Last year i had a 1 litre ecoboost which was the Fiesta Zetec S Red Edition and was a blast to drive. 140PS and a car that didn't weigh that much actually pulled through every gear and had such a sporty feeling to it, such a impressive engine. January i picked up my MK8 ST 3 cylinder and this is different gravy but that 1 litre was still a good laugh. If your young (I'm only 19) and are a petrolhead look at the 1 litre ecoboost's because you wont regret it. Low insurance group and cheap to run. You can pick up some cheap deals with them now as well

I have been driving the Fiesta Eco Boost on holiday & I am well impressed, considering I drive a VW Bora 1.9TDi 115bhp at home, the Fiesta is an excellent wee car. The model I have is I think top of the range, 4 elec windows, Sony Bluetooth stereo, half leather seats (heated), alloys. A further reviewer says it can be remapped to give better bhp, but the 125bhp is fine for me. It's very torquey considering it's only a 1.0 engine. I give it a 5 star rating. Well done Ford

have to admit...drove the new one with the 1.0...and...it's funny because it sounds like a straight 6 around 3-4 grand lol

Johnny's face when Jason said he was "generally quite impressed" instead of genuinely quite impressed lol

As the owner of a Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost with just over 100,000 miles on it I can tell you they don't hold up well. Apparently head gasket leaks are common and and they self destruct. Of course to be fair, no engine does well with a head gasket leak but I've never had one go at 100K miles or sooner. (...some have reported as soon as 30,000 miles) . The cost to repair mine is well over the current Kelly Blue Book value so now I have a giant EcoBoost paperweight sitting in my driveway. ($5700 not including the turbo...) I'm going back to Subaru... I got 350, 000 miles out of my Impreza with no issues and it least it started to give me a little rod knock when it was time to rebuild. I'm done with Ford...

If your gonna drive the car like they did in the drag race that ecoboost is drinking more fuel than the 1.6

big car, tiny engine? have you guys checked out the 1.4 dart?

I see another program that ford Fiesta 1.8 cc1992 vs ford Fiesta ecoboot 2013 -drag race,... and the results is the ecoboost is loose.... even the engine have turbocharged,....?,... and the horsepower higher than 1.8 cc ford Fiesta 1992?,,...... can someone explain to me why?,....

Well anyone who looked at the performance charts of these engines would have guessed it. 1.0 is turbo charged, and provides a little bit more torque at LOWER RPMs. If you get your torque fast and at lower rpms, you will get higher performance. One being 1.0, other being 1.6 litre does not matter much as long as they spend similar amounts of fuel. And turbos usually are better at fuel efficiency as well.

It's all about displacement, and torque, of course.

Ecoboost kicked in yo!

I have a 1.6 Ti-Vct Ford Grand C-Max. I was challenging the same car with the 1.0 ecoboost engine. Departuring as from the stoplights my car was much more quicker in the first 100-150 metres. After that distance it could catch me up. Why is that? I don't like downsized engines.

I'm sure the Ecoboost engine in that white car, either has lost coolant by now and spannered the engine or the degas hose changed.

0:52 TuRBo ChARgEr!

Focus 1.0 Turbo 99hp or 123hp ? , Focus Atmospheric 1.6 84hp, 104hp or 123hp ? For a legit comparison closer hp engines should be selected..

Focus 1.6 starter better!

Like 1 liter engines cause you must rev them a lot. A “Ferrari “for crowded city roads.

the problem is the 1.0 ecoshit will not last long and needs special oil for its cambelt, if you don't use the specific oil the engine will take damage yes its better than the 1.6 for the first three years after this you will be happy if its still alive where the 1.6 will last much much longer and will need less maintenance

🤔..hmmm I think it's because the ecoboost has a turbo, which will make it faster of the line

It didn't wipe it away. Just managed to get marginally ahead. Give the 1.0 a couple of years usage and it will probably go slightly better with a few thousands of miles on it.

just heard fiesta speeding to the floor today from the 1st gear and... what did people used to say about Japanese cars? Vacuum cleaners? Well, this was definitely worse than that. Something like broken Chinese vacuum cleaners.

can be easily remapped to 165bhp for £249. that's a bargain and it's road tax free

Wow, this played out like an advertisement. Like those "first drive" ads where people (actors) supposedly drive a brand's vehicles for the first time. They try to make the viewer trust the ad more by first showing skepticism of the product then have the actors get "blown away" by the performance. You beat an 11 second 0-60 time by a single car length. That's embarrassing, not impressive, no matter how many jump cuts you make with closeups of the ground to make it look faster.

