Ford Fiesta Diesel Hatchback 1.5 TDCi Zetec Navigation 5dr
- £110.75 per month (£2658 over two years)
- Initial payment: 996.73
- Total: £3654.70
- Personal contract hire
- Contract term: 24 months
- Rental profile: 9 + 23
- Annual mileage: 8000
- Production status: Current model
- CO2 band: A (0-100 g/km)
I was looking for a small town car as we have a family seven seater and I only travel a few miles to work (but not always by car).
I've driven this particular model before and can recommend it.
This is probably one of the best little cars out there. It's nippy but there is still plenty of torque from that turbo diesel engine.
It was £99 a month previously but seems to have gone up now. It will most likely go even higher in April.
The car includes features such as front-heated windscreen, front electric windows, bluetooth stereo and sat-nav.
Great MPG, nice to drive and quite practical.
Should be a total of £3,842.80 or £160.12/net/month.
- m5rcc
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bringit
18 Mar 1712#15
You should walk
Zontes
18 Mar 179#1
If you are planning to use it for very short journeys, would be best to go for petrol. Diesel vehicles take quite a while to get up to optimum running temperature, and the DPF will soon give problems.
monkeyhanger75 to Zontes
18 Mar 173#3
Most new DPF equipped cars can handle average journey length of 8 miles to prevent overloading due to changes in design (DPF closer to exhaust manifold to warm up quicker) over the first ones that came out around 10 years ago.
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Zontes
18 Mar 179#1
If you are planning to use it for very short journeys, would be best to go for petrol. Diesel vehicles take quite a while to get up to optimum running temperature, and the DPF will soon give problems.
monkeyhanger75 to Zontes
18 Mar 173#3
Most new DPF equipped cars can handle average journey length of 8 miles to prevent overloading due to changes in design (DPF closer to exhaust manifold to warm up quicker) over the first ones that came out around 10 years ago.
Rich069 to Zontes
18 Mar 17#12
but would you get problems in the 2 years you have it??
My wifes 1.25 i think petrol Fiesta (couple years old) gets approx 35 mpg for the daily school run (approx 5 miles). While the car she had before (a 2.0 diesel c-max) did 48-50 on the same trip-and we never had any issues at all.
Comes down to difference in monthly costs i think.
Apocc to Zontes
19 Mar 17#31
Who cares. It's under warranty and doesn't belong to you!
monkeyhanger75
18 Mar 171#2
Any other costs to consider like a £200/300 broker fee?
Even without one this is equivalent to £152.25 a month taking total costs divided by total term. This is a far better comparison value when looking at other car deals or lease vs pcp.
adamspencer95
18 Mar 171#4
true, but they still need long ish regeneration times so every once in a while it will need a long run
Zontes
18 Mar 172#5
My newish Vauxhall takes 10 miles to get up to operating temperature. The OP was talking about using it for only a few miles. Really not suitable at all.
monkeyhanger75
18 Mar 172#6
You're absolutely right and more observant than me :smiley: ...a 2 or 3 mile commute for a diesel does make no sense at all, unless they have a weekly 50 mile run at the weekend to clear it. The fuel savings would be pitiful too as a cold diesel is pretty thirsty. Doing 2 miles to work in one of these from cold and you'd be lucky to crack 35mpg before your journey was over.
shuwaz
18 Mar 171#7
Yeah that's a fair point. However I neglected to mention the fact that I travel out of town a couple of times a month (business and personal). With work I travel at least once a month to our head office which is a 400 mile round trip. I sometimes take the car and sometimes the train (depending on how long I have to be there).
I know this car wouldn't be the best for such a long journey but like I said, its only once a month and not always by car.
Deal_hunter1234
18 Mar 17#8
just wondered i have never owned a diesel but was thinking of getting one. how often do you think a long run is required? and what is considered along run? As i do long drives but not that often, so it depends on what is considered a long run. Thanks
monkeyhanger75
18 Mar 171#9
Shuwaz: this car would be ideal for the monthly long drives you make (possibly nowhere near as comfortable as a bigger car), but totally unsuitable for the short ones.unless you can get this on a run of at least 20 miles at sustained emgine speeds of at least 1600rpm (motorway driving or similar) once a week, you may have a DPF approaching being full of soot before you're on a journey long enough to clear it. As the DPF fills, the car gets less economical. For your driving needs i'd steer clear of a diesel. I'm no diesel hater either, we have a diesel and a petrol car in our household.
shuwaz to monkeyhanger75
18 Mar 17#11
Many thanks monkeyhanger75 (btw - are you from Hartlepool?). I'm actually considering the Ford Focus deal posted previously for £125 a month. I do like that car but I would prefer something small like the Fiesta.
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Opening post
- £110.75 per month (£2658 over two years)
- Initial payment: 996.73
- Total: £3654.70
- Personal contract hire
- Contract term: 24 months
- Rental profile: 9 + 23
- Annual mileage: 8000
- Production status: Current model
- CO2 band: A (0-100 g/km)
I was looking for a small town car as we have a family seven seater and I only travel a few miles to work (but not always by car).
I've driven this particular model before and can recommend it.
This is probably one of the best little cars out there. It's nippy but there is still plenty of torque from that turbo diesel engine.
It was £99 a month previously but seems to have gone up now. It will most likely go even higher in April.
The car includes features such as front-heated windscreen, front electric windows, bluetooth stereo and sat-nav.
Great MPG, nice to drive and quite practical.
Should be a total of £3,842.80 or £160.12/net/month.
- m5rcc
Top comments
All comments (60)
My wifes 1.25 i think petrol Fiesta (couple years old) gets approx 35 mpg for the daily school run (approx 5 miles). While the car she had before (a 2.0 diesel c-max) did 48-50 on the same trip-and we never had any issues at all.
Comes down to difference in monthly costs i think.
Even without one this is equivalent to £152.25 a month taking total costs divided by total term. This is a far better comparison value when looking at other car deals or lease vs pcp.
I know this car wouldn't be the best for such a long journey but like I said, its only once a month and not always by car.