Ford Fiesta - Top Gear 1995 Jeremy Clarkson

Ford Fiesta - Top Gear 1995 Jeremy Clarkson
The Ford Fiesta is a supermini marketed by Ford since 1976 over seven generations. Over the years, the Fiesta has mainly been developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and has been positioned below the Escort (later the Focus).
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[@G-Mastah-Fash]

Oh Jeremy if only you knew how expensive that Supra was gonna get.

[@Kenbak-1]

Unjustifiably expensive

[@soundseeker63]

JC in 1995 - "Look at the kind of cars we're driving - They're all too big, unkind on the environment, expensive" Today with every other car on UK roads being and SUV, with JC himself driving a Range Rover V8... 😆

[@AlejjSi]

Even in his Clarkson Motorworld episode about a family car, Jeremy does his typical SUV hate rant, only to show himself driving his kids to school in a 4.0 V8 largest version of the Land Cruiser 🤣

[@soundseeker63]

@@AlejjSi Such people are irresponsible morons, who should be flogged to within an inch of their lives!! 😀

[@officialrealistyoutube]

He drives a diesel range rover

[@robertostoica4316]

Bro, is that a Supra?

[@volt8684]

@@robertostoica4316 sure is 3.0 6cylinder

[@brenglover72]

We had the same model. Rot was the killer - when it rained you could hear the fizz.

[@LJSW-rp6xm]

Best cars ever. Those early Zetec engines were fantastic, had 3 of them and they were hands down the most reliable cars I’ve ever owned.

[@HA05GER]

My one I had when I was 17 passed in the winter would redline the car from cold every morning just to warm up the engines quicker it didn't care. I sold it on and was used for another year went all way up to Scotland and I'm East Anglia no trouble at all rust was what killed it off engine was spot on.

[@jwan_1193]

So thr zetec is better than the 1.3 ford engine? I found one with automatic transmission for a reasonable price but I'm not sure about it

[@kieran8845]

Same. I had a 99 ghia with 163,000 miles on it ! Still drove fine and only things ever had to replace was piston rings and general wear and tear stuff. Engine bulletproof.

[@darylyatestransportblogs]

Both my mums and my Mk6 I used to have drove fantastically well these Sigma engines were great and reliable and I think will last longer than an Ecoboost (known as the Fox engine in Ford speak.)

[@bicyclist2]

I love old Top Gear. Unfortunately we didn't get it here in the US when it was new. I'm a big fan of Jeremy Clarkson. Thanks.

[@DangermuffinVideos]

Ha, the show took a while to go overseas indeed. Clarkson is indeed a great character haha. Thank you for watching and the kind comment!

[@hendrix2478]

I'm with you buddy

[@jamietrev]

Frankly you’re welcome to this oaf: mind you voted for the biggest c&#t Trump, so there’s clearly a judge of character problem

[@pidschin]

I got a 1.3 Endura a few months back, the previous owner installed a KW sport suspension and a big, cheap Renegade Subwoofer, it's a fantastic first car, really fun to drive.

[@RolfSAMA]

I always remember this Fiesta as a base vehicle in TOCA2 on Playstation 1 :) best touring car racing sim of the era & long after.

[@robertmarsh3588]

Lovely car. Rust has killed most now, but what a fabulous thing it was to drive. Fortunately successive Fiestas have managed to keep the magic. Sadly probably we won't see many more iterations due to the dual issues of being forced into badly packaged, expensive and oversized EVs, and the somewhat aligned market obsession with SUVs.

[@o0TreyRoyer0o]

R.I.P To the wonderful Fiesta!

[@Areebxrk]

You called it

[@chrisbeare9486]

💯 agree!! Amazing car to drive, good boot space etc, did everything well. Totally agree on suv and ev, revolting flabby things!

[@darylyatestransportblogs]

@@chrisbeare9486 Theyll bring it back as a EV crossover I bet maybe take the current Pumas place.

[@Enrique-mx1tl]

I have a 2001, 1.6 (zetec rocam) sedan version of this car, it's my first car, and it has over 170000kms (105633 miles for my non-metric mates) on the odometer, I love how reliable and fun it is, I just love it.

