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Originally Posted by Ratmick
I have an ex-Ford LV MKII Focus (first registered in May last year) hatch. My partner has a new WT LX Fiesta sedan. Both are turbo diesels, and both manual.
The Focus is a much better car in nearly all respects, except boot space and fuel economy. The Fiesta has a huge boot. I have no idea how the hell they did it but it swallows a week's worth of groceries for a family of six (four teenagers) without any issues what so ever. My Focus can also fit a load but it requires stacking  .
She also gets slightly better mileage, but it's not that much better (about 0.5 litres less per 100km). It also has the 1.6 litre TDCi against my Focus' 2 litre TDCi but they drive like chalk and cheese. Her car drives fine, it's certainly not going to win any drag races but it'll quite happily cruise on the freeway speed limit all day.
The Fiesta is a bit smaller in the wheelbase front-to-back and narrower side-to-side plus the wheels are smaller so it feels the bumps in the road a lot more than the Focus...which goes like a rocket. The Focus also accelerates better, corners better and stops better.
The Fiesta new was $19,000 on the road (a you-beaut Ford deal last September). The Focus six months from first rego with a towbar, rustproofing and 18,000km on the clock was $20,000 on the road.
You don't think it may be worth looking at a low-mileage ex-Ford Exec 2.0 litre diesel/petrol Focus when the time comes and see what the prices are like against the Fiesta?
Hope this helps...
Mick |
I found the opposite with my WS Fiesta and LV Focus, but my Fiesta is petrol, so obviously lighter engine, Focus diesel.
My Focus will understeer fairly badly when pushed into a tight corner and it body-rolls like the Costa Concordia, but its more comfortable, soaks up the bumps, interior is low quality as well, but the LW Focus fixed that issue.
Focus feels quick because its surge of torque from 1750 RPM.
Fiesta handles like a go-kart, you can throw that thing into corners and it just goes around, plus its steering is dead on, point it and it goes where you want but its also fitted with a lot better tyres, continental's over the crappy goodyear junk on my Focus.