“Here it is, it’s not going anywhere” Well that aged like milk

@AzuraiAeon

4 жыл бұрын

OOOOoooooo. WELP...

@minimanadam

4 жыл бұрын

Old milk is cheese. So it aged well ?

@jordaneggerman4734

4 жыл бұрын

I dunno....typical Ford problems, but what can you expect from an American hot hatch?

@stripiervirus2863

4 жыл бұрын

Jordan Eggerman what are you talking about?

@nalsra0

4 жыл бұрын

Jordan Eggerman He meant how they’re not selling them in the US anymore, not the reliability lmao

On the other hand....If the government continues to increase rollover standards soon we can safely race cars without the expense of a cage.

@GeorgePerakis

7 жыл бұрын

That was already true for some SAABs.

@jordaneggerman4734

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Marbles not just stability, some of these newer monocoques have been crush tested, so, even if the car cartwheels, or barrels apart, the cockpit is supposed to remain rigid. Sweet sh×t, imo...

@iMernerner

2 жыл бұрын

But it will kill 4x4s without swaybar disconnect button

Plumbing sound into cabin is better than pumping sound through the speakers. It actually sounds good.

So I just bought a Fiesta ST, and it's because of this review. That bit right at the end, specifically. Mr. Regular's got something that Clarkson, Baruth, Harris, and all the rest don't, and it just sold a real car!

@keenanmonnett3868

7 жыл бұрын

I've wanted one since I watched this review way back when. How is it?

@pork_cake

7 жыл бұрын

Well i owned an Audi before, so I miss a lot of the luxuries, but ultimately the interior is livable. I just wish there were auxiliary controls for the touchscreen. But it was so cheap and is such a laugh on twisty roads. It's NOT a car that you can have fun with under the speed limit like a BRZ or whatever. But it is a car that you can take to 9/10 on public roads without getting into felony territory. And while FWD will always have its low-speed foibles, the combination of suspension tuning and the brake-vectoring "diff" feel likes like absolute magic.

@pork_cake

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry, one more thing. About the cornering. If you've got way too much speed going into a corner, and you do absolutely nothing but turn the wheel, no brakes, throttle, anything, the front wheels will understeer to scrub speed to precisely the correct speed for the corner, at which point (again, no inputs but steering angle), weight will shift back, the front tires will grab, and the back end will whip around with a faint whiff of oversteer. Instead of punishing you for being an idiot, it politely corrects you and say, "no, *this* is how it's done." It's unbelievable, like no other car I've driven.

@jclark1693

7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Kravitz I love cornering with FWD. I'm going to miss my civic but I don't think I can justify a Cherokee, a motorcycle AND a fun-car on my budget. I'll just have to live for the moments when I can drive a friend's car and terrify them with its potential

@prollenskate

7 жыл бұрын

Do you know if you can do proper left foot braking? I know some newer cars have a throttle cut off? or something along those lines.

So narrow that you can't avoid feeling up your m8s leg while shifting.

@morganlee4321

6 жыл бұрын

YungNinno yo 😂

@OsojiNosferatu69

6 жыл бұрын

Just how I like it

@seanvich3857

6 жыл бұрын

Just don’t grab the wrong KNOB!

@YungSkeeto

6 жыл бұрын

My mini Cooper is the exact same if the shotgun Rider is over 200lbs. Always touch their legs on accident and then they touch my leg on purpose

@killeronthelus

6 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend has to lean to the left so I have space to shift 😅😅😅

The Fiesta ST is a lot like MMA. There's definitely something gay going on there. But I'm still gonna watch.

@SpacemanXC

9 жыл бұрын

I guess I'm hatch curious? Alright. Sorry. I'll go to bed now.

@FPSdaybreaK

9 жыл бұрын

Best comment

@billpence5444

9 жыл бұрын

lol

@TheMeanmarine13

9 жыл бұрын

hahaha nailed it!

@vibranttv_5595

9 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha

"It's like discovering the Toasters in high school with 'Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down' during the crest of ska's third wave. You think they're a new band and then your art teacher says 'No. They've been around for ten years now' and pulls out a copy of 'New York Fever' on vinyl and you realize that you're too hip to be cool. This may be the greatest quote I've ever heard in a car review.

"it's not going anywhere" meanwhile in the US Ford is ditching all of it's manuals except for the mustang

@joeapo5584

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that part of the video dated itself. Shame

@FirebirdCamaro1220

5 жыл бұрын

That's because they are ditching all of their passenger cars except for the Mustang, Lincoln MKZ and Lincoln Continental

@thas1227

5 жыл бұрын

@@FirebirdCamaro1220 If you didn't want them to stop making them US should have kept buying them. But after 2000 There was a sudden plummet in sports/compact cars.