[@lewis72]

1:21 When the phrase "Chairman of ICI" (or Managing Director) was the go-to phrase for the best-paid job you could possibly have in the UK. I made this comment 8 years ago at a former company, one of the graduates replied "What's ICI ?"

[@joshuaaaron125]

My workplace is on an old ICI site (Thornton)

[@romanonaidoo2737]

I’m from SA. Still running my ‘03 1.3L fiesta (Rocam spec). She’s barebones save for an air conditioner. No power steering, no airbags, no sunroof, no traction control or ABS. They’re surprisingly low to the ground in comparison to most other cars so cornering’s pretty decent. Their peppy engines help with overtaking without destroying your wallet. Sure there’s rust, but some have been on the road for over two decades so it’s understandable. They’re little gems.

[@elisorrells5314]

I guess in South Africa AC is necessary equipment

[@christopherroughton]

In SA we got a lot more spec on our cars as base models like alloys and air con and bigger engines than in the UK but our cars up until about the mid 2000s had pretty much no standard safety equipment lol. So we’d get the 1.6 polo with aircon and power steering and alloys and CD player but it would have no airbags or abs whereas in the UK all the safety stuff was mandated.

[@li0nheart05]

0:34 a supra back then was cheaper than they are now 🤣. Very good video. I think this is my favourite fiesta 😎

[@markmorris3579]

I once had a 1979 Fiesta.That car was a blast to drive.At that time I had a newspaper route with a 130 customers,six days a week.That was one tough little car!

[@Inf1n1t1]

JC '95: oh, a Fiesta JC today: POWEEEEEEEEEER!

[@killeverything200]

I got one of these as my first car for £400. The clutch started slipping 2 days later and the window literally fell out when I rolled it up. Good times.

[@thegearknob7161]

The best Fiesta. Might not have been the fastest but they are just so brilliant to drive. A bit firm but it's not wasted, unlike on a lot of modern cars. My parents bought one for £400. Ran it for over 10 years, spent maybe £150 on it, and sold it fairly recently for more than they paid for it. It was even written off twice in its life and is still out there somewhere!

[@DC224gb64]

We had a mk4 1.3 37kW (50hp) from 2003 to 2020. Great little car. Had a bit of rust on back lips as they called it and the idle control valve which was prone to stucking because of city driving.

[@skylined5534]

Had the pleasure of running one of these for a while with that lovely little 16v 1.3. Went really well, great on fuel and although it was a pretty compliant ride it also managed to be fun in the twisty bits! Add in ice cold aircon and some electric conveniences as well, great stuff!

[@UserUser-vo2ky]

My sister had a 1996 1.3 endura engined encore from brand new and didn't change the oil in 100,000 miles of ownership. It sounded rattly by the end but man was it reliable. I had a 1.25 ghia auto for over a year and loved it! Of course I'm going back to the late 90s. Most of them are dust by now!

[@00nervy]

It's my second car I've ever owned. It's also rattly as hell by now but almost no rust on body. It's dripping oil but never stopped. 178kkm on engine without any issue.

[@DoctorVision]

It was the same with my Mum's 1996 Corsa. It was barely ever serviced and but it never, ever once didn't start, unless of course she drained the battery which happened a number of times, or ran out of petrol which happened once a few yards from the driveway ironically. But mechanically it never let her/us down which we found quite amusing when we saw our neighbour's much newer Seat Ibiza being mended or towed a few times over the years. She got 17 years out of that car and it took us absolutely everywhere until rust eventually took it.

[@DreadfullMind]

How can somebody be so dumb and not change the oil for 100.000 miles?

[@benitopussolini544]

Because their brain is full off shit, coronation farm, celebrity dancing etc.just how the government want them!

[@mikeh2006]

@@DreadfullMind no wonder it was rattly. The oil would have been more like sludge after 100k. Top end likely had hardly any lubrication.

[@jdfcreeperminecraft]

The last MOT on that car was 2012, it made it a while I guess xD

[@DangermuffinVideos]

For a Fiesta 17 years of solid 'abuse' sounds good indeed. (at least in my experience old fiestas weren't treated that well and were the cheap type of car to trash)

[@jamesbrett6518]

Looking at the mileage, were these 5 digit odometers still?

