My dad got an Autsin Metro back in the 90s (used) and aside from being underpowered, useless at carrying more than 2 people and the ridicule of the BMW driving neighbours, it was the most economical car I've seen to date. A mate had an Aprilia moped that was less fuel efficient than my dad's Metro.

Great comparison video, thanks. It's interesting to see how budget motoring had evolved over ten years.

Great little comparison, for me it would be the Fiesta, but I also like the Metro as well.

I would be interested to see a early 80s Fiesta against the Metro, I had a Fiesta, my sister a metro, I bought and have had loads of Fords, mainly as my dad wanted us both to have Metros! I was rebellious! The intermittent wipers on my 1.1L V reg (PDS 604V I think!!) were the only ones on any of the family cars at the time!!! Another good video

Some of my favourite superminis spanned the 80s and 90s. In many cases the 90s would take it for me. They were still a lot like the cars we loved of the 80s but slightly evolved with that little but more refinement. By the time we were into the 00s cars in this class had grown to the point where manufacturers has created a sub class below the superminis we had come to know. The 90s were perhaps the last true evolution of this type of car.

Surprising how quickly things move on! Had a 1999 1.25 Zetec Fiesta. For the time it was so good. Beautiful handling, fun to drive and a great engine. Move to my current 2002 Fabia though and it's so much better. It's not fun to drive, but you don't have to think about it. Holds the road like glue, good performance and gearbox is so light. Even today I could do 100s of miles in it! 😃

To me the mk3 Fiesta was the most modern looking supermini of its time. If you went for the HCS engine it lacked performance and sounded like a sewing machine. But it was a solid, basic and reliable unit. I like the Metro, but the Fiesta was a better car in almost every way.

Love driving my mk3, so soft and comfy. Very funny to drive with its little 13" wheels lol

Another great review, the passion, enthusiasm and sheer joy you have for these cars really comes out in the way you talk about them and it is truly infectious.

Really enjoyed this, Siôn. Great work fella.

Great video! Very interesting and you have done a great job in bringing both cars up to their current standard! I would choose Metro and fully accept it is outclassed by the Fiesta in a lot of ways! The benefit of owning today means not just rose tinted glasses but a while different way if looking at these now as opposed to buying when new. Of course the best choice of all is to own both - so you win!

Great video

Always interesting looking at 80s car engine bays. They look quite modern (for the time) in the interior and exterior but the engine bays were a decade or two behind.

Hi i'm french , i'm 50 and my first car 30 yeaes ago was a grey MG Metro turbo. and then i becomed a mini addict (3 minis. , one with metro turbo engine). , Metro is more charming definitely first car of Lady Diana ( RIP) even though she had a renault 5 too. Metro ok it was unsafe , not good for crash test but desearve consideration ... so eighties so uk

No brainer, by the time the Mk 2 Fiesta came out the motor manufacturing landscape had changed. Build quality was a thing by that stage, but the Metro still had that old BL "slapdash" feel about it. Always nice to see a Metro on the road, but do I want one? Thanks I'll pass! Very impressed by how clean those little motors are, good job.👍

The Metro was sold after face-lifts and other minimal updates until 1995.

Really good, fun and informative video!

I'd be interested to compare the original Metro with an Aygo / 107/ C1. Exactly the same length and engine capacity.

Dear god I love that Fiesta! If I were to have a Mk3 it would have to be either Popular or Ghia as I love absolute poverty and absolute luxury XD

Safety wise I imagine both are pretty similar. Small cars wern't that great safety wise untill the 2000s really.

Considering how earlier Metros rusted that one is in remarkably good condition.

I was never a fan, but that Metro is kinda cute

Great video, I would love to see how fiesta stacks up to the 90s rover metro/100, did it fail to keep up and lead to ultimate demise of the metro

Good comparison test. If I had to choose between the two, then like you I’d opt for the Metro. However having said that, if it was a choice between the Metro or an early 1980s Fiesta then the Fiesta would win. My first driving lesson was in a MK1 Fiesta.

The very first Mk 3 Fiesta on a F Reg I started learning driving in a 5 door Fiesta LX back in 1991 on a J Reg aged 17

If this is the base model Fiesta, then I've no idea how my parents managed to find one even worse specced than this! We didn't have a radio, or a passenger wing mirror!

good video Sion, well done.

Both great cars, a decade apart in design though and in styles and trends as regards the interior. It all depends on that really, oh and if you want to pay mot and tax of course 😀. I love owning my 1981 Metro and have absolutely no plans of ever selling it.

I have to agree with your conclusions. The Fiesta really does make a much better daily driver. But the Metro is a lot more characterful as an occasional use fun car.

Not a bad videos. In reality they are 70s and 80s designed cars. Both great cars in there own right

All generations of fiesta are very reliable, at least in my experience

Loved the fiesta resto. Price please for the car no need to justify asking price have seen the videos. Thanks. Rob

Ford produced a lot of crap in the early 90's. Prime example, Escort Mk5. But it's still much better than the Metro. At least Ford managed to angle the steering wheel correctly lol. Metro's are horrible things to drive and reliability wise they're a bit of a joke. However, many a bad car has it's enthusiasts so fair play to anybody who owns one. To be fair the HCS engine in the fiesta was hardly robust! All the same though it's the Fiesta for me all day long.

triumph car had 16 valves and also had in one of them injection. The mini metro should have 16 valves injection plus 5 speed box, British Layland to be better than most foreign car companies having four Pistons.

If I had to choose between the two I would choose a VW Polo !

Not sure if head unit is standard in the Fiesta?

Seems a very poor comparison considering that Metro cane before the MK2 Fiesta never mind the Mk3

AUSTIN METRO CITY. 🎅👍.

If you had a mk1 or 2 fiesta you would love it, bags more character than the metro, drives far better, better styling and handling, i have 2 mk2 fiestas you are welcome to try!