- Doors and Seats
5 doors, 5 seats
- Engine
1.6DT, 4 cyl.
- Engine Power
66kW, 200Nm
- Fuel
Diesel 3.7L/100KM
- Manufacturer
FWD
- Transmission
Manual
- Warranty
3 Yr, 100000 KMs
- Ancap Safety
NA
2010 Ford Fiesta Econetic Review
I purchased my ECOneti two months ago as I travel over 100km most days and fuel economy was my main concern .
- Fuel cost , Power performance , Handling and ride , Styling and looks , Comfortable
- A little noisy on hwy , Tiny sound when doors closed , Android phone won't sync contacts , Seats need lumbar adjust , Wipers can shudder at times
The specs say 3.2lt per 100km hwy and 3.7lt combined . The best I can get is between 4 and 4.4 lt per 100km combined and most of my commutes are country hwy roads .
The fuel economy specs are misleading unless you don't go over 80kmh . Traveling faster than 80kmh reduces fuel economy and if it's a hot day with ac on forget it . It's still amazing fuel economy but the specs are not real world specs . The 3.2lt per 100km would only be possible if not traveling faster than 80kmh on a dead flat road with a tail wind .
Other than that I love the ford ECOneti as its got plenty of get up and go even up a steep incline and handles amazingly . It's a little noisy on ruff roads but that's not a huge issue . Iv gone from $320 a month to $80 a month in fuel costs so mission accomplished .
The only real criticism is that the cruise control can and will cause the car to jerk when going down a hill as the manual transmission doesn't absorb any overspeed and being a diesel the high compression of the engine tries to slow the car and the cruise control tries maintain the selected speed . It's sort of like engine bounce but the only thing you can do is feather the accelerator or disengage the cruise control.