[@owensteele1645]

There's still lots of these Fiestas here in Exeter. A lot of people looked after them.

[@owensteele1645]

I much prefer watching Jeremy Clarkson reviewing Fiestas than any supercar.

[@adamanthony7465]

Prosaic... mindful... rightful...and all the more important that Ford returns with Fiesta in the future.

[@kieran8845]

Absolutely loved this gen fiesta . The revvy 1.25 engine suited the light weight of the car perfectly and country roads so much fun! I currently have a mk6 1.4 zetec and love that too.

[@yoranw4608]

I lived in Brazil for a long time and they were pretty common and quite reliable. People didn’t seem to recognize their value, however.

[@DangermuffinVideos]

Fiestas are solid cars for sure!

[@no-damn-alias]

They only rust badly. Ok the Rustin Metro was worse but what kind of standard was that? Other than that great reliable car

[@OwainF]

Ah yes the 'sad eye' fiesta

[@skylined5534]

They always looked like they needed a hug! Great little motors though.

[@jeff4362]

It looks sad? To me it looks like a smile

[@zestydbd6830]

Love it looks stoned to me 😂

[@sbomorse]

I drove a 1997 Fiesta with the 1.3 Endura engine and they are brilliant to drive!

[@user-pamba]

It's funny to see this video, becouse I bought fiesta 1996 10 days ago as my first car, it's 7 year older than me but works pretty well😂💖

[@DangermuffinVideos]

Awesome, enjoy the car!

[@newstreetbridge834]

I worked at a Ford dealer who’d recently lost their franchise in 97. We’d bought a dozen or so of ex Jersey hire cars, all Fiesta Ghia s, the same as the one Clarkson is driving here. Took all the sales team, valeters, some admin staff a few miles across town to collect them and had an idea. I made sure every car had Classic FM on the radio and coming up towards the Cowgate and Grassmarket in Edinburgh, we all turned up full with windows down and started a gentle (and safe) synchronised light driving sway to the time of the music. Quite something to see the tourists and locals stare in disbelief. They were fantastic handling little things. Shame there was no camera phones back then

[@brijeshmandanna147]

Ford has used the similar switches, stalks and buttons for interiors over the years ..in cars ranging from this to ford gt. My 2014 ford figo (India) has a same OVRM switches found in this car. Sometimes it's cool 😎.

[@67tomcat]

The white Mk IV Supra was a beauty.

[@evansisgreat]

More than you can afford pal, Supra!

[@skylined5534]

@@evansisgreat "...smoke him"

[@SargeMimpson]

No its ugly

[@StopTeoriomSpiskowym]

promo shit ford and show legends

[@davestar4718]

My dads had fiestas since 1992 i think. Hes had 3. Bare bones nothing fancy. Hes loved em. I bought an ST a few years back and love it.

[@TomH2681]

I had a Fiesta for 21 years. Loved it to bits. Had to let it go because of new pollution-related laws... *cries*

[@simoncutler5542]

I had a 1.25 on Y plate very reliable only problem was rust

[@wilmotown]

I really like the whole “don’t drive more than you need to” philosophy. I drive a GTI and live in the DC area. Save for buying a JCW Mini (which would be smaller but also more expensive and less luxurious) there really aren’t any better smaller cars out today. Personally I’m a bit embarrassed by the size of the cars we insist on driving here in the States. I’m glad I’m contributing to that at a lower level.

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

What a great little car the Mk4 Fiesta was. I have a 2001 facelift 1.6 Ghia and I absolutely love it. Full of rust but who cares, it's a hoot to drive and the A/C still works XD

[@sh3rid4n121]

haha mine mk4 is so base model it has no power steering,abs only1 airbag,no sunroof,a sterio out of a transit van, no electric windows,no traction control,steel wheels,no electric windows, no central locking, no alarm,no aircon, i could go on for days hahaha its as base as it gets hahaha only cost me 300quid tho but has been off the road for a year and a half so im currently working on getting it ready for an mot but it does run very nicely now i have done quite a bit to it hahaha but it is from 1998

[@akramakako890]

Haha bro i also have a 2 door mk4 with a 1.8d which makes like -30 hp lol,mine is just worst than yours but i really love it i have so much emotions about it.god bless you and your mk4 🙂

[@sh3rid4n121]

@akram akako mines got the 1.3 endura engine in it makes like barely 60hp

[@skylined5534]

You'd have both had a great time in the car I learned in then, mk3 (almost the same car) 1.1 with a four speed manual! Great little car!

