In Europe we get all the best cars, including the fun but practical car based Ford Fiesta Van, in this case the Sport Van with its ST like looks but in tiny panel van form.
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Don't quite see you as a 'white van man'
My goodness I wish we could buy these in the states. I would love to have one. This type of vehicle would be suitable for most of the people who buy trucks over here!
I'm sorry but its a mk7 fiesta
In Australia particularly N.S.W l can understand why Ford never sold these in Australia because although it is a small van you would not be able to park it in a loading zone because it's still a hatchback they are very strict on loading zones especially in the Sydney CBD which l used a lot infact you need to get a ticket out of machine is free and display on your dash board there only three types of vehicle that can use a loading maybe four a van ute station wagon taxi and any vehicle with a disabled sticker no SUVs no hatchbacks and l could drive my 1997 Toyota Hilux into the city get my ticket park in a loading zone and go for a 15 minute walk come back to my Ute and drive away but having been a courier for over 30 years l will never drive into the city again l still use loading zones around were l live mainly in the shopping centre near were l live the loading zones it the streets because l can
Interesting review. I considered a Fiesta van as my only car too, as I rarely carry passengers, and the big boot would be handy for work, but the very occasional need for back seats put me off in the end. It still does look good in your video though! Instead my daily is still a Kia Rio 1.1 diesel now coming up to 178k, possibly the highest mileage Rio in the country…!?
Now THIS looks like it might influence my next project.
Hey mat it's a mk7 fiesta not mk6. Keep it up lol
We had a 04 Ford Focus TDDi van – These were brought into Ireland as 3 door Zetec spec hatches and converted at the old Ford of Cork plant – They were really well finished in the loading bay and were the last cars that were produced in Cork ! This fiesta is a natural successor
I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees Roland Rat when I'm behind the wheel of one of these. We had some as work vans and they were mighty impressive. Comfy, nippy, well made and reliable. We had the sport versions too and even on the lower profile tyres they rode well. Far nicer in every respect than the vans that replaced them (Caddys).
lol, I can’t unsee Roland Rat now 😂😂😂👌🏻. I love fords, they are great cars. We currently have a 2016 Ford Kuga and can’t fault it.
Certainly no van ordinaire!!!
Got rid of my peugeot estate car last year and bought a kangoo van. Best decision I've made in a long time. Not glamorous but for luggin gear, going camping, tking kid to university, even shopping so much more practical. Strongly recommend moving to white van man land….
The "little tray for your polo's" is just a backing plate for where the rear window buttons would be if it was version with rear windows rather than a van…
Van tax is £320 not £240.
Surprised they did not fit the side skirts to match the front and rear.
This Fiesta van must of been very well looked after, as the the MK6/7 did have rust issues especially on suspension components and water leaks into the cabin from under the plastic roof gutters.
I've always been fascinated by the concept of these van versions of passenger cars. It makes a lot of sense too!
We don't get many vehicles like this in Australia. Obviously we had our Utes and still have small car-based vans like the Volkswagen Caddy and Renault Kangoo, but in terms of commercial vans that are just simple specification changes, I can think of the Suzuki Hatch, which is a Suzuki Alto without back seats! It was one of the cheapest vehicles on the market back in the '80s, alongside the Suzuki Mighty Boy (itself a ute version of the Suzuki Cervo.)
Yipee I'm here finally.
Good little vans these. That little tray next to the electric windows is handy. Can be used for a few coins 👍
In the 90’s you could get a fiesta courier van that had a square back. -8 yesterday in Maidstone on my 520 mile round trip. Galactic miles on my 10 year old Mercedes sprinter with 462k on it!!!
Loved our Mk6 fiestas such great cars so economical easy to drive and comfortable around town and also on the motorway
I think the design has aged well and my wife and I had 5 – 4 zetec and 1 titanium – 3 had the facelift front with the ‘Aston Martin’ grille and 2 were the earlier ones like this
I can see how the van version would be good around town and I bet the diesel ones were fun to drive with the torque we had 1.25 petrol x4 and 1 x 1.0 ecoboost which pulled like a train! Well done Matt a great review so pleased Chris kept it it’s a great survivor and what a mileage!
This makes my heart very full that you’ve saved this Fiesta Van. What a lovely little thing!
The smallest engine would be the lightest so could take more payload for the same overall weight.
Our old neighbour had 1.8 non turbo diesel mark2 Fiesta van. It certainly wasn't sporty and was very basic and he had to crank fo r an eternity on a cold morning! He did say though that it was all he needed and never let him down!
Mmm, not good if you want to carry 5 people and 1 ton of top soil. I'll keep my old Ranger XLT 😉.
(A bit of croc Dundee here from Aussies)
“That’s not a Ute” (or utility)
(Drags out falcon and commodore v8 utes)
“Now that’s a Ute”
Ps, we also had falcon and Holden “panel vans” as well. Obviously with v8s. Hehe
Do you remember BT using Mk1 KA vans? I presume these were made specifically for BT as I never saw a non-BT branded one!
Soup? Every good van driver should live off greasy spoon products, whatever they can get from Greggs or some sandwiches the Mrs made with added oils, grease and muck flavour from their trade!!!
I need to stop you on the road tax thing. £240 a year isn't cheap, when you consider the car version, with the same engine, same shell and everything will probably be about £30 a year. These are only really a good tax dodge in any sense when they're brand new.
You do get stuff stolen out the back of a pick up truck,but the Fiesta is the most stolen car in the country by quite some distance.
I too find it hard to believe there’s a one in front of the eighty-five on the odometer. Simply staggering condition. Clearly the previous owner couldn’t be prised out of the well-equipped cabin so drove it 24/7! Did they leave a spare pair of pyjamas in the back?
It's one of those cars that’s so good it makes you rack your brains thinking of a possible use-case for it, rather than letting it go to waste. And a diesel at that…