1991 Ford Scorpio review from UK and Ireland

Transmission forever hunting up & down the gearbox.

Rear diff is noisy.

Driver's seat leather is cracking badly.

Aircon VERY cold!! - Fault?

This is one car I hated owning at the time! (Fuel protests in the UK etc). With its average 15-18 mpg reported by my pocket and the on board fuel computer, this car was an expensive nightmare to run. However, £500 for a two owner car with all working features, full service history and a "pebbledashed nose!" The car's an absolute bargain.

I have not bettered it with my latest car at all.

The 2.9i engine has Cosworth heads, and at the point of disposing of the car was using about 1 litre of oil every 800-1000 miles, started 1st time hot or cold and would frequently make cars "Tailgating" on the motorway a small spec in the rear view mirror! To help things out a bit, the engine had a "Superchip" fitted to the engine management system, a 3" bore stainless steel exhaust (purchased after buying the car) and 2 "Cone" airfilters by K&N.

This car was very quick on motorways, bloody dangerous on twisty country roads! (Tail out with an auto is somthing I never liked!).

Check your auctions, find a high miles example of this car, (the 24v not the 2.9i 12v!!), run it for a while, sell it easily for more than you paid for it!

My car finally sold, albeit with paint touched up here & there, and a genuine 209800 miles on the clock for £950, and is still going strong on the same engine & gearbox.. If only my 1992 BMW 525i 24v was half as reliable @ 126000 miles!