FORD FIESTA Zetec S ‘ALLERGY-TESTED’

STRIKING NEW FORD FIESTA Zetec S INTERIOR GIVEN ‘ALLERGY-TESTED’ SEAL OF APPROVAL



STRIKING NEW FORD FIESTA Zetec S INTERIOR GIVEN ‘ALLERGY-TESTED’ SEAL OF APPROVAL
* Certification awarded by independent German testing organisation, TÜV
* Certificate another confirmation of Ford’s high quality standards
* Ford is only car manufacturer with official TÜV allergy-friendly certification
* With Fiesta and Fusion added, Ford’s full European passenger car line-up is now certified as being allergy-friendlyCOLOGNE, September 24, 2008 - The all-new FORD FIESTA Zetec S and the Ford Fusion are the latest Ford models which have been awarded with an official ‘allergy-tested’ seal, first achieved by the Ford Focus C-MAX in 2004. Now all Ford cars have been certified for their allergy friendly interior.

The award adds to new FORD FIESTA Zetec S’s impressive sustainability credentials, which already include Ford’s most frugal car ever, the 3.7l/100km or 76.3 mpg* Fiesta ECOnetic, plus weight savings and efficiency improvements for lower fuel consumption and emissions across the range.

In total, nine Ford cars are now certified by TÜV – including current Ka model, new FORD FIESTA Zetec S plus Fusion, Focus, C-MAX, Kuga, Mondeo, S‑MAX and Galaxy. Ford remains the only car manufacturer in the world whose products carry official TÜV allergy-friendly certification.

“This award is another significant contribution to the sustainability story behind the new FORD FIESTA Zetec S and it reflects the attention to detail and quality present in all Ford vehicles,” said Dr Wolfgang Schneider, Ford of Europe Vice President, for Legal, Governmental and Environmental Affairs. “We know such credentials are important to our customers and we will continue to develop vehicles to these standards,” he added.

Extensive, scientifically verifiable tests are conducted for the assessment by the TÜV, including analysis of more than 100 materials and components for harmful substances or allergy-causing potential.

As part of Ford’s development programme for vehicle interiors, Ford engineers reduce to the absolute minimum using materials such as latex, chrome and nickel that can provoke allergic reactions in some people. Additionally, all components likely to have direct and prolonged skin contact such as the steering wheel, seat covers and seat belts are also dermatologically tested.

Vehicles are also equipped with high-performance pollen filters that prevent allergic pollens from entering the car’s interior and ensure a high level of cabin air quality.

Only recently, Ford of Europe’s other small car – the Fusion – successfully underwent TÜV’s testing procedure, adding to the impressive number of vehicles now certified.

The TÜV is an independent, authoritative German testing and assessment organisation that controls and certifies quality standards for industrial and consumer products. TÜV certification assures a vehicle’s interior materials are selected in order to minimise the allergy risk to the lowest possible level.

In February 2008, the Berlin-based European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation (ECARF, www.ecarf.org), also awarded Ford with its quality certificate as an additional recognition for the company’s ‘allergy-tested interior’ initiative.

Ford Fiesta Zetec S SportVan

The Ford Fiesta Zetec S SportVan is the fastest Ford Fiesta diesel Ford makes.

This Ford Fiesta Zetec S SportVan is 121kgs lighter than the diesel Ford Fiesta Zetec S three-door. If you look this Ford Fiesta Zetec S SportVan from outside they have nothing diffirent from Ford Fiesta Zetec S three-door.

So, while Ford has no plans for an ST version of the new Fiesta, the fastest oil burning version of new Ford Fiesta is actually this SportVan.

And despite only having a 90hp 1.6-litre diesel engine under its bonnet, the SportVan is actually loads of fun to drive. OK, it’s not going to worry an Elise in the bends, but the Ford Fiesta Zetec’s 200Nm of torque is more than enough to put a smile on your face.

The SportVan also gets the road car’s 16-inch alloys, air conditioning, Bluetooth, sports seats and sport suspension too, meaning that the Ford Fiesta Zetec S SportVan looks the part, drives well and isn’t a bad place for its human cargo to reside either.

If carrying small packages from A to B in speedy style is your bag, the Fiesta SportVan will set you back £10,780+VAT, and returns an impressive 67.3mpg.


Result of Ford Fiesta Zetec S SportVan Review:

Engine: 1.6-litre diesel, 90hp
0-62mph: c.11.5 seconds
Top speed: c.110mph
Economy/emissions: 67.3mpg/110g/km CO2
Price/On sale £10,780+VAT/Now

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Ford Fiesta Zetec S Review

Is Ford Fiesta Zetec S is the very best small car that you can own? Find the answer by reading this review to find out if it's true.