[@peterbustin2683]

Clarkson would now say that colour is like "..a vets forearm.."

[@HA05GER]

Loved.my MK4 1.25 brilliant fun at 17 and never went wrong just rotted alot. I jacked it up to remove my alloyd when I sold it and the sill moved more then the car 😂 still passed its next MOT

[@Sirvice2OSRS]

I actually have one of these finally something I can relate too

[@liam8910]

Even though that's a Ghia, it has a lot of optional extras fitted!

[@cambs0181]

Reviewing a fiesta without being chased through a shopping centre by a corvette or performing a beach landing with the marines?

[@1234niall]

I had a face-lift version of one of these as my 2nd car, first one i bought myself after being gifted a 205 from my brother. I loved it, unfortunately died from the usual fiesta rust acne. Shame.

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

Oh what have time done, first only the 1250 was available, then came the 1.4 and then the 1.6 and 1.8 and then, the... 2.0. I dunno about the rest of the world, but we had them in South Africa and they were flying, some were built at the local plant and others overseas and the modifiers definitely got their hands on them and made them even faster

[@sbomorse]

I doubt anyone ordered traction control. I didn't realise it was an option! Just like the MK1 Mondeo being available with adjustable dampers. An option never seen and very rarely specced

[@mikeh2006]

Traction control on a 1.25 fiesta is a bit pointless anyway.

[@blahmooblah789]

Top Gear AND Grace Jones? Oh hell yeah!

[@jothain]

Had diesel one when I was young. I think it was the only car I ever had that got km's quite a lot every years and still it passed local MOT's for was it 5 or 6 years in row before getting was it one ball end worn too much. Other than that it was basic maintenance and brake pads/shoes. And as student back then it cost like ball end was it 25euro part or something like that. By far the cheapest and reliable car I've owned. Years later I got BMW and it got was it lower arms and few other bits needed to be replaced in MOT. I got into to part shop and they asked which side components and I said I think I'll change both sides at same time, even though I said before I need one side only. Seller looked at me said are you sure about that? It'll be was it 380 euros per side. I just laughed and said I'll actually take that left side after all if they're so expensive and mentioned I think I could've replaced every single suspension component in front end for Fiesta for about that one sides BMW parts price 😁 I actually liked that Fiesta. Absolutely nothing flashy, but heated windscreen was so nice in cold winters and the driving feel was better than many bigger cars I've driven from same era. Solid little car, well until the inevidable rust hits too badly :)

[@modelreviews3705]

0:34 IS THAT ASUPPRAAA 😍

[@kanwalDoabia]

Once owned this machine in Lowestoft Norwich

[@volt8684]

When fords were great

[@user-gb4ih2hs2m]

Гарна авто!

[@antondeolifant1753]

My honest opinion here. My grandpa had a 1.25 Ghia, my dad had a 1.8d van and i had a 1.3i Flair (base model). The Ghia was great but both the van and the Flair felt ancient compared to it. Both the van and the Ghia were scrapped around 2010 because of fatal amounts of rust. Mine is going next week because of the same problem, not as bad but with the other problems it has it's scrap. For today, a ghia would be fine but cheaper models feel ancient. Overall not bad cars these mk4 fezzes

[@theodor12]

Now that the death of the Fiesta has officially been confirmed, I came back to enjoy some of the older generations.

[@Bubba_ladd]

Only 106mph my mate got 130 out of his🤣

[@Spheredalai]

Is it the 1.4L?

[@magicmaizie2015]

No he didnt

[@lordwoody8352]

@@magicmaizie2015 how do you know

[@benrampling812]

130 or 117? Did you get 130 from the speedo?

