2005 Ford Fiesta ST150 from UK and Ireland - Comments

The C-Max is quite a bit bigger than the Fiesta and has a higher specification and bigger engines. The C-Max is what we call an MPV here in the UK - I think you guys know them as mommy wagons. Designed for carrying kids and family stuff around. The Fiesta is a small city car, although this ST version is good for 0-60 in under 8 seconds, and a the "throw away the key" side of 130 mph top end.

Both great cars, but quite different.

Official times by performance ford magazine timed the st150 to 0-60 in 8.3 and 0-100 in 29.8. why does it take 11 sec to do 60-100? not at all a hot hatch.

To the above comment, I own a st150 and official time are these:

0-60 5.3

0-100 12.8

148 top end

professional timing gear

don't know where ford got their times from. maybe a full car, with a full petrol tank in a blizzard.

Lol I'm sorry my friend, but those times you state for your st are WAYYYYYYYYY off the mark. a 150hp fiesta will not get anywhere near those times (0-60 in 5.3)...i nearly wet myself with laughter when I read that. its more like 8 seconds, and will not do 148mph its not got enough bhp or geared for that kind of speed. watch the episode of top gear when Jeremy Clarkson stats the figure at 129mph,3mph more than the citroen C2 VTS that he races it with. And also stated that a civic type R is much faster and that only has a 0-60 time of about 6.8.to get anywhere near that time you state you would need about another 100bhp or for your car to weigh about the same as a kids plastic go kart. live in the real world and don't post stupid times that your car has no chance of reaching, unless pushed off a very high cliff.

I also find the 0-60 in 5.3 seconds utterly barmy!

If you're going to exaggerate your performance claims, at least make them semi-believable!

Garanteed he's from essex.

Insurance group 15??? whats up with that, the same as astra 2.0 turbo.

I own a clio 172 and my car wees on an 06 plate st 150. they are the same weight and got 22bhp less before you go near modding it lol a modded st would be special to pull 22bhp out of an induction kit & exhust and even then its not as quick as a STANDARD 172.

So!!!

I own an ST and I wish it did do 0-60 in 5.3 seconds, but it won't, try 8 seconds! As for the boy with the clio 172, trust me speed is the only thing you have over the fiesta! The fiesta handles better, looks better, has much better build quality and you don't have to rev it passed 5000 revs for it to move!

For all the good points about the Clio, it still has Renault build quality and reliability (or lack of). I have a Megane as a company car and it's nice enough to drive, but the quality of the thing is shocking.

The bonnet doesn't fit properly, the flap over the fuel filler has faded to a completely different colour to the surrounding body panel, the panel around the heater controls on the dash can be moved by hand about a centimetre in each direction, the seat adjust lever broke about the third time it was used, the tailgate is hard to latch, the fuel computer goes nuts periodically, the electronic start system has packed up twice and the tyre pressure monitors keep telling me I have flat tyres when I don't.

All this in 3 months and 4,000 miles of plodding up and down motorways. The idea of this shocking quality in a car that's going to actually be driven hard is terrifying. I wouldn't buy a Clio if it outpaced a Ferrari quite honestly. Actually, according to some owners, it does!

Well written article, I’ve been driving a Saxo VTS from new for 7 years (endless problems, but a quick fun car to drive) was considering the Clio 182 (despite build quality apprehensions!) but I am seriously considering the Fiesta ST, especially if Ford confirm the tuning package! Does any one have any news on this?

Here’s a question for the article writer or anyone who has owned both cars. How does the Fiesta ST compare to the Saxo VTS in handling, performance and economy?

I own a fiesta st and sadly it would never reach 60 mph in 5.3 that is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. As if a car with 150 bhp and insurance group 13 e ever do that and if what you are saying was true it would be far quicker than a focus st that you would pay 6 grand more for. That would make NO sense of ford doing that. 5.3 is really getting on for imprezza sti 0-60, which the FIESTA ST sadly cannot match.

Real performance figures

0-60 7.9

top speed 129 mph

insurance 13E.

About the guy on the 4th of may. The dynamics of the ST are unbelievable good. The uprated suspensionfrom the zetec s makes it handle well. The steering is great and it is by far and away the best chassis for small hot hatches in the business. However don't believe me read reviews for yourselfespecially from 5th gear. look at thier lap times and you will see that the st only finished half a second behind a civic type R. And lets not forget that just about everyone thinks they are an extremely cool car, Jeremy clarkson tested it and he loved it.

Do not by clio 182 they are bringing out a clio 190 at the end of summer so the clio 182 will be old news shame though coz it's a really great car.

Also to the guy who claims his Clio wee's all over an 06 plate ST. Like you said, an 06 plate = pretty much brand spanking new = probably very few miles on the clock = engine still running in.