@opiumden34

5 жыл бұрын

@@thas1227 I think sales are not the issue. It is that they can make more money on each of the $50k trucks and suv's they sell.

Bought a 15 Fiesta ST and couldnt be happier. I know the feeling well you cover at the end of the video, I try to behave and shift at 2k rpm when the light comes on but its just so eager to rev and go play.

@kylejscheffler

7 жыл бұрын

scoterofd I'm right there with you my friend. really resisting the urge to go crazy with it. there's a reason I got those spare rims from a guy parting his out. haha. need to get snow tires now and see what kinda fun I can get my self into.

@Doggieman1111

7 жыл бұрын

As long as you're not "playing" on the public roads and endangering others.

@JacobAdelstein

7 жыл бұрын

Doggieman1111 lol hi mom

@alpzepta

7 жыл бұрын

scoterofd better than a civic isn't it

@bagelbytes69420

7 жыл бұрын

Nathan McCallister traded in my 2016 mustang GT fastback for a 2017 FiST and I love the thing. So composed in corners, and so tight with the on-center steering is awesome

When I drive my parents 2014 Ford Escape I can't see anything. So I leave extra room, but I never feel quite safe. Sure, there's the extra airbags, and big beams. But I can't see. When I drive my '91 Civic, I feel safer. Not because the car is safer, but because I can see. I'm in control of the car. I know exactly what's upfront of me and what's behind me. The solution in my opinion is to promote locking seat-belts (and if we really want to go there, 5-point harness, or even just a four-point) with a small roll-cage built underneath the siding instead of airbags. I drive a Dodge Stratus. Wait, let me start that over. I drive a small 4-cyl. race car at a circle track. I've been t-boned at 100km/h, I've been rammed into from the back and front. Not once have even received a minor injury. Why? Not airbags, not giant beams and poor visibility, not traction control, not automatic transmissions, because of roll cages, 5-point harnesses, helmets and neck-braces. Obviously, it would be unrealistic to expect the world to start wearing these and retro-fitting cars, but just think about it. We can still have good visibility and have safety.

@bcsizemo

9 жыл бұрын

Hell the way Ford is going the side window is going to be a quarter the height of the door. They might as well go ahead and start making rear cameras standard, that way they can just eliminate the rear window. Actually the one thing that pisses me off the most about the super tall door, isn't just the visibility, it's the fact it sucks for hanging your arm out of while cruising along. I mean who wants their elbow at the side of their head?

@negil

9 жыл бұрын

bcsizemo Yeah, rear windows. I always want to adjust the rearview mirror in the Escape so I can see more, but then I remember that it wouldn't make a difference since the rear window is tiny.

@C6Z_Bob

9 жыл бұрын

bcsizemo It's funny you say that. Rear cameras are mandated to be standard on all cars starting 2018.

@gnashmelllow

9 жыл бұрын

I agree with this, my weekend car is caged with buckets and harnesses. But there is one problem. With a cage they would have to be hidden under the trim because hit your head on a steel pipe when you are not wearing a helmet and it is game over. Meaning the pillars would be bulky to cover the cage. Now maybe your saying the 911 RS's (GT2, GT3 etc) have cages and you don't need a helmet but look closely, they are half cages only behind the seats. Safely away from your cranium in a crash. Which in my opinion every two seat sports car should have.

@negil

9 жыл бұрын

Charles Darwin What I was thinking of was a half cage, since it would still provide plenty of support for the driver and passenger in the case of an accident and would still allow for decent visibility and room. (although not for the passengers, but that's okay since nobody cares about them anyways)

That was the best allegory for a car I've ever witnessed. "Let's go! Let's go! Let's GOOOOOOOOooooooooOOORRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOM"

Even though Ford is an American company, it took Ford UK to show you how to make a small practical fun car. :v

@DiegoRuiz1991

9 жыл бұрын

Most of the Ford UK cars are better than the Ford USA cars · Mondeo (UK) vs Fusion (USA) = Mondeo · Transit (UK) vs Econoline (USA) = Transit, to the point they're killing the Econoline by 2015 · Ranger (UK) vs F150 (USA) = Ranger can be good when far from roads, F150 can't · Galaxy (UK) vs all-minivans-ever (USA) = Galaxy · Kuga (UK) vs all-small-SUVs-ever (USA) = Kuga It's quite stupid how the non-native division of a brand can be so much better than the original brand!

@garavonhoiwkenzoiber

9 жыл бұрын

***** Ford Escort xr3i Ford Capri with it's awesome sounding Rover V8 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Did the US get those?

