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Fiesta's day of reckoning - specifications

 Ford Fiesta Zetec 3drMazda 2 1.5 SportSEAT Ibiza SC 1.4 SportFiesta TDCI Titanium 5drRenault Clio Dynamique SVauxhall Corsa Design CDTI Design 5dr
On the road price/total as tested"£11,495/£12,620""£11,399/£11,749""£10,295/£10,885""£13,695/£15,420""£13,650/£14,700""£13,685/£13,935"
"Residual value (after 3yrs/36,000)""£4,875/42 per cent""£5,175/45 per cent""£4,600/45 per cent""£5,775/42 per cent""£4,750/35 per cent""£4,626/34 per cent"
Running costsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A37.5ppm
Annual tax liability std/higher rate£345/£690£365/£730£350/£700£356/£712£355/£710£493/£985
Annual fuel cost (12k/20k miles)"£1,816/£3,027""£1,822/£3,036""£1,873/£3,122""£1,400/£2,333""£1,574/£2,623""£1,421/£2,368"
Ins. group/quote/road tax band/cost8/£241/C/£12016/£262/C/£1207/£237/C/£12012/£249/B/£359/£208/B/£358/£233/C/£120
Cost of 1st/2nd/3rd service£157/£164/£250£127/£263/£155£150/£200/£150£142/£169/£243£220/£300/£230£185/£255/£185
Length/wheelbase"3,950/2,489mm""3,895/2,490mm""4,034/2,469mm""3,950/2,489mm""3,986/2,575mm""3,999/2,511mm"
Height/width"1,433/1,722mm""1,475/1,695mm""1,428/1,693mm""1,433/1,722mm""1,497/1,707mm""1,488/1,737mm"
Engine"4cyl in-line/1,388cc""4cyl in-line/1,498cc""4cyl in-line/1,390cc""4cyl in-line/1,560cc""4cyl in-line/1,461cc""4cyl in-line/1,248cc"
Peak power "95/5,750 bhp/rpm""102/6,000 bhp/rpm""84/5,000 bhp/rpm""89/4,000 bhp/rpm""86/3,750 bhp/rpm""89/4,000 bhp/rpm"
Peak torque "128/4,200 Nm/rpm""137/4,000Nm/rpm""133/3,800 Nm/rpm""204/1,750 Nm/rpm""199/1,900 Nm/rpm""199/1,750 Nm/rpm"
Transmission 5-spd man/fwd5-spd man/fwd5-spd man/fwd5-spd man/fwd5-spd man/fwd6-spd man/fwd
Fuel tank capacity/spare wheel45 litres/foam43 litres/sp saver45 litres/full size45 litres/foam55 litres/sp saver45 litres/full size
Boot capacity (seats up/down) 295/979 litres250/787 litres284/847 litres295/979 litres"288/1,038 litres""285/1,100 litres"
Kerbweight/payload/towing weight"1,495/387/800kg""1,030/425/900kg""1,000/501/1,000kg""1,164/391/750kg""1,175/480/1,200kg""1,222/503/1,200kg"
Turning circle/drag coefficient10.2 metres/0.33Cd10.4 metres/0.31Cd10.5 metres/N/A10.2 metres/0.33Cd11.3 metres/N/A10.4 metres/0.33Cd
Basic warranty (miles)/recovery"3y (60,000)/1y Ford""3y (60,000)/3y Maz.""3y (60,000)/2y SEAT""3y (60,000)/1y Ford""3y (60,000)/3y AA""3y (60,000)/1y Vaux."
Service intervals/UK dealers"12,500 miles/781""12,500 miles/159""10,000 miles/128""12,500 miles/781""12,000 miles/330""20,000 miles/404"
Driver Power manufacturer/dealer pos.20th/26th9th/11th21st/24th20th/26th33rd/30th34th/27th
Euro NCAP: Adult/child/ped./pointsN/A5/4/2/895/4/3/91N/A5/4/1/815/3/3/85
0-60/30-70mph11.6/11.7 secs10.4/10.8 secs11.9/12.9 secs12.3/12.7 secs11.4/12.6 secs12.7/14.6 secs
30-50mph in 3rd/4th 6.7/10.5 secs6.2/9.2 secs6.8/11.6 secs5.1/7.5 secs5.2/7.0 secs5.4/8.6 secs
50-70mph in 5th 16.8 secs12.9 secs18.9 secs10.1 secs10.1 secs11.7 secs (6th 17.5s)
Top speed/rpm at 70mph "109mph/3,100rpm""117mph/3,400rpm""108mph/3,100rpm""109mph/2,500rpm""108mph/2,500rpm""107mph/2,100rpm"
Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph 49.9/37.1/9.6m48.9/36.3/9.2m48.6/36.7/9.7m51.2/38.8/9.9m47.3/34.4.9.0m51.1/38.0/9.2m
Noise levels outside/idle/30/70mph54/39/59/70dB51/39/60/70dB56/41/65/75dB56/45/61/71dB57/43/60/69dB66/45/62/69dB
Auto Express economy/range32.8mpg/325 miles32.7mpg/309 miles31.8mpg/315 miles47.0mpg/465 miles41.8mpg/506 miles46.3mpg/458 miles
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined 37.6/61.4/49.5mpg37.2/57.6/47.9mpg34.3/55.4/45.6mpg54.3/78.5/67.3mpg54.3/70.6/64.2mpg45.6/70.6/58.9mpg
Actual/claimed CO2/tax bracket199/133g/km/15%200/140g/km/16%205/149g/km/17%161/110g/km/13%181/117g/km/13%163/127g/km/18%
Airbags/Isofix/parking sensorsFive/yes/£200Six/yes/DFOFour/yes/£250Five/yes/£200Four/yes/£250*Four/£100/£250
Auto gearbox/stability/cruise control"£1,000/£300/no"No/yes/yesNo/£280/£150No/£300/yesNo/£200/£250No/£425/£450+
Climate control/leather/heated seatsNo/no/noYes/no/no£250/no/£140Yes/£600/no£275/part/no£450+/no/£200
Met paint/xenon lights/keyless go£375/no/no£350/no/no£360/£650/no£375/no/£600£375/£550/yes£375/no/no
Sat-nav/CD changer/MP3/BluetoothNo/no/yes/£150DFO/DFO/yes/DFODFO/no/yes/£250No/no/yes/£150No/no/yes/£200*£975/no/yes/£300
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