1990 Ford Fiesta Popular Plus from UK and Ireland - Comments

Engine mounts went causing antifreeze hose to burn through and leak... Faulty mounts not spotted by Ford Dealer, they just fitted a new hose and the same thing happened!!!

Battery went after being stuck in massive traffic jam for 3 hours at a stand still in minus 5 temperature... I'll forgive the car this one.

Seems to drink both oil and petrol alarmingly.

No electrics of any note, so nothing else to go wrong :)

Other things were due to age.... exhaust, front tyres worn, brake pads etc...... if you buy make sure it's got plenty of new parts!!!!! I've done 24k miles in 2 years mostly on the M-way and it's still going strong.

Only 4 forward gears but could be described as a bonus, no need to change down to get some extra speed. Point and press from 30-95!!!. Does 80 happily but very thirsty... 95 less happily... 70 is very pleasant indeed.

Can't beat it around town.... fun beating anything below 1.4 from the lights especially Corsas and Micras. RS Turbo without the engine? Possibly not.... but I love it.

0-50 in 10 seconds, 0-60 in 3 hours. Only feels out of place pulling out onto fast moving roads with no run up. Great first car...... but now I long for something faster and more sexy...... Saxo VTR methinks.

I've just got a 1990 Popular plus 1.1L. There's nothing wrong with it and it starts first time every time. It is a special edition one so it has 5 gears and loads of extras. However, I agree that it has no acceleration, but it hasn't been done up - yet.

I had a Mk3 Fiesta 1.00 G-reg, it was an excellent car! Apart from a new engine at 90k which was a bored out 999cc to 1080cc, it was quick with a carb of an old XR2.

The suspension was binned and replaced with Konis all around and a front roll-bar of an Xr2i.

14 inch Team-dynamics alloys in white were also added.

Sadly it got written off by an oncoming vehicle last year.

I'd recommend the mk3 Fiesta to new drivers.

I've got a 1990 G-Reg Fiesta Mk3 1.0 Popular. The car is quite a good drive and it has never let me down, although I have the same problem with the anti-freeze hose melting. In retrospect, the Mk3 Fiesta is a great little car and a rewarding drive.

I own a Ford Fiesta Popular Plus 999cc. I've only been driving for 3 months and I found that it's a great 1st car. Its not a great looker, but with a bit of money spent on it, it can look quite good. Unfortunately my insurance company isn't too keen on that, which in turn makes my bank manager unhappy. I find that its quite nippy around town up to about 40mph, but falls away after that unless you want to red-line it in 3rd. It has not let me down yet (famous last words!) but I do have problems getting the engine to pick up 1st thing in the morning. Highly recommended as a first car!

I bought a G reg 1.0 popular which I changed from red to rover British racing green. I put a 1.4 engine in it, a racing clutch, 5 speed gear box and to make it better I skimmed it and put on twin Webber 45 carb's on. it sound great yet still looks standard until i put a kit on and lower it! I love it!