@fkerpants

9 жыл бұрын

***** Pontiac's only decent cars came from GM Australia.

@manuellujan666

9 жыл бұрын

Push Back G8 and GTO

@fkerpants

9 жыл бұрын

Yup. I had the latter and it was freakin' awesome.

It's very clear what we need. More A-PPILLUHRS. We need more A-PILLARS, we need them thicker, longer, stronger, can't see? Fuck you, you want to be safe, don't you? Make it steel, Rolled Homoggenous Steel, depleted Uranium is Strong, put it in there too. Make a Third A-PILLUHR right in the middle. And then one across. MORE A-PILLARS, WE NEED MORE A_PILLARS. And don't forget about B and C either. Vision Slits? Forget about that, put a pillar in front of that. If you can see, we didn't out enough pillars in and you are not safe. It's a tank? Well, that's what you wanted, wasn't it? It's safe you know, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FUCKING SEE WHATS HITTING YOU.

@dubbeking

8 жыл бұрын

What?

@forestclanelite2781

8 жыл бұрын

+MyFabian94 The pillars don't need to be longer.

@RobinVerhulstZ

8 жыл бұрын

+MyFabian94 why not,instead of these fat pillars,make them force roll cages on cars?

@MyFabian94

8 жыл бұрын

RobinVerhulstZ Triple Strength please otherwise I won't feel safe, because I'd actually see what hits me.

@MyFabian94

8 жыл бұрын

David 123 Eco Pipes. Good for Polar Bears you know.

3FA not a very euro VIN or American. We get the Mexican Fiesta, rather fitting given the model. Everyone else gets the German made version.

Ever since this video came out, I wanted a Fiesta ST. 2 years ago I finally bought one. Now, it has a limited-slip diff, 16" wheels and stickier tires, intercooler, downpipe, short shifter, etc. And honestly I think it's going to me my forever car. Living in Pennsylvania, I dread the day when road salt eventually claims its life. All I can do is make the most of it until then.

Aw, no Recaros? Would've liked to hear what you thought of them. FWIW these cars are faster than Ford would like you to believe. HP is around 180 at the wheels, not the crank, and torque is up in the 220s at the wheels, even though Ford rates it less than that at the crank. Also, it's got way more than 135MPH in it, I've had mine up close to 140 and it was still pulling.

@rookiepilot.rp1

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes the Recaros are actually better than the ones in the Focus ST IMHO. I've dyno'd mine, it's stock except for a BOV, and coilovers though I don't plan to keep it that way too much longer. Results are: 189hp and 222 torque @ the wheels Ford has definitely underrated this car, or the internals are just that good that they don't sponge up a lot of power, probably both.

@bongodave13

2 жыл бұрын

@@rookiepilot.rp1 With a full intake, an intercooler and a Tunewerks 93 octane "conservative" tune, I'm rocking 210hp/276tq at the wheels. It's fast enough to be fun and I average around 30 mpg in mixed driving. Never had a more enjoyable or reliable daily driver.

I hate the fact that because of safety regs. Car manufacturers can excuse poor visibility (which I would argue is very dangerous) by saying "oh but it has a back up camera and warns you if someone is next to you" All that is going to do is make newer drivers not use their own eyes and rely on these aids, and even if you want to use your own eyes you can't see anything

@krazed0451

Жыл бұрын

As a motorcyclists I spend a lot more time dodging blind car/SUV drivers than I used to... Do not enjoy.

Thanks for actually talking about the car this week. :)

@md_vandenberg

9 жыл бұрын

Because the thousands of other real car reviews can't provide you actual information? RCR is a Car Roast.

@ackables

9 жыл бұрын

Matthew VandenBerg RCR has a way of making information more interesting, like how he described how the car was meant to be driven. He is goofy in how he talks and presents information, but he still tells us useful information. I go to RCR because it's funny and entertaining, but also because it's informative. If you take any of the qualities away, the show becomes stupid or just your average car review.

@chrisinator13

9 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@splewy

9 жыл бұрын

Matthew VandenBerg It's just nice to hear his entertaining thoughts on the car, rather than his thoughts on Pittsburgh.

@aokoaozaki

9 жыл бұрын

splewy epic meme

"it's not going anywhere" Well that didn't age well seeing as the last Fiesta STs roll off the line in a month here.

@TheOzthewiz

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, Ford wanted to go after "big bucks" by selling SUVs/CUVs and trucks. American manufacturers NEVER wanted to build small cars, too little profit. But they had to build them to get buyers into the showrooms, hoping they might drive away in something MUCH more profitable!

@bongodave13

2 жыл бұрын

Most Americans just don't want small cars. I've always preferred small cars, and I'm not even from Europe.

