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The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/drive/motor...1016-h0ck.html To be launched in December. Official web: http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/Conte...ction=econetic Quote:
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http://www.caradvice.com.au/44542/fo...efficient-car/
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If Ford can't sell 2,000 Fiesta's a month with this included they might as well give up now
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Ford will sell bugger all unfortunatly, because the likleyhood of is getting our hands on them is slim. Europe is lapping them up by the thousands.
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Finally have my Zetec!
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Another article here: http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2009...at-prius-17090
Ford Australia's reported extra-urban fuel consumption of 3.2 L/100km puts it way ahead of the other fuel misers. Great work, Ford. However, the price may be of some concern, considering it loses many of the features seen on the 5 oor Zetec. I know it is still way cheaper than a Prius or Mini D, but it still will be quite an expensive light-class car. (And also a bit dull in the looks department, compared to the Zetec.) "...the Fiesta is priced at $24,990 (driveaway) and is broadly specified as per the Fiesta Zetec -- barring the Zetec's bigger alloy wheels and other features that don't contribute to fuel efficiency. Compared with the Zetec grade, the Fiesta ECOnetic lacks: rear electric windows (standard for five-door Zetec), leather gear knob, 'aesthetic' lighting, sports cloth trim, driver's seat map pocket, chrome tailgate handle, sports bodykit, chrome trim for door uppers, projector-beam headlights, front foglights and an alarm." Finally, looking at the spec sheet on the CarAdvice website (http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...s_Oct-2009.pdf)... the overal ratio in 5th gear is about 30% lower than the manual petrol car. I wonder how the petrol motor would go with these ratios. I do a lot a of freeway driving in my Zetec, and would have loved a taller fifth gear or maybe even a sixth. |
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I think Ford Australia have an opportunity to compete with Yaris and Getz with a Thai Fiesta, where Australia is the principal market.
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So it's LX spec then? Read some of the Euro Ford sites, if you put bigger wheels with alloys on fuel consumption goes up to mid fours. Not a massive increase.
I believe the ECOnetic will still come from Europe, as will our XR4 in due time (that's if Ford Australia want it). It'll be like the Focus, two different factories. |
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Paxton - not to mention they will be ~10% cheaper due to no import duty from Thailand.
RT - yep bigger wheels will be heavier & take more energy to accelerate, although that is quite a difference % wise. At least they could have standard alloys (same size as the steel rims) rather than cheap-looking plastic trims, on what is a premium-priced car for its class. |
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It's the width of the tyre that buggers your fuel economy, I bet the CL's do much better than the Zetecs
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It's a combination of the weight (or more specifically the rotational inertia), rolling resistance and width. The aerodynamics of the wheel face will also have a small impact. The EcoNetic uses narrow 14 inch steel wheels, with 175/65 low rolling resistance tyres and smooth wheel covers. This is a far cry from the 17x7 inch 5 spoke alloys and stickier 205/40 rubber on my Zetec.
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I don't think people should expect Ford to cut the price of fiesta dramatically...it will come down as much as $1-1.5k (which is alot for that segment) but you won't be seeing a $12,990 fiesta any time soon. Its a premium product and so it demands a premium price. Either way if you had to pick between a $14,990 fiesta or a $12,990 barina i know where i'd spend the coin....
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I find my continentals are useless on a roundabout with only a slight kick. The DSC struggles to start up too. Adding low rolling tryres would be appauling IMHO! Maybe the Continentals just lack grip? They always seem to be slipping and sliding, but then again I do push it hard. Too much tyre shine!!! ;-)
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Our's came with the Hankooks, very good, very sticky tyre, couldn't be more happen with how it performs on wet rutted highways either, drives VERY straight even through the deepest ruts. But they wont last 40,000 ks on the front. Will be replacing them with somthing a little less costly next time (soon). One of the fronts has a nail in it anyway since almost new and has a slow leak that needs pumping up each couple/few weeks so it's good that its lasted this long
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Do I push mine too hard? The whole front tyres just looses grip and you can feel the whole front drifting away. Maybe I do push it too hard sometimes, but the old Fiesta could handle it
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Mine have Continentals too, the 15s but they seem alright, I took it up the mountains and drove it very hard, but they seemed to stick. The front end got really floaty when I was doing 90km/h on a dirt road once though (100km/h speed limit), but they're not rally tyres so you would get that on anything I'm guessing.
How did you manage to get the front tyres to lose grip? I'm yet to do that, they seem to hold on well for me. I've made the front right tyre lose traction from a standing start though. |
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Go around a round about at a moderate speed. I know my car is not a sports car, but I can take an Astra SRi around the same round about and it just sticks. Add a tiny bit of wet and goodbye front end, it just drifts away...Meh, it's FWD. Just my WP was a rock around corners.
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It's an impressive car, but the $24,990 driveaway is already $1000 more than a manual 5-door Zetec. And the econometic has specs similar to the LX. Diesels must be expensive engines.
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When we first got the car my wife was following the gps up some goat track, single lane bush road 100 zone and then while I was zoned out looking at the floor and she was driving she started screaming WHERES THE ROAD!. We had come over a crest and all I could see was a fence a gate and trees and about .... not much road left. I was just waiting for the impact. Then my wife just reefed the wheel as hard as she could and the entire car sounded REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 90 degree turn at 100 km/h no lies:!) and by some total fluke she went the right way and we were cruising down the road again. She started crying for about the next 15 minutes from the shock and was saying how she almost killed us n her birthday. That day I learned that the ESC works
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Your sure you don't have an elf greenfoam!!! Perhaps it's the roads, my driving, or my car is specific but it's not as solid ad the WP. I do the roundabout every day, and it's always the same. The DSC light flashes but it keeps drifting. In saying that I have a hoot driving up the Peachester range neat Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. It's a hoot there, only loosing traction on very sharp corners. Then again that road is a good road?
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Got no clue: )? I've seen the traction light flash driving in a straight line through deep water filled ruts on the highway before and on the change to 2nd in the rain but apart from that it sticks pretty good. I don't know if the hankooks are any better or not but that's all I know
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The advert has started. A Squeeze Econetic is driving with a more funky version of the Falcon/Territory/Focus/Mondeo ads music and they say it's Australia's most fuel efficient car. Coming soon.
Shows the car, no crap approach, with the facts. It good. Although the Squeeze looks extremely green. |
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