Fiesta ecoboost (13/14 plate) trims...

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Thinking of part exing my 08 MK2.5 Focus for a newer ecoboost Fiesta, one of the 125 BHP petrol engines. Have driven one on hire around the Isle of Man before, nippy little things.

Struggling to find any details about trim levels though and what equipment etc comes as standard. I'm trying to compare Zetec, Zetec S and Titanium. ST is out as I don't think it comes with ecoboosy, only with a tax/insurance bloodsucking engine.

Anyone have any info? Or suggestions about what trim to aim for? Max cost is ~£12k for the right car. I'm fairly set on the Fiesta.
 
FYI the ST comes with a 1.6 ecoboost engine with £130 road tax iirc.

When my missus was looking for a new car before xmas we looked at Fiestas and anything below Titanium spec was pretty sparse as you don't even seem to get climate standard at any lower trim level.
 
Might as well use that budget on a MK3 Focus Ecoboost Titanium, will be a year or so older, won't be any noticeably more expensive to run either.
 
There are some v good lease deals on the Fiesta at the moment. I saw a link earlier to a Zetec S at £900 deposit, £120 a month including VAT and 8k miles per year.
 
Ford have always seemed incapable of sticking climate on anything but the top trim - if even then.

We've been looking recently at both the iriginal 2009ish cars and newer facelifts -between zetec and titanium at least you gain climate, auto lights, auto wipers, cruise, sometimes a better head unit

I was trying to get the Mrs to take a fiesta red/black at a very similar deal to the above - 140ish bho from the little 1 litre and a decent looking car but she wasn't interested in the "bling"
 
panthro said:
There are some v good lease deals on the Fiesta at the moment. I saw a link earlier to a Zetec S at £900 deposit, £120 a month including VAT and 8k miles per year.
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Yeah but everything is an optional extra so if you don't want cloth seats with twiddly knob AC you'll have to pay.
 
stevetuk said:
Thinking of part exing my 08 MK2.5 Focus for a newer ecoboost Fiesta, one of the 125 BHP petrol engines. Have driven one on hire around the Isle of Man before, nippy little things.

Struggling to find any details about trim levels though and what equipment etc comes as standard. I'm trying to compare Zetec, Zetec S and Titanium. ST is out as I don't think it comes with ecoboosy, only with a tax/insurance bloodsucking engine.

Anyone have any info? Or suggestions about what trim to aim for? Max cost is ~£12k for the right car. I'm fairly set on the Fiesta.
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You can get a brand new titanium x fiesta with the 125 ecoboost for under 13k from drive the deal (or a titanium for under 12k). Just get a new one, the titanium x has pretty much everything you can have on a fiesta on it. if you go new , you can just download a brochure from Ford which will answer all your questions.
 
My mum's just about to collect her brand new Fiesta Zetec (125) which she got on a lease deal for £109pm with a tiny deposit (£109). Not my cup of tea, but its trouble free motoring for her and should hopefully work out about the same per annum (factoring in consumables/tax/mot/etc) as her old (2001) Fiesta Flight.
 
We have a 2014 125ps Titanium X. Part Leather seats, air con, heated mirrors, windscreen etc, heated front seats, leather gear stick, handbrake, steering wheel, sony thingmyjig, cruise control, puddle lights, autoheadlights, autowipers, chrome door things and 17" alloys but they were a little extra. Think we paid 13850 from hendies brand new.

In fact the only thing it doesn't have I think is the parking sensors, nice and pretty nippy too.
 
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For 12k you could almost buy a used mk7 Fiesta ST, which are load of fun to drive. They have the 1.6 ecoboost engine with 180bhp (actually, 200 because of overboost), £130 tax and will do about 40mpg on a normal drive. Pay an extra £600 and Ford will tune it up and stick a Mountune kit on it :)

They come with most of the equipment as standard, plus the extra ST bits (like Recaro seats). You do get a harder ride though.
 
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You can get decent looking s1600's for less than that even, agree they look a good buy.

I can't see the "value" in buying a cooking model new when you can have one a couple of years old for thousands less that will shed very little over the next couple of years.(I'd still take a new one, but its never going to be the cheapest asy to do it)

Zetec 1.25 as a case in point. 13 plate cars can be had for £7.5k, that's a car that you won't get under £10.5k new and can't buy a decent 2011 car for less than £6k - the other trims follow a similar trend
 
Fiesta E-Brochure can be found here - link

The wife has a 14 plate Zetec S on a good personal lease plan, she's really happy with it. Looks a damn sight better than a standard Fiesta, very ST'ish and it's a hoot to drive around our country lanes. Great fuel economy too providing I'm not behind the wheel :D



Janesy B said:
Yeah but everything is an optional extra so if you don't want cloth seats with twiddly knob AC you'll have to pay.
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It's a Fiesta man, not an S Class :p Twiddly knob AC is fine for a shopper and you actually do get a fair amount as standard including Ford sync, quick clear front screen and usb playback.
 
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