Amazing execution right there at the end, we've all seen similiar allegories being used to explain small hot hatches, but the build up here is something else, beautiful.

Haha this was great. Thanks for always giving me a good laugh every week.

@Ballsack44

3 жыл бұрын

Da baby

Mr. Regular, you are legend.

@Jonathan.R.Pereira

7 жыл бұрын

yup, Rom and his weird songs are living in mr. regular's shadow.

I always love these videos because they have such good rewatchability. every now and again I'll get some joke that's totally passed me by on a previous viewing

I bought a Fiesta ST today. Used with only 5k miles on it. I have a 5 year old and a 3 year old. When my arm is outstretched and they are saying "let's go!!", I will listen. My Fiesta ST is a great car and I could not be happier. Thank you RCR for reviewing this car and making it impossible for me to pass up.

Bought a blue one just because of this video and i still own it. i had other cars besides, but this little beast is still here and i will drive it this evening.

Holy fucking shit you wrote Afrikaans in the description :D THATS MAH LANGUAGE!! Guessing you were Google Translating it soooooon!! Directly translated here's what Mr.R wrote: I'm talking Afrikaans today. I can hide on the Cape. Unites States of America money buys many Volkswagens. Let us socialise. Where is the library? The pen is in my hand. The book. The book! The book. How many Rand (South African currency) would it take for Regular Car Reviews to come to ZA (Zuid Afrika, old name for South Africa). Thanks for making me love this show even more now! Hope it brings great pleasure knowing your reviews make it all the way to the southern tip of Africa. Groot groete van Suid Afrika seun!

@pplfthftr7526

4 жыл бұрын

JO Grobler, Thnks!

This is your absolute best video yet! Great Job!

Dude, that dad vs kid analogy was the best one I have ever heard to explain the feeling of driving this car. It really made me smile lol. Made my morning here on my vacation in the Philippines :-D

I've driven both the Focus ST and the Fiesta ST, and I can say without a doubt go with the Fiesta. If you are over a 38 waist, do not get the Recaro seats. They are TIGHT!

Just bought a 2016 Fiesta ST a couple months ago, my first new car. It is so much fun. though my friends and family are getting tired of me offering to let them ride the FiST. ;)

@Doggieman1111

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah nobody wants some twenty year old killing them in his new tiny car.

@gysdupreez643

4 жыл бұрын

I'm doing the same😅😅

tuned in to get a weather report for the Pittsburgh area, but got an actual well written and executed car review. respect.

This is one of the most helpful videos I've ever watched--at least the snippet about enlarged pillars. I lament the changing landscape of car design, but car manufacturers never explicitly state why they are changing to certain design cues. Finally, a refresher on the how/why of some of the asinine subtleties we notice.

OH MY GOD! hahaha love how the dad was totally a murderer, but that's cool. lmao. Great video

@guillermofeliciano1246

5 жыл бұрын

Scrolled way down to see who else realized.

@guillermofeliciano1246

5 жыл бұрын

5:14

Damnit. I was right with ya ..... UNTIL the calculator went in the ass then .......

@Arnogorter

9 жыл бұрын

...then it came out again.

@RobbyJHope

9 жыл бұрын

Arnogorter HAHAHAHAHA!

This is my dream review! Madness and a Fiesta ST! Thank you RegularCars !!!

This is the first review I watched while wearing my RCR t-shirt I got for Christmas! Keep up the great work and Happy New Year Mr. Regular and The Roman!

I wish I could afford one of these when they're still nice, instead of when they go for 3000 on Craigslist with 170k miles beat half to shit. They do look like fun.

@blakebarton7997

6 жыл бұрын

If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

@jaymingles

4 жыл бұрын

Blake Barton no one got that Ferris Bueller reference

@free2be

2 жыл бұрын

Just priced my 2015, original owner me, for kicks on Carvana. They'll give me me more than what I paid new 😂

@wickedmainah950

2 жыл бұрын

All cars are stupid money now, looking at the st to commute to work , 60k miles 15s 16s still going for 19 or 20k

RegularCars I love my Fiesta ST. Makes a great DD. I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the trunk that can magically gain a ton of space by lowering the floor below its high setting. Also the car has 197hp not 180. People complain about the extra being temporary, but its nearly impossible to get it to the point where it lowers the boost/hp.

@Violetcrime

Жыл бұрын

I tried this, several times, and could never get the false floor to lay right. I saw some underrated car review lady do it and I could never replicate it. I imagine it's user error, but despite my intelligence amounting to 'having a favorite color of crayon to eat' (spoiler: it tastes like 'purple'), I really can't fault people for missing what looked like a great feature.

