2000 Ford Fiesta Reviews, Pricing & Specs
What owners say
"Overall, drivers have a favorable opinion of the 2000 Ford Fiesta, often praising its fun handling and reliability. Many owners enjoyed its nippy performance and good build quality, making it a popular choice for those seeking a compact car. However, some noted its less powerful engine and occasional build quality issues as drawbacks."
Pretty nippy for a 1.2L. Not much torque low down but it picks up its feet above 3,500rpm. The powerband is between 4,000 and 5,500 rpm. Go above that and all your really doing is minimising he Rev drop when you change up a gear. It hits the limiter at 6,800 Rpm. The Zetec-SE engine is an excellent engine and it was co-designed with Yamaha. It's lightweight, all aluminium block and head, double overhead camshaft, sixteen valve design. Chassis is stiff and it would handle well with stiffer suspension. Still lots of understeer as expected with modern day FWD cars. Ive got 195/50/15 Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres which are very grippy all round. They are good to rely on and you get nothing but positive feedback from them all the way to the limit. This is the Non ABS version, ABS version would be more preferable. I would desire more from the brakes. The car feels skitty and loose under breaking. The brakes are Good by most standards, but I would prefere them to be better.
March 22, 2008geeat affordable little car. looks nice and the build quality is very good, easy to drvie and affordable to service and repair sluggish engine for a 1.3 but a good car to drive with a very good gearbox. handling is mint
January 26, 2009Compared to my old Ka - brilliant. cheap-ish to insure, reasonably rapid, air con, electric windows, central locking, quiet on the motorway, can acrry more stuff than you might think with the seats folded. Its a fantastic all-round student car. A couple of friends have similar cars and love them!
May 11, 2009What owners say
Pretty nippy for a 1.2L. Not much torque low down but it picks up its feet above 3,500rpm. The powerband is between 4,000 and 5,500 rpm. Go above that and all your really doing is minimising he Rev drop when you change up a gear. It hits the limiter at 6,800 Rpm. The Zetec-SE engine is an excellent engine and it was co-designed with Yamaha. It's lightweight, all aluminium block and head, double overhead camshaft, sixteen valve design. Chassis is stiff and it would handle well with stiffer suspension. Still lots of understeer as expected with modern day FWD cars. Ive got 195/50/15 Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres which are very grippy all round. They are good to rely on and you get nothing but positive feedback from them all the way to the limit. This is the Non ABS version, ABS version would be more preferable. I would desire more from the brakes. The car feels skitty and loose under breaking. The brakes are Good by most standards, but I would prefere them to be better.
March 22, 2008geeat affordable little car. looks nice and the build quality is very good, easy to drvie and affordable to service and repair sluggish engine for a 1.3 but a good car to drive with a very good gearbox. handling is mint
January 26, 2009Compared to my old Ka - brilliant. cheap-ish to insure, reasonably rapid, air con, electric windows, central locking, quiet on the motorway, can acrry more stuff than you might think with the seats folded. Its a fantastic all-round student car. A couple of friends have similar cars and love them!
May 11, 2009possibly the best handling 1.6 hatchback in the world. always felt planted and solid while giving it some.
January 26, 2008fiesta 1.6 zetec s 0-60 7.9 secs top speed 135mph slammed 60mm handles like its on rails build quality is very solid looks tidy lowered not bad on petrol tenner gets you about 80 miles fun facter 10/10
November 29, 20091.6 Zetec Sport. Lighweight, quick and great handling. slighly slower off the mark than the saxo VTR but it handles so much better. Modifications (running at 112bhp) Minor external modifications including ST170 alloy caps, diffuser and de-badged Magnex 5" oval cat back Pipercross forced air intake 10mm HT leads and super 4s (evertime for a fiesta can't go wrong) 35mm eibachs front upper, lower and rear strutbraces tinted windows 5mm bigger throttle body intake various interior modifications but nothing major Proxy sensors and alarm
June 5, 2010This was a 1.25 Zetch, very nippy reliable car, nice looking car at the time, lovely to drive & respectable.
January 1, 2008couldnt really drive this car too much as it was my mum's, but when i did it wasnt the best car in the world. Based on the current Ford Ka chassis this car was great around the corners but lacked in confidence when presented with a straight road.
December 8, 2007Ford Fiesta Zetec s has been played with a liitle bit replaced engine with a 1.7 puma powered lump :-) roughly running at about 125BHP. Lowered 40mm handles alot better now, Blacked out windows . Colour coded body work, Different wheels to standard one,
December 10, 2009this car has took so much abuse in the year tht i hav owned it. i hav done 21000 miles in it and neva spent a penny on it. if your looking 4 cheap car tht is reliable then make sure its a ford fiesta 1.25 zetec. fantastic fun if you like 2 mess about
August 5, 2008