[@jonytube]

@@lordwoody8352 because you really can't go 130 on a 1.25 Fiesta.

[@AlfaMale96]

I had one of these as my first car, well It was the Mazda version of this car, but the only diffrence where the emblems. That particular version wasn't that well equiped.... and with that I mean: It had absolutely nothing, the fact It had a steering wheel was a wonder of god. But holy damn I loved that car, picked It up for €500 to get around for a year, ended up driving It almost trouble free for 4 years

[@Mouse2113]

Face-lift version is the best they ever made imo. Best looking and fantastic to drive

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

Those engines turned out to be quite reliable.

[@s559tja]

If the presenter is still about, I think he'd have had an aneurysm due to the size of cars today!

[@RoadCone411]

You don't know if Jeremy Clarkson is still about?

[@ONetoRau]

This car sold sooo many units in Brasil and lasted for so long. too bad we only got the very basic version

[@elisandro9145]

Eu tenho um modelo fiesta ano 1996 CLX 1.4 S 16 valvulas cor laranja e duas portas, hoje já é uma reliquia aqui no Brasil

[@MarcosVinicius-kc6gn]

THE BAST Ford

[@VDPEFi]

My sister had a 1.25 flight, still had the dangerous lift off oversteer of my MK3 but it was so comfortable and smooth right until that point...., a great car really but after she binned it my parents bought her a fiat 500 with ESP lol

[@mikeh2006]

My sister had the 1.3 Twice she lost the back end on roundabouts. She then bought a classic mini cooper 1.3i and didn't have any issues with that handling wise.

[@MonkeyHunch1]

@@mikeh2006 maybe your sister is a terrible driver

[@leonardoantonio8756]

My family had the 1.4 lt Zetec engine, it could go up to 121 mph or 195 kmh as the most top i could get it to run

[@leonardoantonio8756]

Fun fact about that, I was at that speed at 11 pm at the highway returning to my city and a Chevrolet trailblazer pass me by effortlessly

[@gulfstream7235]

Ford weren't arsed to do a XR or RS version of this eyesore I take it..?

[@killerdinamo08]

Cars up till 13 inch rims are fun!

[@madanto2394]

If it was designed by Yamaha it'll go forever

[@StopTeoriomSpiskowym]

without car? yamaha stoped with rust ford

[@MrMucciacito]

Vedo che mi cerca dottor Celozzi

[@mikeb6385]

I'll wait a couple of years and get a Puma..

[@CynicalBastard511]

Why do the British favour sunroof instead of air-conditioning? I much prefer AC instead of a sunroof.

[@DangermuffinVideos]

Hmm, I'm guessing because AC wasn't too common on European and UK cars back then!

[@MrMcKane]

How often in Britain does it get hot enough to use air conditioning?

[@m44kts]

@@MrMcKane It’s not just useful when it’s hot, mine is used all year round, during winter time it helps to keep moisture levels down and stops windows misting up when it’s raining etc.

[@Adam.Piper62]

We have both. This fiesta has both AC and sunshine roof. Previously UK cars took time to adopt air-conditioning mostly because we have small engines and air conditioning pumps have a large detriment of power and economy in small cars. The sunshine roof is something we always liked it's just a nice bit of fresh air, and...errr....sunshine.

[@oliverstemp9132]

They loved a sunroof in the nineties, they always put them in top spec cars

[@Eray2007]

quite a kitted out car

[@Ammageddon89]

Lol except the 1.3l 50hp mk4 uses more fuel than my 1,6t volvo with more than 3 times the hp xD The 1.25 75hps in this test was much better though. We´ve had both

[@MrMucciacito]

Si metta un lenzuolo bianco addosso dottor Celozzi non ho mai fatto sesso con un medico

[@jimik89]

These rusted up so bad! 😂

[@skylined5534]

To be fair most cars from that era did. My mate recently had to have the sill patched... on a 13 plate polo. That's appalling!

[@MonkeyHunch1]

@@skylined5534 maybe try washing your cars to stop them rusting!

