Originally Posted by 89XR2
My brother has one. Nice car, it only has 90bhp but I think it's something like 170ftlbs of torque. Not that fast in first or second gear from a standing start (same as pretty much all diesels) but once it gets going it's pretty fast point to point and alot of fun. Really good handling and brakes. I think it's actually rated as being faster than the petrol one point to point and is alot more desirable than the petrol zetec-s and even the st due to being not much slower, the posibilty to do 70mpg and the fact that it only costs £50 to tax it for a year as it's one of the new breed of diesels.
I have no idea about tuning as my brothers is completely standard but it's a good fun nippy little car
Thats pretty good to hear, i'm not one for racing from the lights but I like to have enough power to overtake and throw it round a few b roads and I think thats why I like the idea of the fiesta as people say they handle nice. How come it only costs your brother £50 a year to tax? I thought it was only below 1500cc or something daft?
James- I'm looking for a new/ nearly new car and I no how good the golfs are and how they perform (I started off looking at VAG engined cars) but for some reason I just don't like the way they look ( maybe its cos the majority I see have stupid light etc )
Gareth T- I'll make a note of that
AlexF- I thought it was just a remap thing that might have made the difference from the focus but someones just told me they use a smaller turbo and different fuel systems
