Faults:

Some leaks from the radiator. I bought an addition for the anti-freeze for 2.5 EUR and they disappeared.

Few tiny repairs some of which I managed to perform alone.

General Comments:

Pros:

Great value for money. An excellent low-budget car.

Very spacey for its class. The VW Polo, Peugeot 106, Citroen AX are less spacey and comfortable.

Very reliable. I have the feeling that this car will never leave me.

Light-weight, short and high above the ground - very suitable for poorly maintained roads.

Cons:

Gears do not switch very smoothly.

Very noisy engine, especially when it is cold.

Not as fuel efficient as I expected it to be.

Faults:

Car is very rusty.

Rear view mirror fell off.

New front suspension parts required for MOT. This was cheap and simple to repair.

General Comments:

The car is complete rubbish to drive.

The only satisfaction in ownership is that it is cheap and reliable.

A great car for anyone who doesn't care what they drive, but likes a bit of cash in their back pocket.

Faults:

Gear box and engine mounts both needed replacing.

Courtesy light only worked on drivers door, and that was extremely temperamental.

Front indicators leak water.

Leak through aerial leading into car.

Locks easily tampered with by little thieves.

General Comments:

Don't expect this car to go fast, it doesn't! However it's comfortable at 80mph and have had 104mph out of it with no trouble.

Drivers airbag which was rare at this age, but that is the only extra! Very basic, no PAS, electric anything.

Faults:

Steering column lock had to be rebuilt in 2003.

Steering column stalk assembly had to be replaced in 2004.

Rear wiper intermittently fails.

General Comments:

A good runabout, but much heavier on fuel in town than my previous Panda.

Pity the rear seat base doesn't fold - limits its van-style capacity.

Comfortable to drive.

Power steering's a bit over-assisted for my taste.

Servicing's cheap, but part failures were irritating and quite expensive to rectify.

Driven modestly, it's quiet and comfortable.

Unlike the Panda, it's no fun to thrash (so I don't).

Faults:

Immobilizer sometimes has a mind of its own.

Exhaust all ways hangs low, out of the specified area.

Clutch replacement at 877000 miles.

General Comments:

This car is a perfect car to get young drivers established on the ever growing roads of the UK. With high reliability starting every time, you're never stuck any ware.

Driver image is little to be desired as it's a ford also the tappet sound from the engine can be annoying and sometimes embarrassingly loud!

Stops in good time and always sticks to the road no-matter how hard you push it.

Cheap replacement parts and easily found a local scrap yard for next to nothing.

Faults:

Front shocks needed replaced twice in a year.

Clutch went at 105,000 which isn't really bad wen its the original clutch.

General Comments:

Superb seats and handles like a dream.

Top speed of 125mph or 130mph downhill it's a real nippy car.

Acceleration ain't great upto 20 but rockets after that.

With low profile 16" alloys K+N air filter and straight though power-flow exhaust it's a dream drive and sounds great.

Faults:

Clutch cable snapped the first day of owning the car, going up a hill.

General Comments:

This car is very quick with its 1.6 Zetec engine, a Pipercross induction kit, and full stainless steel exhaust system. They have have pushed the BHP up from 90 BHP to around 105 BHP.

The car handles like a dream. It has been lowered by 35mm, and that gives the car a better overall feel.

The 1.6 Si may not be the XR2i, but it handles like one, and has the same feel. I would have another any day over an XR2i, for the simple fact that the insurance is just the same as a 1.1 Popular, but at the same time, it has the feel of an XR2i.