Ford Fiesta XR2 Review

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Ford Fiesta XR2
4.4 stars
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festerluv's Review of Ford Fiesta XR2

4th Feb 2008

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    1 year
  • Performance
    3.5 stars
  • Reliability
    4 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1982
  • Doors
    3
  • Practicality
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Stripped down shape of things to come! Great handling, good performance and really easy to work on made this a breath of fresh air in the miserable early eighties.
Fantastic looks, subtle external cues and a real purposeful stance in the road.


Bad Points

Now it's rust, rust and more rust - particularly sills, arches, boot floor. Shocks start to struggle after a few miles and of course the usual Ford oil leeks! Finding a nice one with a relatively unspoiled interior is a challenge. Very basic by today's standards - but that makes me love it even more! Parts are becoming rare which can mean you pay over the odds for standard parts.


General Comments

I had a Ford Fiesta XR2 in the late eighties and remember selling it to my neighbour to get a Mk1 MR2.. Whilst the MR2 was great at the time I remember dropping my neighbour off to a party in the XR one night and I had a sinking feeling of regret come over me. Have coveted them ever since and much to my wife's dismay bought a really great condition, low mileage Mk1 last summer. Mide life crisis....who cares, it's still agreat car and an often overlooked step in the evolution of the family friendly hot hatch!

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