[@StopTeoriomSpiskowym]

All these fiesta dead in 2015 everyone can repair this? if repair mean fiesta on junkyard

[@MrHALLAMBOY]

I did a M O T check on this car and it was still on the road all the way up to 2013 was the last M O T it had

[@andrewcameron1465]

4:32 "there to big, unkind on the enviroment, there too expensive. if you saw todays cars you'd perhaps alter your statement lol cars are alot bigger than there predecessors now which in some cases makes these alot like matchbox cars, the expense is a mixture of inflation and the cost of living going up and also old classics becoming somewhat sort after and whilst the govenment implements reductions in C02 a varst majority of our cars still run on fossil fuels which still interacts with our enviroment badly.

[@bhagyajayasinghe7694]

111

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

And what happened...? Cars got fatter !

[@kevanmccaffrey8513]

Looks more horrible now than ever" bland 90s car perfection

[@TiptronicSS]

This car always disgusted me, even when it was new 😜 I hope they are all in the trash compactor by now 😜

[@oliverstemp9132]

This was the ugliest Fiesta of them all

[@johnw8916]

Stupid grill version

[@charliecoco2115]

UGLIEST Fiesta ever made.

[@retronerd2759]

The mk8 facelift (2022) is definitely the ugliest. Apart from the mk8 facelift there’s never really been an ugly fiesta (in my opinion).

[@matthewking5612]

Road noise, under tyred and rust.

[@RustyRenesis]

What do you mean by "under tyred"? Not enough tyre size for the car? Don't buy cheap chinese tyres then. Road noise is a bit higher than usual, but not anywhere near enough to stop conversations, and again with good tires that's not an issue. Rust, like with all cars, it's a lottery. You might've had bad luck with yours, but i can say for certain that mine is as good as it gets... i got lucky. All cars have problems, that's not gonna change. But having driven all the hatchbacks of the 1990's and 2000's, my MK4 Fiesta is for sure the most fun, the fastest and best out of all of them.

[@matthewking5612]

@@RustyRenesis They're the worst in class for rust, the Polo, Punto and Corsa were either partially or fully galvanized. Without the optional ABS the lower models are dangerously easy to lock up in the wet.

[@RustyRenesis]

@@matthewking5612 I don't want to be that guy but, have you driven one? My MK4 is my daily and that's nothing but bullshit. About the Rust? Sure. But without ABS they're not that dangerous. On the contrary, they handle worlds better than their competitors.

[@skylined5534]

@matthew King Let me tell you about my mate's 13 plate polo... it had to have a patch on the passenger side sill last year. And if you can't drive a car that hasn't got ABS without locking the wheels up you shouldn't be driving. New drivers should be taught on how to apply cadence braking.

[@skylined5534]

@Robben P. I drove a mk4 recently for about a year and I will say the issue with these can be rust. Braking wise I don't think I ever locked up even in the wet and the car has bo ABS. It does have good tyres though! Handling wise they really are good even by 'modern' standards. I've no idea what 'under-tyred' means either! They're not even particularly noisy inside at speed.

[@MrMucciacito]

Dottor Celozzi lei che è fissato per la magrezza se mi vedesse oggi che sono diventato obeso

[@Embracing01]

When Top Gear was a proper motoring series aimed at "normal" everyday motorists, since 2002 it has become reality TV crap. But even back in 1995 they were still pushing this "cars are bad for the environment" crap.

[@skylined5534]

Agreed. People lament the passing of Clarkson era rebooted TG but aside being a novelty for a season or two it soon got tiresome, predictable and desperately unfunny.

[@Embracing01]

​@@skylined5534 I agree it was a novelty at first but novelties don't last long. As you say it got tiresome and unfunny. They said the reason they axed the original series was due to poor ratings, probably because by 1998 Clarkson had left which left the show without any funny humour, though Quentin Willson and Steve Berry were quite funny, but nowhere near hilarious as Clarkson; Clarkson was the one that kept it going throughout the 90s otherwise it probably would've finished well before then. But at the end of the time it was meant to be a motoring programme which it was until they axed it for the reboot in 2002.

[@MonkeyHunch1]

@@skylined5534 boring bastards you are probably morris marina owners