greenyblades Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Looking to change car to ford focus and not sure which to go for. Budget is £12k and would like car under 1 year old with good MPG. Any advise most appreciated to include maintenance costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPUMA Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I've got the 1.0 L (123 bhp) in my Fiesta and its a great engine. Good MPG, great noise and £0 road tax. There are some doom and gloom merchants on here who will tell you that all these little engines will all blow up , I just hope i replace it before that happens. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Just remember that the 1L is about 2secs slower in a Focus. It really depends what sort of economy and performance you are looking for. If I were you I'd test drive both engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artscot79 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 the issue with the 1.0 is its untested in that no one knows the longevity of the engine as its small high revving and has a turbo , any issues were the fact owners werent letting the turbo cool adequately before switching it off after a long run the 1.6 is well tested and on the whole reliable as its a bigger but still high revving engine its technically under less stress the 1.0 has issues though so thats worth bearing in mind since most say no they dont heres an idea of the issues so far July 18th my car engine wont turn over, I called out RAC, when theyarrived they checked battery and starter motor, all ok. There was nowater in my expansion bottle and told me my engine was jammed withwater, they towed it off to main dealer. It took them 2 weeks just tolook at my car, they told me they could find any fault and were sendingif off to an engine specialist, after a couple of days they told me Fordhad authorised a new engine. My old engine was only 11 months old with10,000 miles on the clock, and never been raced, has anybody heard ofsimilar problems with this engine ? Also they have said they can't doanything about my USB problem as it didn't occur while there. How do Istand on this, as I know there is a fault ? fuel economy is nowhere near fords stated many say 36mpg to low 40s which isnt as expected miss the 100bhp and get the 125bhp as the 100bhp is flat I bought a new car Ford Focus 1.0 ecoboost, And to this day thatvehicle was transported to the warranty repair 7 times for sameerror/issues In total vehicle has been in service for more than 55 days. you want your 1.0-litre Ford EcoBoost to go like a 1.6, then you won’t get the efficiency.And if you want to avoid petrol stations then you’ll have to drive likeSt Slowcoach, the Patron Saint of oil Reserves. And even then you’llfind yourself struggling to get anywhere near Ford’s claimed averagefigure of 56mpg. simply put you want good mpg you wont get all that much more thena the .6 on this car yes some will say you can but the fact is real world mpg figures show you dont so the choice is youres both have merits and downfalls the 1.6mpg will be slightly lower than the 1.0 but if its motorway driving mainly then the 1.6 would be my choice for a bit of mixed the 1.0 is the better option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPUMA Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 If i was doing alot of motorway driving i would not of chosen the 1.0. As it is i do mostly around town, seems perfect for that. I dont believe any manufactures MPG figures, all done in test labs and not real world, but, my car has only done 900 miles and its already better than the 1.2 fiat engine i drove before, and i dont drive my car slowly. I must admit i thought it seems crazy they are putting this engine in anything bigger than a fiesta, let alone the mondeo its meant to be going in. Sounds like you had some bad luck, but hopefully that isnt going to be the norm for this engine. Otherwise Ford will be in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artscot79 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 From what i know most troubles have been turbo related however i myself look at it this way if you only keep cars 3 years then it wont matter much but i like to buy a car then keep it for a good many years so for me the reliabilty and robustness of the engine is in doubt and since no one tells you the ti vct cam needs replaced at 60-70k which isnt cheap as it requires the cam and oil timing belt and tensioners to be done as well its a £700 expense.i believe they upgraded the ti vct cam but only since this engine came out so theres no way of knowing yer if it worked ford claim they can make this engine up to 177bhp using a bi turbo system and exoect to put it in there hot hatches soon so ford are intent on pushing the 1.0 litre units out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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