A die-hard fan of a palio ever since I sold it last Dec!! Every heard the song by savage garden in his song Affirmation has "I believe you can't appreciate real love till you've been burned " Well that’s true for sure!!
My hunt began last Dec for a replacement car, wanted to get everything that Palio d was + BOOT + Back row space + more comfort + city commuter + Economical + Quite + decent looks!
Believe you me not a Single car other than the Skoda Laura was no my liking not one other had the tank like feel!! Until I tried the fiesta!!
Saw one on the road the other day and mistook the back for a C!!!! {“Plz buy that so that I feel good " LOL} Test-drove both the 1.6 and 1.4! 1.6 is mind-blowing performance and handling but dint want my fuel bill to be high so decided that a little Compromise on the power made more economical sense.
First impressions of my car!
Very good paint job, Fit and finish were much better that older fords, quite interiors (Something I missed in the palio) good driver visibility.
Black has always been my first choice on cars so it was to be a Black 1.4!
Smooooooooooooooooth as silk engine and gear box, miss the grunt of the palio d but this baby is extra smooth love it in city drive mode very torque`y .A new feature is the auto acc IE so that ur car does not stall ford eng have introduced a feature that automatically increased the rpm if it finds the engines are going to stall, very useful in slow traffic condition DON’T need to acc just release the clutch and your off!!
AC is VERYYYY powerful, takes the Cochin heat very nicely.
Haven’t done any stunts on the car cause I want the engine to set in , will update when I do
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