1988 Ford Fiesta Reviews

if your looking for a a hot hatch with that little bit extra this is the car for you. the mk11 xr2 is unlike most hot hatches you will find today in as much it does not need ££££'s spent on it to make it go round courners really well, it already does that. it's wide and low body are the best ingredients for this, that and a hard suspension. it has a good little engine to. its 1.6 engine pushes out 96 bhp and if it is in good nick you will hit 60 in just under 10 secs. which is, even by todays stanards of a 1.6 engine....pretty quick.... and this car was made in the 80's. there are few luxuries in this car, like a air con or traction controll, but only because of its age. it has all the luxuries you should expect in a car this age......... good performance, really comfy bucket seats, tons of leg room, pleanty of room in the back and in the boot. i could comfortably cruise to the south of france in this car. it's fantastic.

but with every car the are it's draw backs. you have to keep the engine in good nick to keep it running unfortunatlly it's age really does start to show on that part. it also rusts a bit this late in the game. but even with these problems i love it..... if you were really commited to doing this car up and had about £3000 to spend on the engine and suspension and maybee a little bit of welding if it has not been looked after you would have yourslef one of the hottest hatches on the block.

is got bits of plastic on it and from the 80's

handling was pretty good, sounded great, quite quick for what it was.

Used as a spare car while re-building engine in my XR3i.
Great number plate though E69 LGS, bought the car on ebay for £21.
Sold 2 weeks later for£100 thats how you do it........

Good lil run around car, fun to drive - bouncy suspension lol