fiesta 1.0 ecoboost

opstrat · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:35

what of them guys?

looking at maybe a 13/14 plate 7k figure. Reviews are giving them the 4 out 5 stars but what's it like living with them. The ones I can see are mostly the 125's. I'm not looking for a pocket rocket but I don't really want to be bored to death.

Nasher · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:39

There's no replacement for displacement

It's good for a 1.0, but it lacks guts. When I had one as a loan car, there wasn't a whole lot of difference in mpg to my ST tbh. I think it will be boring unless you at least get the higher HP one.

opstrat · 5 Oct 2017 at 18:23

What kind of mpg did you get? I k ow it says 65 but honest john has them at mid 40's

Adam · 5 Oct 2017 at 18:28

I had some special edition Zetec-S with that engine and it was capable but had significant turbo lag.

Dav4 · 5 Oct 2017 at 19:01

Good cars op. Try and get the 140bhp in Zetec S trim good looking car they are and 0-60 in 9.5 seconds is nippy for a little car

magicoi · 5 Oct 2017 at 19:20

My Missus has a 125 bhp 1.0 ecoboost titanium- its a great little car and it can move when you want it to! MPG is decent too but I cant give you exact figures as it's her car and she doesn't know!!

Nasher · 5 Oct 2017 at 19:25

opstrat said:
What kind of mpg did you get? I k ow it says 65 but honest john has them at mid 40's

I used to get around 40 from my ST on my commute. The 1.0 had maybe 4-5mpg more, never saw anywhere near 65. I did floor it quite a lot through because it felt so slow pulling out of junctions etc. after driving the ST lol

Skillmister · 5 Oct 2017 at 20:52

For what it's worth I averaged 33.41mpg over 11,063 miles in my ST. This was mostly a mix of spirited A/B road and town driving. My commute changed in May to be quite a bit longer and involved some motorway and the average was more like 37mpg since then.

The best tank was 40.82mpg, the worst was 27.67mpg (I remember this one well

).

opstrat · 5 Oct 2017 at 21:03

Cheers guys. I am basically looking for a small hatch with good mpg to do roughly 8 to 10k a year in for about 7k. Wanting to replace my 09 plate 2.3 auto mondeo titanium x which is currently returning roughly 24 mpg. So even at 8k miles a year its still costing a small fortune on petrol.

Luke_Bowman · 5 Oct 2017 at 21:04

Had my 100bhp ecoboost for 3 years now and I've averaged 45.7mpg for town driving and some B roads. Most of the efficiency you gain is lost because you're driving the car under boost if you want any sense of pace.

MichaelAwkward · 5 Oct 2017 at 21:12

opstrat said:
Cheers guys. I am basically looking for a small hatch with good mpg to do roughly 8 to 10k a year in for about 7k. Wanting to replace my 09 plate 2.3 auto mondeo titanium x which is currently returning roughly 24 mpg. So even at 8k miles a year its still costing a small fortune on petrol.

Are you sure there’s not something wrong with your Mondeo? I get about that MPG from a 3.5L V6... in stop start traffic.

Surely a 2.3 must be more economical. I used to get 34 from a 2.5L Mazda which is probably related to the 2.3 Ford.

Skillmister · 5 Oct 2017 at 21:17

That does sound low OP. The first 2 tanks in my 2l Mazda 6 have been 38 and 34mpg.

opstrat · 5 Oct 2017 at 21:25

I do a lot of short runs on long runs I get very low 30's. If there is something wrong I wouldn't know where to look. No warning lights etc full service history from ford.

Dav4 · 5 Oct 2017 at 21:28

opstrat said:
Cheers guys. I am basically looking for a small hatch with good mpg to do roughly 8 to 10k a year in for about 7k. Wanting to replace my 09 plate 2.3 auto mondeo titanium x which is currently returning roughly 24 mpg. So even at 8k miles a year its still costing a small fortune on petrol.

Wow that is awful something must be wrong there. I get 27mpg at all times from my 13 year old 3.0 V6 ST220 that's taken to nearly 7k revs in every gear at all times

Kaka · 6 Oct 2017 at 12:42

Short journeys and stop start traffic kills mpg so there might not be anything wrong with your Mondeo. In my last three cars, long term averages for each were like 18, 20, 21.

Nasher · 6 Oct 2017 at 12:53

Only way to really beat the low urban mpg is a hybrid, but it will suffer at higher speeds.

DomBruv · 6 Oct 2017 at 13:04

got 2 friends with these, both heads have gone on them.

too much power through a tiny block imo

Howard · 6 Oct 2017 at 14:01

The Mondeo 2.3 is a pretty inefficient engine mated to a fairly inefficient auto box so it doesn’t sound “broken” to me.

Going from a Mondeo to a Fiesta will be somewhat of a downgrade in the comfort stakes though.

Teknobry · 6 Oct 2017 at 14:09

DomBruv said:
got 2 friends with these, both heads have gone on them.

too much power through a tiny block imo

i was thinking that, especially the 140bhp version. it must run quite high boost to get that power.

Joe T · 6 Oct 2017 at 14:12

Nasher said:
There's no replacement for displacement

It's good for a 1.0, but it lacks guts.

I still dont think your hire car was a 125. Or if it was it was broken.

The 1.0 125PS is enough power for most; in fact many drivers would manage with the 100PS version.

"Good for a 1.0" - what does that even mean? Are you comparing with a N/A engine? In which case WTF?