I had a chance to drive on of these last weekend and I must say that i was seriously impressed with the engine. Not only was it extremely smooth and quiet (with no thrash or vibration whatsoever) but went in a way no 1.0 such a big car ought to. I was simply stunned by the way the engine would pull 40 mph in sixth gear and pull from idle strongly around to the 7000rpm limiter with zero lag. My only concern is the fuel economy as Ford is trying to pitch this as an economy engine. Yes I may have been tanking it a little but 36 mpg is a long way of the 50 mpg combined that Ford claim, even though I know how meaningless the EC figures are (surely that system needs to be revised).
Anyway anyone else been for a spin and what did you think if so?
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