In my personal opinion, one of the best reviews so far. Awesome!

one of the best RCR review in awhile..very funny keep it up!

Cool review and about friggin time you did the ST! btw the Fiesta can also be bought with a brilliant 1.0L eco-boost engine which actually won the engine of the year 2014 award.

Actually 2010 wasn't the first year the U.S. got the Fiesta. Years ago the Fiesta was sold in the U.S.A. for only three years 1978 thru 1980.

@reneenordeen9447

4 жыл бұрын

Tat2Dragons Yup, I learned stick on a late 70s model. Not very forgiving, it was damn near two weeks before I could drive it without killing it, or it jerking like a son of a bitch. My 90 Honda CRX HF, was the BEST car to drive stick, I miss that car.

@TheOzthewiz

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that one was German built.

by far your best review in a while.

Some of your best work yet, only surpassed for me by the FJ and the Miata. Keep it up!

“It’s not going anywhere” RIP FIESTA ST

@bongodave13

3 жыл бұрын

Still making them in EU. A new Mk8. Rave reviews, of course. As popular as ever overseas. Just not here. Ford just stopped making them here. Most Americans don't want small cars.

@noneyabizz8337

3 жыл бұрын

Small cars will come back, look at gas prices.....doubt down will be the future trend.

@bongodave13

3 жыл бұрын

@@noneyabizz8337 Remember when gas shot up under Bush? It was almost $5/gal in California. I drove a Geo Metro at the time, and people walked up to me in parking lots wanting to buy my car.

I vaguely regret getting a Fit instead of a FiST, as the used price was *almost* the same at the time. But I can justify it by saying it will be cheaper to maintain and it can haul like no other hatchback can.

@pineapplevlogs1267

3 жыл бұрын

fist

@noneyabizz8337

3 жыл бұрын

ST is waaaaay more fun, but that Honda is going to run forever and be a good driving car the entire time.

@lancer3660

3 жыл бұрын

I have seen a quite few fiestas hit 200k+ miles with nothing other than oil changes, timing belts, and high pressure fuel pump replacement(and are still daily driven to this day).The highest at 270k already

@cherokeefit4248

3 жыл бұрын

My 2007 Honda Fit is my winter beater and probably the most reliable car I ever owned. I should fix the body on it and it will last forever

@jameswillard1

2 жыл бұрын

There is literally NO comparison between the 2 when it comes driving engagement and handling. Fit is a great car but there isn’t anything particularly fun with the way it drives

The ending dad/kid reference into the Fiesta pull was so awesome!

Allegory blend into reality was smooth and killer! Great vid Mr.RC! If this video thing doesn't pan out you could sell used cars cause you certainly make any old regular car interesting.

his license plate says RCR. is that a coincidence, or is he just a huge fan?

@WhaSup1227

8 жыл бұрын

what does 337 stand for?

Is this the first time I've heard an engine in RCR? Or am I just deaf?

@ifrit35

9 жыл бұрын

On the top of my mind, E30 318i, Corvette C3 and some others. I wouldn't say deaf but hard hearing.

@bartekkko

9 жыл бұрын

Toyota echo as well, the very first review

@Che1seabluesdrogba11

9 жыл бұрын

Porsche cayman, lotus, MR2,volvo many other ones

@Kaisuke971

9 жыл бұрын

So might be new in town

@SPEEDTRIBESAKURA

9 жыл бұрын

Kaisuke971 I've been around since about the SRT-4 review but have watched every other one before and after that.

This allegory is your finest work. So happy I bought a fiesta st.

Yay! One of my fav cars reviewed by Mr. Regular. You sir made my day.

I cant wait until you guys get a hold of Matt Farahs ST

Love how this car is considered tiny! Take a look at the Ford Ka if you want to go even lower.

@avrilcadabra

9 жыл бұрын

Jack Cooper it's the second smallest bracket in my country (excluding smart cars), still feels pretty big when you pass a 1960 mini

@bongodave13

6 ай бұрын

@@Mr.Marbles I would have loved that car.

i love the "kid pulling on dads arm" comparison. I bought one half a year ago and i havent regretted it at all. The Fiesta just wants to play all the time and its so rewarding. Its the type of pleasure you cant get by most cars. It feels very manual and analog.

a video from you guys always makes my day awesome

Great car, but it bothers me that Europe, the continent that made this car, doesn't get the nice big satnav screen. Instead, we get what appears to be the screen of a Nokia 3310, connected to a needlessly complicated dashboard with 23 million buttons and located so high up, far away and deep inside the dash that you can't possibly read what it says.

@rachael1090

5 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is old, but yeah, I still get baffled by my dashboard, especially when the bluetooth randomly decides to disconnect and I have to reboot the system.

