Faults:

Nothing at all.

General Comments:

I love the ford escort zx2

It defenantlly blows away any Honda civic

It pushes about 210- 230 hp with the supercharger

Without the supercharger it pushes about 150 -170 hp

There is no question about that info because I had a hp calculator in my car and it tels you all you want to know

You just have to put a performance motor kit into it and you will be stronger for 30 - 40 hp.

Faults:

Had to replace CV-Joins, however, it was probably due to my fault. I've hit a huge bump once with both front wheels.

General Comments:

A great car for the money.

A car for a student in high school all the way to the collage level. Probably not very good car as a family vehicle.

A bit slow up the hill in the summer with the A/C on.

Good gas economy.

Recommend to change the spark plugs. Stack ones are not very good. At 50,000 the gap was about 2mm. After I put 4 tip bosh spark plugs it made a world of difference in speed/power/gas economy/and engine vibrations.

At 50,000 replaced the serpentine belt, probably a usual maintenance item.

The road noise did transfer to the cabin.

Tires expensive and difficult to find. However, you can go with different kind then recommended by Ford. I've seen many people do it and the the car drove fine.

With the fold-down rear-seat it's capacity was quite amazing. Enough room for two snowboards and load of stuff. I took this little car up and down the East Cost and it did very well.

Handles great in the traffic.

Probably stick-shift transmission would be best fitted for this car.

However, typical engineering by Ford, many things could be improved with little effort from the company. On the other hand, I got the car on it's first year of production in US, so can't complain too much. ;)

Faults:

The windshield washer pump and trunk solenoid are both out. No other problems have occurred.

General Comments:

After installing an Iceman intake, Accel coil, K&N filter, and a Pacesetter Quick-shift, performance increased noticeably. I get 27 city/33 highway mpg. Handling improved with switching the stock rear sway bar with a mid-90's Escort GT sway bar, and going to a 195/60 instead of stock 185/60 tires. I ditched the stock stereo for a Pioneer DEH-3300 and Polk speakers, too. Long trips (+200 miles) get a bit tiresome, but it's a good commuter.

Faults:

I haven't had anything go wrong with this car.

Just the usual maintenence of oil changes and new brakes and tires.

General Comments:

I liked the look and features of this car.

It has fog lights, sunroof and a rear spoiler and a cd changer.

This car gets a lot use as a I do a lot of driving for my job.

I haven't had one problem with it.

Everything still works fine.

Although the interior (checkered grey) isn't the coolest looking thing in the world.

Faults:

Timing belt tensioner went wrong and threw off the timing.

General Comments:

This car has a lot of bang for your buck, I calculate it should be just about the best bang for your buck ratio you got going out there.

The car is a trooper, I have been putting it through severities and it has not complained until the timing went off. I have put a serious dent in the arrogance of the Honda owners.

Faults:

Nothing, this car left the dealer lot and has never been back.

General Comments:

You cannot find a better value automobile.

Granted the car is small, but this makes it both fast and affordable to operate.

Only complaint is there is not an inside trunk release, and with a single key you must shut off the car to open the trunk, this has been corrected for the 2000 model year and beyond.

This car is driven hard, even at the dragstrip, and continues to be free of any defects. The dragstrip was loaded and tough to hookup, but the car still ran 16.81 in the middle of August at 90 degrees. Not too many normally aspirated 4 bangers can perform at this level, especially at 16k sticker price.