Comments on: 2009 Ford Fiesta officially unveiled

By: George

George — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:01:31 +0000

Don’t listen to this bloke, he’s retarded. check out the fiesta review on youtube from top gear and think again.

By: George

George — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:57:41 +0000

Mazda 2 and the fiesta share 20percent of the same parts. Plus the 2009 model is german man. I don’t think I’d complain.

By: burgo

burgo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:35:23 +0000

Hi Rod. I’d like to concur with your review.. Apart from the no end to electrical problems after 6500km I am still averaging 9.7lt/100km.. That is absolutely atrocious!! I cant discourage anyone enough from buying the Ford…

By: Cammo23

Cammo23 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:37:44 +0000

Well me and wife just took both the Mazda 2 (maunual) and Ford Fiesta CL (manual), both in the 5 door version for a test drive today because we are in the market for that type of vehicle. And just quietley we don’t agree on much these days but we actually both think for that little extra cash the Ford Fiesta is well worth it with respect to driveability!

Happy Motoring

By: bel23

bel23 — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:52:45 +0000

Hi Rod,
Thanks for the posting/reviw, it probably one of the first “real” review I’ve seen on the new fiesta. I was actually thinking of purchasing one over the Mazda 2 and now you given me some food for thought. Its incredible that it does not come with rear speakers!! Is it an extra cost option? How about the petrol consumption, still high?
Any more feedback is soo welcomed as I am looking to purchase…….

By: RGB

RGB — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:05:02 +0000

Rod, I live in Spain and your post makes me very happy! I am about to buy an AUTOMATIC Fiesta, but due to polio my leg is weak and need a car with very sensitive brakes. I have not been able to test one here in Spain.
Hope the European brakes are as \”sudden\” as yours!
Anyone have noticed that too?

By: RGB

RGB — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:54:09 +0000

Rod, I live in Spain and your post makes me very happy! I’m planing to buy an AUTO Fiesta and I need it to have VERY sensitive brakes as my leg is weak due to polio. Hope the spanish model will have the same “sudden braking” of yours!
Anyone thinks the same?

By: ROD

ROD — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:52:12 +0000

I’m an owner of a 2009 Ford Fiesta Automatic CL model. I had some brake safety issues with it since I drove off the dealership. I thought it would improve over time but I had to send it to their service center 3 times already during the 200km to 1600km run, which is barely not much.

The brake is too responsive and gives you that “sudden braking response” even when you actually try to engage the brake pedal as softly as possible. It’s very annoying especially when you try to position the car into the garage or try to maneuver to get out of the garage. Or when you’re driving on the road or highway, and you need to put the brakes on, and suddenly you’ll be greeted with that “too responsive braking” which is obviously a very dangerous and major safety issue.

Anyway, on the 3rd visit, their service mechanics had to “chamfer the brake pads” which means they had to cut some off it, making the surface area of the brake pads smaller) – which eventually reduced the “sudden braking” response of my car.

I also found out that the rear speakers of my car was not working, so I complained about it with their service center, only to be informed that my car was not meant to have a rear speaker (so they found the rear speakers “blank”, BUT physically, the rear speakers outlet are visible which you would assume they have speakers in them). This really made me feel upset. You pay a gross amount of at least $21,000 inclding on road costs, just to know that your car does not even have a simple/standard rear speakers installed in it.

The other thing is that, on fuel consumption, it’s currently using more than 50% higher than the one specifiec under it’s technical specs. But the service center told me to wait until the engine have done more than 5,000 km because at the moment, it’s still a green engine (meaning still under running-in stage). So, I’m closely monitoring the consumption every fill of fuel I make, and recording it on my logbook.

Generally, I am not that happy having purchased one of the 2009 Ford Fiesta Automatic CL range. Hopefully, it will prove itself to be better over time, but hoping should not be a part of any customer’s experince in buying a brand new car.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:28:31 +0000

Ripoff, firstly, Ford has been using its kinetic design a few years before the Mazda 2 was released, so actually Mazda copied Ford. Secondly, if you actually saw both in the metal and sat in them, you’d realise that they are quite different despite using the same platform. Third the Fiesta drives better than the Mazda 2, so for all its apparent ‘copying’, its still better.

Fourth, this article was published over a year ago, Why are you even digging it up when there’s the Fiesta first drive article, Fiesta long term test article and the Fiesta review. Bizarre

By: Ripoff!!!!

Ripoff!!!! — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:29:56 +0000

Ford should be ashamed, trying to compete with the Mazda 2 by nearly making an exact replica to it?!

Bastards. Companies complain about piracy and stuff while they’re doing things which are much worse.