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  • thinks is the new Ford Fiesta s take on this 11 question we need to answer doesn't call for wheel three corners.

  • Yes.

  • Yes, he does.

  • Without a vital piece of hot research conducted.

  • Review.

  • Over.

  • Okay, okay, I get it.

  • You need more.

  • Well, it is the whole thing.

  • The new Fiesta arrestee is based on the same underpinnings as the old one.

  • But every aspect of it has been thoroughly overhauled.

  • Its still from Will drive still has a six speed manual gearbox.

  • But now there's talk factory there switchable driving modes on adaptive dampers in a fiesta as standard on the engine.

  • Well, that's lost.

  • A cylinder motor is a brand new three cylinder, 1.5 litre turbo.

  • I got 100 97 break and £214 for talk.

  • There's not 62 in 6.7 seconds and 144 miles an hour.

  • The top end options include a proper mechanical limited slip differential on sporty Recaro seats.

  • Both of which this car has the gearbox will cope with flat shifting.

  • Has launch control claims to be lighter than before.

  • There's some good stuff here.

  • So to find out what it's like.

  • We're gonna answer some questions.

  • Here we are.

  • Third gear, 30 miles an hour.

  • But you would be if you're coming out of a village or something.

  • 2000 rpm on the clock, on go, quite like initially.

  • But then it goes pretty well, actually beyond 3000 picking up quite nicely.

  • Yeah, that feels Ally.

  • Actually, that feels all right.

  • You know, if you keep it above 3000 rpm, response is much better.

  • There's less lag on the drive train.

  • That's fine.

  • I wouldn't say it's sensational, but the gate changes quick and snappy enough, but the flat shifting thing, it's a bitter beginning.

  • Look, you can do it put down.

  • But listen, the clutch takes it, but the Rebs flare.

  • It just doesn't feel very mechanically sympathetic.

  • I'd be worried about how long the clutch was gonna last, Right?

  • Let's get the phone plugged in and see how long it takes Apple carplay to pop up pretty quick, actually.

  • So there you go.

  • Call your apple carplay functionality, and if you go to afford it, the graphics are good and the menus are simple, so you can actually use the system pretty well.

  • And In fact, the whole car comes across as well.

  • Thought out the designs.

  • Fine.

  • It's nothing to write home about.

  • But the quality is good.

  • And you know what?

  • These seats are really snug, and the driving position is spot on as a daily driver.

  • This is fine.

  • Look, there's even room in the back of your kids.

  • We've had this car for six days and done 1850 miles in it.

  • The vast majority of them dump on Lee Kyu here.

  • Holly, where the aches and pains okay off spade the intimate details that mainly they are down here in the buttock region.

  • And it's thanks to these wicked Ricardo bucket seats.

  • They're massively body holding, but the boast is really pinch you around the sort of posterior area and keep it in the saddle for a couple of hours.

  • It's slightly cutting off the blood flow.

  • What's refinement being light?

  • That's been really impressive compared to the old S T, which is a bit wearing a long journey.

  • This is not only improved on that, but it's been more quiet and more calm on the motorway on the Honda Civic type R support car that's been chasing us all the way down from Scotland.

  • This is the car that people want being on the motorway.

  • Brilliant last one.

  • What's he been doing to the gallon?

  • Now?

  • It's been boringly brilliant about as well, because this three cylinder engine can deactivate the two cylinders when it's just cruising on the motorway.

  • So 30 mpg over almost 2000 miles.

  • I think it's pretty, Stella on the motorway first going up from London to Glasgow, 45 mpg, which for car this quick.

  • So there you go.

  • If you want to drive a lap of the UK in the new Fiesta, you too, can emerge.

  • Looking as refreshed and relaxed is Ali Way.

  • Could have chosen something more suited to European roads, maybe, but not much more powerful.

  • Definitely not louder.

  • Thing is a Hennessy Mustang on its supercharged V eight develops 850 horsepower.

  • Thing is what 850 horse sounds like.

  • It is ballistically fast, but you know what it has.

  • A chassis that can keep up.

  • Hennessy Mustang is based on the GT 3 50 are, which has been roundly praised for its handling on this thing.

  • Really does handle still on.

  • It's got masses and masses of grip.

  • It's got masses of grip because the front tires of 305 which is why the most supercar manufacturers stick on the rears.

  • So it really does grip on.

  • It really does go, but it's also quite busy on the road.

  • Those tires tram line a lot.

  • They get distracted by everything on the road, and there's a lot on the roads on export.

  • So you're always busy in the car, and that makes it less relaxing.

  • It also means the nose gets pulled around quite a bit, and yet 850 holes you can't use a look around.

  • You can't even use much of it.

  • So it is mighty Hennessy Mustang.

  • But it's also quite fighting time for the Fiesta.

  • It's out of the Fiesta feel after the Mustang.

  • Well, smaller and nimbler, less grippy on slower.

  • No surprise on any of that, really.

  • But those away things that make it really good on a British B road.

  • Small, nimble light, a job, all that good stuff, and you don't need masses of former because you just can't use it.

  • You don't want lots of grip because it's more entertaining to drive the car more modest speeds on the Fiesta is fun.

  • It's got a really good float with right.

  • Still got a bit of jiggle to it.

  • Like the old one.

  • It doesn't feel quite as light and agile.

  • It feels a bit more grown up, but it's got war capability.

  • If you like around corners, it builds a flow more easily.

  • It holds an angle.

  • It's still rolls a bit, and that's not a bad thing.

  • Mummy, surprised to learn there's no red flame on the new Fiesta?

  • I was quite surprised by that when it's got torque, vectoring and limited slip tips and all the rest of it's good.

  • That limited slip diff when you get back on the power really does tuck the nose a bit more.

  • Are there any drawbacks?

  • I'm not a massive fan of the steering.

  • It feels a little bit stodgy, but the rack itself is quite sharp.

  • Turn in is quite precise on the brakes.

  • Brakes do the job, but I could probably have a bit more fight to the top men.

  • You can't choose the car setting for the dampers and exhaust noise, and so on.

  • Individually, you have to go through the button down here and cycle between normal sports and track.

  • But that button isn't very well sighted down.

  • There is hard to find when you're driving.

  • It goes along the road with a good amount of enthusiasm, the fiesta.

  • But it doesn't quite have the same sharpness and liveliness as the old car.

  • I don't think, but the trade off is the balance.

  • It's got the capability.

  • The breadth of it has changed.

  • That's improved a lot.

  • So if you drove an old Fiester and found it to Pogo is too noisy, too rowdy, then this will probably be you.

  • But despite the drawbacks and they are very minor, I really would rather drive this on a good beer.

  • Oh, hell, ISI really would.

  • It's got a lovely combination.

  • That's enough softness to give you a bit of role and let you know the car's working on.

  • Then this differential, which is brilliant.

  • I know it's optional, but you have It is great.

  • He's got enough turning by and everything.

  • It just makes me want to keep driving.

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