All fast lover might be disappoint cause Ford have no plan for an Ford Fiesta ST version of the new Ford Fiesta. The sportiest model is the Ford Fiesta Zetec S – so I had to make do with driving that instead.

And the Ford Fiesta Zetec S’s performance figures aren’t mega-inspiring. The sprint from 0-62mph takes 9.9 seconds, and the top speed is pegged at a modest 120mph. Really the 1.6-litre engine’s 118bhp simply isn’t enough to make the most of the Fiesta’s totally brilliant chassis.

This Ford Fiesta Zetec S will be 40kg lighter than other because of using of some über-techy, ultra high strength steel for the bodyshell. Despite the fact that the Ford Fiesta Zetec S is specced with sports suspension and rides on 16inch alloys, its low speed ride is well balanced. In fact it’s better than some executive cars I’ve driven! The damping is really progressive, allowing potholes and sunken manhole covers to be breezed over around town, but it’s out on tight and twisty roads where the Ford Fiesta Zetec S excels.

For a normal supermini it really is great fun to drive. The steering is super sharp, there’s massive levels of front-end grip, and body roll is almost non-existent. Dynamically this car humiliates its main rivals. And on the Ford Fiesta Zetec S you can even turn the ESP stability control off, which means you can start to enjoy some proper lift-off oversteer fun.

Ford Fiesta Zetec S get a bodykit, and this includes a cool rear wing, which subtly apes the whale-tails of the legendary Escort and Sierra Cosworths. The interior’s design makes that of its peers seem like they were styled by the Victorians.

But the new Ford Fiesta Zetec S also have some weakness. Ex. I could moan that some of the plastics used inside the cabin feel as cheap as those used in microwave meal packaging ^^", and I might also whinge about how there is no clever seating – as in the Honda Jazz.

Ford Fiesta Zetec S

The new Ford Fiesta Zetec S makes the mainstream supermini OK again. Yes, warmed-over versions of mass-market small cars have sometimes shone of late, Renault’s Clio being the obvious example, but cooking versions of anything small and modern are seldom truly satisfying any more.

Usually the steering, typically electrically-assisted, is numb or artificial, the engine feels flat and lacklustre, and they’re just too big and heavy. They’re good enough for most buyers in this safety- and convenience-obsessed age, but genuinely good fun, in a proper small-car way, they are not.

It doesn’t have to be that way, and Ford proves this with the new Ford Fiesta Zetec S. This is a car with genuine verve, perfectly matching the name of the ‘concept’ car (the real thing was already under way by the time the concept was shown) that previewed the car you see here.

It’s usual for a new car’s engineering team to benchmark rival offerings when setting standards for the newcomer. Not here, though; in dynamics, at least, the benchmark was the previous Ford Fiesta because, across the range, Ford reckoned it was better than the opposition. (And Ford was right.)

Clever use of high-strength steels is the key. The structure’s torsional stiffness, as measured from the suspension pick-up points, which is where it matters, is three times greater than before yet the new Fiesta weighs around 40kg less than the old one. It can’t quite match the sub-tonne mass of its Mazda 2 cousin (the next most fun-giving supermini), but then it’s a bigger car.

A stiffer structure allows firmer suspension without ruining the ride, an approach obvious the first time you turn the steering wheel into an exciting-looking bend. If you’re in a Ford Fiesta Zetec S, with the handling-biased suspension settings, you’ll feel the sort of instant, precise and proportional response that makes you click with your machine. More steering movement brings an exact amount of extra turning, with understeer right off the agenda, and trimming the throttle does the same thing to the turning radius.

It has the firm but controlled ride of a truly rigid car calibrated by people who love driving, it leans hardly at all, and both brakes and five-speed gearbox work exactly as you would like them to.

And the engine? The Ford Fiesta Zetec S’s 118bhp, 1.6-litre petrol unit has continuously and independently-variable valve timing, a broad, easy torque delivery and a remarkably low official CO2 output of 139g/km. It’s very smooth, to the extent you’re barely aware of reciprocating and rotating masses, and it sounds crisp and keen. Like the rest of the Ford Fiesta Zetec S, it’s designed to keep the sensations that make you feel good while attenuating those that don’t.

As for how it looks, it’s a clever mix of dynamism and legal conformity. Only in side profile does the long front overhang reveal the truth. And the cabin is almost pure Verve: the centrepiece is a console whose controls not only look like a mobile phone’s but have similar operating logic. The whole upper facia is padded and the only real annoyance is the cheap-looking odometer display with small, hard-to-read digits.

This is a great small car. The as-yet- unconfirmed Ford Fiesta ST version should be a cracker.