Ford Fiesta
One of the most popular Ford vehicles, besides the F-Series of course, is the world-famous Ford Fiesta. This is mostly a quite pleasing subcompact with stable overall handling, recommended to any casual and inexperienced driver. The cost for a car of this caliber is also fairly low, which makes it a viable option for most car buyers. It comes as either a five-door hatchback or a four-door sedan that doesn’t really compare to its neighbor when it comes to appearance, due to its slender build. The standard engine of the Ford Fiesta is a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine with a 5-speed manual gearbox, peaking at 120 horsepower. These stats aren’t even near impressive for a race car, but for an economical family vehicle, it’s better than most of its competition.
One great thing about the Ford Fiesta that separates it from most cars on the list is its considerably low weight of only 2600 pounds. When coupled with the 6-speed twin-clutch automatic transmission, it can pull off a slightly better performance than the base setting. However, the finest quality of the Ford Fiesta is its fuel-saving capacity of an impressive 41.9 mpg average. The engine of the Fiesta variant (ST) was made for higher speeds and a slightly lower mpg average, as it’s a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine with 197 horsepower and an enviable 214 pounds per foot of torque with a 6-speed manual gearbox with various suspension, braking, and steering adjustments. This engine achieves 28 mpg in the city and 36 on the highway, with a 31-high combined total.
Another impressive thing about the Fiesta is that, in spite of its unimpressive size and weight, it scored four stars during the NHTSA testing, and even five stars when it comes to side impacts. All in all, the Ford Fiesta is a relatively safe, extremely cheap and quite reliable casual vehicle that will leave any indecisive modest customer fairly satisfied. This cute subcompact concludes our list, while there are quite a few honorable mentions that you may have wanted to see.
