and not the good list...
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability/10-least-reliable-cars/
My interest is in replacing my 2003 Mini daily driver for something more reliable. I started looking at the FiST recently after reading a 2014 Car and Driver comparison of the Mini Cooper S, Fiat 500 Abarth, and the Fiesta ST - where the FiST won.
I love driving the Mini because it's small, easy to maneuver, has super-quick steering, and is just fun. I have two sets of rims with summer and winter tires, so it's great in the snow. And it averages 27 mpg city, though it does use 91. Definitely a practical commuter. But, with 106,000 miles on it, it's more or less falling apart. Seems like there's always something going wrong, and I'm afraid it's going to leave me stranded at some point.
So the FiST seems just as much fun (or more because of the engine), even more practical than the Mini with 4 doors, and hopefully a better reliability rating. I was looking at some 2015/16 CPO cars under 15,000 miles around the $16,000 range, and was getting serious, but then I saw that CR list, and worried a little about the car.
Does anyone know if CR is talking about the Fiesta models below the ST? Are the transmission problems with automatics in the lower models, or the ST's manual? I'd like to know more details about how the car ended up on CR's year end list, if anyone here knows.
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability/10-least-reliable-cars/
My interest is in replacing my 2003 Mini daily driver for something more reliable. I started looking at the FiST recently after reading a 2014 Car and Driver comparison of the Mini Cooper S, Fiat 500 Abarth, and the Fiesta ST - where the FiST won.
I love driving the Mini because it's small, easy to maneuver, has super-quick steering, and is just fun. I have two sets of rims with summer and winter tires, so it's great in the snow. And it averages 27 mpg city, though it does use 91. Definitely a practical commuter. But, with 106,000 miles on it, it's more or less falling apart. Seems like there's always something going wrong, and I'm afraid it's going to leave me stranded at some point.
So the FiST seems just as much fun (or more because of the engine), even more practical than the Mini with 4 doors, and hopefully a better reliability rating. I was looking at some 2015/16 CPO cars under 15,000 miles around the $16,000 range, and was getting serious, but then I saw that CR list, and worried a little about the car.
Does anyone know if CR is talking about the Fiesta models below the ST? Are the transmission problems with automatics in the lower models, or the ST's manual? I'd like to know more details about how the car ended up on CR's year end list, if anyone here knows.