Is this seriously considered competition for top gear?

Both of these engines are slow compared to the American 2.0. Just can't argue with that fuel economy. I think that 1.0 would do just fine in the states

1 liter engine and the steering wheel on the wrong side. Very strange car

Well I'm not surprised with the 1.6, nearly every car you find with a 1.6l petrol is sluggish and slow and hard to work through the gears, whereas 1 litres with a turbo or not are punchy and provide not too much but enough power to put a smile on your face and the exhaust note of them can. Be quite fun to listen to

2:30

Move on a few years and the coolant leaks and wet belt failures of the Ecoboost are costing owners thousands of pounds in repair bills. Plus Ford's mpg claim is nonsense

test Turbo vs N/A ...

Bollocks. Want to see a costs of changing filters and other bits and pieces if car is broken down. New era of cars is coming. Buy, use for a while, then buy another one, want to see this particular engine with 200k miles done.

No car programme covers actual reality of ownership they all cover projected theories Big old simple under tuned engines last forever. F1 engines last a day... Turbocharge a fiat punto 1.4......vs 1.6 sporting....almost double the power. In the turbo...but there virtually extinct now....why overworking kills. Smaller piston gaps stronger materials modern control ecu development..they have made about 25% on Bhp reliably without effecting lifespan. We no longer consider plug colour etc. But the constant drive for carbon levels...the focus is not on engine life or performance it's all about emissions. Cars are so full of wires now they are so heavy they are getting so fat they need to comply to so many rules they can't help but be compromised in certain areas. The areas we can't put rules or emission tests on..well lifespan performance enjoyment (lifespan being very relevant to the environment) So can we have a review that acknowledges for example French car £ parts double alter 8 years

"Did you say one litre?" She also said three cylinder which is the shittest part of the sentence

These cars are all of an age where the wet belts need changing which is 10yrs or approx 100k and cost around £800-£1200 to have changed, and many have had the belts snap early hence the nickname of Ecobooms, lovely looking car but why on earth did ford fit these ticking time bombs of a 1.0 engine and another big negative is 90% of them leak water into boot through flaps behind bumper and bad joints in tailgate recess

Still wouldn't touch a ecoboom with a 60ft pole.

Now put a turbo in the 1.6L and see what will happen.

put turbo in 1.6 eco best be better 1.0l

FUCKING three cylinder engine!!!

Yeah, and then it breaks down because of the unnecessary turbocharger.

Now there is a fiesta version capable of producing over 200bhp for 1.0L

there brilliant engines....................until they have catastrophic fail.

Sh it engines...eco KAAAboooommmm!

3 cylinder, 1.0 litre, turbocharged... not a long life engine... just a littlebit faster than 1.6 litre engine but the bigger one is the best by Ford because very durable structure! After 150-200K km the 1.0 will go to the die!

First 1.0 from Ford was an abomination. I have seen 4 engines that failed before reaching 60 000kms just around me. Meanwhile 1.6 from MK 1 still drivers around, since its basically MPI concept. There is the thing about everyday usability, and the non-direcct injection engines just win.

too small for this car, better in the fiesta

What about real MPG? This test is a joke, are they 10 years old?

Sure, but after like 100k km this engine would be dead. And a turbo like after 30k or so. So which engine is more eco, huh?

The video completely missed the point that 1.0 ecoboost has proved to be really unreliable with some of them even catching fire without warning, failed oil pumps, failed turbos, problems with the wet belts etc.

How the fuck does a 1.0 pull away from a 1.6 ??????

Do you realize that, the 1 liter engine would be dead within 100-150k km or so, it is too small for that kind of car, it would be more appropriate for a ford fiesta or something small like that... Now take a look at those old Mercedes engines, 2.5 L with under 100HP, but those engines would take you over 1.000.000 kilometers. Of course if we're talking about protecting the enviorment, i would go for a smaller engine, 1.6 would be the best, it's not polluting so much , and it's not struggling to pull that weight, so imo the 1.0 L sucks... on this kind of car body

This is why Fifth Gear is, and always will be pointless. There was nothing gained from watching this at all..

Get that woman off that program

These people need to grow up and get a life.

this is such a bullshit test, there is no f way 1.0 is quicker and everybody know it. Turbo would give it perhaps 1-2 meters of advance. With a 1.0 on the autobahn? Yeah, it can do it but not for long as the 1.6.

Move on a few years and the coolant leaks and wet belt failures of the Ecoboost are costing owners thousands of pounds in repair bills. Plus Ford's mpg claim is nonsense