@dougiehobbs1519

4 жыл бұрын

@@rachael1090 I have the same issue. It's super annoying.

Also, a couple of minor points. Stock, on overboost (which, 20 second WOT time limit aside--find me a situation in which you are WOT for a 20 second stretch without shifting, and I'll get you an Initech employee of the month award) it's 197bhp. But the car regularly puts down 190whp and about high 220 wtq on the dyno, sometimes a bit lower, sometimes a bit higher. Ford's been underrating their engines a lot lately it seems.

@LowFlyinOK

9 жыл бұрын

Mine put down 183whp on a local dyno. Pretty impressive.

I love the analogy of what the FiST is like to drive. Totally makes sense.

I have been waiting so long. Thank you!

Sooo... you shoot a Mosin?

@Armadurapersonal

8 жыл бұрын

Or a PSL

@MilsurpMikeChannel

8 жыл бұрын

Or an SVT...

@prelude2tube

7 жыл бұрын

Or a VEPR...

@121314156171819

7 жыл бұрын

mosin forever

@jdl6881

7 жыл бұрын

prelude2tube a vepr is a high end gun.

I don't know why, but 4:48 made me laugh harder than I should have.

@jochenstacker7448

3 жыл бұрын

This is why we love RCR

Dude, I know this is an old upload, but Roman's song on this one is one of my favorites. I love that song and Roman really did it justice.

Great review, as a owner of a 2015 Fiesta ST, I can say this review is a 100 percent accurate.

thanks for some good sunday meat!

so..... who did the dad kill ?!

@AirWolf2301

6 жыл бұрын

a291 plot twist... the kid

thank you for the variety of reviews you do!

Your humor is uplifting, subbed.

That ending part was pretty much a recording of my test drive of mine.

@ObeseChess

14 күн бұрын

70,000 miles this weekend. Minus the sunroof seals being improperly installed at the factory and needing a new headliner within the first month of ownership, it’s given me zero problems. Full bolt-ons and a tune knocking on 300lb-ft of torque and I’m still getting almost 40mpg on the highway. What a car.

I was going to argue with you that the Fiesta was here in the US prior to 2010 but, before I insulted your intelligence I looked it up and yes you were correct, the 1989 USA Fiesta I was thinking of was actually a 1989 Fest-fuking-tiva but, same damn car as a Fiesta!

@sfh1989

9 жыл бұрын

The MKI Fiesta was sold in the US for a few years in the late 70's. The Fiesta and Festiva were built on different platforms, only shared a similar name. But the platform it was built on did become the Mazda 2 which is shared with the Fiesta.

@sammon287

9 жыл бұрын

SFH1989 My first car was a 79 Fiesta that my parents bought new in Fairfax, Virginia. I rebuilt the engine with Euro spec XR2 head, cam, and higher comp pistons before modding 4 cylinders was popular. I sold it in 94 for $400 and was recently watching one for sale on Ebay in California for $3500.

@sfh1989

9 жыл бұрын

***** The only Euro spec Fiestas we got were the 100 or so Fiesta Movement cars in 2010 which were made in Germany. These cars were only loaned by Ford for promotional purposes, they could not be federalized to be made road legal. Most of them were donated to driving schools, Team O'Neil in NH got 43 and turned them into rally school cars. Every one that has been sold here since 2010 was made in Mexico. The changes made were more to meet US safety regulations than to "favor the market".

@daredevil7442AUTOMOTIVE

9 жыл бұрын

SFH1989 Ok then, the Fiesta was sold in the US prior to 2010 so, the video was incorrect.....eh, shit happens!

@sfh1989

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, I own an '11 SES and I only learned recently they were sold here for a few years well before 2010. It seems like the North American MKI Fiesta was forgotten about. I've only ever seen one.

I had a 1980 Ford Fiesta here in the US, my buddy did also. One of the most fun cars I've ever owned and definitely set me on the path to preferring small cars over what Americans typically drive. Thanks for the video, as usual it was pretty fun.

Best video yet, Mr. Regular.

0:11 WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AT THE SOUP STORE!?

@rebelspartan3714

6 жыл бұрын

Laser Lens FUCK YOU!

@dergenmusic2081

4 жыл бұрын

Laser Lens *IM AT SOUP*

@S.rosalie.lopez1

3 жыл бұрын

LLMMFFAAAAOOOOO

are you going to do the rs when it comes out?

@SwPiotrek

9 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@droxid666

9 жыл бұрын

and also here

@francisj4058

9 жыл бұрын

martinshoosterman thumbs up for you

I have a se w/120 hp. Handles very well and moves along well. Cant wait to buy a ST model.

