilerchen up. Is determined nimbly forward, the red Ford - we had thought. Absolutely not. Because we had ordered the 82 hp gasoline engine strong - in fact, enough power for a small car. But not enough for a 1.1 ton Fiesta, the Hamburg city wants to leave time to time. "On the highway, the motor acts hard," stands as earlier entry in the logbook, and: "You have to ask the assembly to move forward fast." Applied test editor and photographer Joerg Maltzan Sven warriors to the point. True, the 114 Nm of torque can be simply miss the mini-engine requires speeds. And this has a negative effect on consumption. About eight liters on average approved the Fiesta during our audit period.
In return, the little 1.25er plowed reliable. Full throttle on the highway? Stop-and-go stress in commuting? The simply designed Duratec petrol engine wheezed every trip away bravely. Only once, as it rumbled out of the fourth cylinder. A raccoon had bitten the ignition harness and disturbed so the clean sparks at the spark plug. An electrical problem, which of course is not attributable to the manufacturer and therefore does not interfere with the test period balance sheet. Other power problems intervened more strongly in the reliability rankings. Bulbs that give the mind occurs. But in several ways, this is no coincidence. Even to a repair shop close to 60 € for the exchange of the H7 lamp is calculated. Bold!
Also annoying: Three times we had to wake up in the morning by the current Fiesta donation. Previously, each had a (un) secret consumer invalidated the battery. Stupid, especially since such a thing and more common (exchange part), the Ford Customer Service learning is both a cause (an error in the voice control module) and possible remedies were known. A more attentive than our maintenance workshop partner, it could not have come so far - so throwing the enchanted voice control of the Ford back to a place in midfield. Too bad, because otherwise the Fiesta has to work reliably. A worn belt, a permeable oil seal, a locked seat belt in the back seat and a rotten antenna, that was all he could chalk up to 100,000 kilometers. For this, the usual small things like front-brakes, replace tires, change engine oil top up a sip - more time our tester had not to muck.
More annoying than worrisome: The release bearing of the clutch and the gears worked perfectly though, but clearly audible. It creaked and growled like a used car Ollen. And what do the drivers? No bad thing - except for a few little luxuries: Sun complained tester Jürgen von Gosen "lousy achievable power window switch and inaccurate parking beepers," photo editor Bozo Furkes was angry about the "loud running fan of the climate system" and graphic designer Mario Puksec believed his "scorched backside of the seats." However, there was agreement regarding the handling and comfort. "An immaculate car," says colleague Juergen Greve in the logbook. He's right - at least play along as long as the electronics.
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