Between this review and Matt Farah's comments on the ST he owned, I bought a 2016 ST. New. Something I never thought I'd do. I don't regret a thing, and I expect to drive it, well maintained, into the ground. Also, if you own one of these, and haven't upgraded to a limited-slip diff, you're missing out. I got my Quaife from, and installed by, Mountune in LA- money well spent imo.

I speak Afrikaans today. I can hide in the Cape. United States money to buy many Volkswagens. Come visit us. Where is the library? The pen is in my hand. The book. The book! The book. How much would it take for regular car reviews to ZA come?

@JustifyJustin

6 жыл бұрын

Afrikaans is one of the main languages in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Rand (SA currency) to the dollar is about R13/$1, so REALLY cheap for foreigners to visit. VW is one of the most popular vehicles here - hence many can be bought with Dollars ;) .

@SomeFreakingCactus

5 жыл бұрын

...what?

I come here often for the yelling at the beginning

This has the fricking best random voice section in a video of yours i have seen so far.

The thing with the FiST is that this car just instantly makes you smile. For people who haven't driven one, these things make you want to go 100% every time you drive it.

@MultiTelan

5 жыл бұрын

As the owner of a '19 FiST, I second this.

@PhilemonXIV

4 жыл бұрын

@@MultiTelan I third it...

@MultiTelan

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhilemonXIV oh? What color is yours? ST2 or ST3? Which wheels? Mods? Tell me!

@PhilemonXIV

4 жыл бұрын

@@MultiTelan it's a bone stock st2 in the tri color pearl white!

@MultiTelan

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhilemonXIV 😯 oh no that white is drop dead stunning! The first ST I looked at (when I couldn't afford it) was that beautiful white...I just got the gray and it was the last one on this area. ST3, only option left off was the sunroof.

Actually, the American market DID get the original 1970's Fiesta.

@GoogleModerator

8 жыл бұрын

And didn't we have the Fiesta through the 90's as well? Little egg looking vehicle. *Great review too. Liking your unique reviewing style if I may say so, thank you.

@k.g.alatore355

8 жыл бұрын

+GoogleModerator I think what you're referring to is the Aspire, which is also known as the Festiva. Eerily similar name, but not the same car. Matter of fact, I think the Festiva and Aspire were built by Mazda and Kia, respectively.

@harvardford8752

8 жыл бұрын

+Kim Alatore yeah I think it was they platform they used to make the early mazda 2

@k.g.alatore355

8 жыл бұрын

Probably. Nowadays the Mazda2 is essentially a Fiesta platform-wise. I'd like to see RCR do a video on it comparing the two if someone ever approached them with a Mazda2.

@harvardford8752

8 жыл бұрын

I can't really say so, because the newest mazda 2 (4th gen) is based on the CX5 but in a smaller more tout and lower version, rather than the previous Ford DE platform. the former mazda 2 though was based on the ford structure (3rd gen DE)

2:00 - 2:25 pure greatness

I liked the transition between the allegory of the kid pulling on the father's arm and the on ramp acceleration.

We had Fiesta's in the Seventies, 79 Fiesta was my first car. I loved that thing.

The fiesta st makes 197 horsepower at the crankshaft

@8bithavok

6 жыл бұрын

Not in 2014 it didn't.

@urbz6712

6 жыл бұрын

Thats in over boost.

@bt7482

6 жыл бұрын

my 2015 makes 193/238 ATW... Ford quietly uped it I guess.

Ja, kom heso meneer. Kom ons ry in die Kaap. Daar is baie VW, Nissans en ander motors jy moet ry. Hoekom het jy Afrikaans praat?

@RegularCars

9 жыл бұрын

Matt San Giorgio Ek het net 'n maand in ZA . Ek ken 'n familie daar . Jeffreys Bay was hope pret . Jy weet wat ek die meeste mis ? Bakkies . Bakkies op elke pad . Tiny vragmotors . So oulik.

@MattSanGiorgio

9 жыл бұрын

RegularCars Haha ja, die ou Nissan 1400 Champ bakkies en die Ford Bantams. Sal jy in die Kaap op 2015 kom? Jy moet op Killarney Raceway ry, dit is 'n baie lekker track. I reckon my English is better, haha.

@RegularCars

9 жыл бұрын

Matt San Giorgio I need google's help to understand Afrikaans. I will try to read what you have to say without using Google Translate.1. I saw more Nissans in J-Bay than any other Bakkie.2. I was in ZA in 2001. I would very VERY much like to return but I would have to start another crowd-funding campaign to fly to Cape Town. 3. Your English is better than my Afrikaans.

@MattSanGiorgio

9 жыл бұрын

RegularCars Aaah okay, that was when you reviewed the Citi Golf. If you do start another campaign and you do touchdown in Cape Town, please let me know. I might have some awesome cars that you could perhaps review. There is also the race circuit you must try out. It's loads of fun! Those Nissan bakkies are actually fantastic as national drag cars since they are so lightweight.

@robertdevald

8 жыл бұрын

+Matt San Giorgio I speak Dutch and I understood you guys both quite well :-)

I didn't know where you were going with your allegory... But I'm glad we got there. :)

Got myself a UK spec 3 door ST3 last year with the MR230 kit and she's the most fun I've had in years, really just wants to keep going and going through all the winding b roads and then can cruise comfortably on the commute to work with a nice high mpg, interior looks great too with the red seat option and a few paint tweaks to the trims

Do a Geo Prizm :D

@brianc9374

5 жыл бұрын

Best American small car of the 90s

That allegory there at the end... so it's really fucking annoying to drive the Fiesta ST? It interrupts what you want to really do, and requires a lot of attention and you want to punch it really hard but you can't so you tell it to shut up instead?

@WTGRacing

9 жыл бұрын

i think you took it the wrong way

@GaryBusey-sLaserdiscCollection

9 жыл бұрын

The car is the kid and you are the dad.

@maximus9401

9 жыл бұрын

tf2exe I get that. That's what the kid would be like to me if I was the dad. That's the way he described it.

@yournevergunnaknow5201

9 жыл бұрын

I was a little confused about what he was trying to get across...

@DCGarage

9 жыл бұрын

Jesse Deptula I think he was trying to say that the car is kind of begging you to go

I think this might be my favorite regular car review lol

Probably my favourite video so far on this car AND I'm from Cape Town so I noticed what you did there with the Afrikaans and the Map :)

Every other Fiesta ST owner I've run into didn't spring for the heated Recaros and it weirds me out. They're easily the star of the interior.

@tacklefatkids

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe because the interior is not what we buy the car for with or without the recaros the fun of the car is stays no matter what it's an experience to say the least one that is so fun it surprises everyone

@cdwag23

4 жыл бұрын

@@tacklefatkids the recaros make the driving experience more fun by holding you in place. The base seats might as well be from a 1998 corolla

@tacklefatkids

4 жыл бұрын

@@cdwag23 well obviously but if I want recaros obviously I'll be putting them in no matter what.

I think I'm going to join the cult tomorrow. Oxford white. Orange Recaro. Grey wheels. Negative equity is going to suck coming out of my relatively new depreciated car. But... I need something to remember why I like driving. Not something soft. Something attentive and requiring of attention.

we got the gen 1 fiesta in 1978. It lived on these shores for three model years and was a great car. I had two of them and they were really good--fast and handled really well. They have all but disappeared in murca. I would love to find one.

I love the Chinese Buffet House jab that you took. I live very close to that area which left me wondering how many people even understood that joke! Love your content, keep up the awesome work. Sincerely, Your Average Local PA Teen

Before I watch this, I'm rather curious why the description is in South African? I appreciate the effort though, since I'm Dutch, I can read it pretty well and I'm laughing my ass of. Doesn't make sense what so ever, and I love it. Great job Mr. Regular.

@iamthedrumandbassfarmer8735

9 жыл бұрын

the first video was of a Citigolf and he hints that he lived in South Africa for a while... hm

@Msutty26

9 жыл бұрын

Same but I was reading it as German.

@awesomeologyism

9 жыл бұрын

NowHas AnXbox I think he only took a vacation there

@jasonsipman4729

9 жыл бұрын

what's South African? I'm glad he's back to writing in American.

@savageretard

9 жыл бұрын

Jason Sipman The video description half way through it goes into another language. Ek praat Afrikaans vandag. Ek kan wegsteek op die Kaap. Verenigde State van Amerika geld koop baie Volkswagens. Kom ons kuier. Waar is die biblioteek? Die pen is in my hand. Die boek. Die boek! Die boek. Hoeveel rand sal dit neem vir gereelde motor resensies aan ZA kom?

Has anyone just realized the dad in the video was basically talking about covering up some major crime he did?

@TheWesman45

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sounds like the dad was behind on his mortgage. Burnt down his house. Killed someone and buried them in a trash bag. The dad has been caught, probably out on bail and planning to run/lay low for a while.

@TheEmilyclaire666

8 жыл бұрын

+Wes Hughes no, its about his ex wife....lol

@raymondproseus3560

7 жыл бұрын

Nah, you're imagining things.

Best review in awhile!

Came to check out the car, stayed for your commentary... f%*king fantastic ;)