Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost (Team Review) - Fifth Gear
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2017
- Tiff and the team try to green version of the classic Ford Focus.
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The fuck are they on about, this is the best looking Focus yet. Looks particularly nice in that white paint.
Simple. They're wankers.
I was very surprised to hear them say that.
deathbastardable Those wheels are awesome.
deathbastardable totally agree, looks fine to me!
My dad has one in black beautiful car but the white ones look a bit cheap on the inside don't know what it is it just doesn't compliment the interior very well but I agree very nice car
I brought one a year ago, and its still flying around the place, great driving car
bought mate bought
These guys talk some serious shite, the car looks great.
NORTHERN MUSICIAN agreed
@RR Extra nah many i know runned them for over 200000 miles. they are also cheap to repair cause of the 3sylinders
RR Extra www.google.no/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Ford/comments/7acd6c/how_reliable_are_the_10l_ecoboost_engines/ you dont know what you are talking about. Its a 3 sylinder with a 6 shifter. Easy to maintain and runs for a long time. You should do more research
RR Extra good source with your 50 subs
RR Extra who do you think you are lol. All your vidz are trash. Im positive that all you say is bs aswell
3:26 I love Tiff reaction, it's like he thinks he's in the wrong gear or something
how can that guy comment with those sideburns and a doley for a scarf???
I think all of these guys are a little bit bland. LOL
I own one and what can I say,in 3 years of owning the car it has needed a heater matrix that flooded the driver’s foot well, 2 front coil springs that broke in the same place both sides , 2 radiator pipes,a turbo water cooling pipe,2 oxygen sensors-1 on the turbo - 1 at the cat and a coil pack. I would give this car a two and that’s because I’m in good mood
What engine did your car have?
al Daleel 1.0 eco boost
Ford, an acronym for Fix Or Repair Daily
Still, when it's running right it's a nice car.
For me new degas hose, water ingress in boot, new coolant bottle and cap, new engine mount, oil leak top of engine new rocker cover and gasket and now coolant leak from engine casing. It’s traded in now. Absolute joke of a car
Every single one of them knew every spec about this car, that’s their job! It was all for the camera
The eco boost was very fun when I had one.
I thought it was ok looking ? I wasn’t surprised it was faster then the 1.6
Just bought a 2015 Ford Focus se sedan intercooler turbo this car is so fun to drive
Well done Ford. Another great product to be very proud of. Long live Ford.
My 1989 v8 lariat still drives fine
Nah I’m afraid Ford has lost its touch
Haha these engines have caused every owner depression there garbage
@@flingo2007 2 months on this engine.Reached 180km/hr a long stretch of road.Can confirm they are absolute dogshit
Comments that aged like milk
'I happen to have an a4 piece of paper'
I LOVE my 2003 Focus 2.3 liter
I think than it's very practical, good cabin and boots space, with a very economical fuel engine consume, perfect for cities
Well I listened to the reviews and thought Wow so bought a 2017 plate 1.0L Titanium during the Pandemic. This is what I found.
The car was reasonably priced at £10,000, 32,000 miles visiting dealers and doing test drives was difficult, due to the restrictions. I needed a car as my previous MK2 focus had been written off. The test drive was good and the car picked up well, the privacy tinting sounded good as did the tyre pressure monitoring system. in fact all those little gizmos that come with a new car. However it does take time to get to know a car and change from a previous vehicle can be strange.
Considering the Titanium is a higher spec car, mine came without the folding mirrors no Biggy but I would have thought theses would have been standard now. The sensor cluster behind the mirror is quite large and does obscure your vision in my opinion . I've been stopped at traffic lights and not seen them change to green. The tinting is good by day however at night it does limit vision when reversing. It does come with reverse parking sensors so that's good. But I've still managed to reverse into railings because the sensors didn't pick up the obstruction. But ill mark that up to my poor driving.
I've looked at fitting a reversing camera, again difficult as the sync 3 system has to be programmed to accept it and there has to be some changes to the wiring loom. A Ford dealer can fit for you at just over £500, so not that cheap an option unless you want a separate screen. Whilst on the subject of cameras, fitting a dash cam also presents problems, due to the sensor cluster on the windscreen the positioning is more to the left than central.
Other areas that are annoying are the keyless entry, it can't be turned off. The stop / start also cant be just turned off it has to be done every time you get in the car. Just because a car has a feature it doesn't mean you have to use it every time. The 1,0L engine is economical however it does sound grumpy in the lower gears my previous 1.6 Mk2 sound tinny so again something ti get used to. The Eco boost sounds more like a diesel.
It is a nice car but needs more refinement to add accessories you shouldn't have to be reliant on a main dealer and their marked up prices. It is a nice car and lovey to drive but there are the annoying factors and my main bug bear was no spare wheel, jack or towing eye, which have now been purchased. I've had several Fords and found them reliable and kept them around 10 yrs each and wouldn't have changed my MK2 except for the accident not my fault by the way. Will I keep this car as long as the others probably not .
To be honest if it wasn't for the pandemic and being restricted in movements, unable to do proper test drives and feeling pressured to have a car for work. I would probably taken much more time looking this is however down to me and I can't blame anyone else.
One last note the sync 3 navigation system is slow and could be much better there's no reason Ford cant improve it as it connects to wifi. The voice commands are hit or miss.
All in all its a nice car with impressive features on paper that in reality turn out to be just mediocre average. My advice if you have a Mk 2 look after it 😀👍.
The 1.0 ecoboost sounds more like a mini v6 to me
@@SASMacDroid for all the ribing they get mine hors well.
I drove one, and it convinced me to compromise on features and color, but allowed me to get the 2.0 engine with the 5 speed. I get 40mpg with it.
I doubt the 3cyl could do better, particularly since I live in hilly Pennsylvania, and commute to work in hilly North New Jersey. The 4 cylinder works hard enough on these hills...i feel that that poor little 3 would be working its nuts off and efficiency would suffer greatly.
The Ecoboost engines are Eco or Boost not both as the engine suggests, if you drive like an old Lady it will be fuel efficent but your average driver will get terrible fuel consumption from these 3 pot ecoboost engines.
47.1 mpg is my 1.0l ecoboost
This car looks and is fantastic. I had one for a year and I loved it!
Hello sir, can you give a bit more info on why you only had it for a year?
@@SuperThuglife1993 the engine caught fire
@@JFomo hahah
A few issues need to be clarified here, for those not aware of bikes, 1 litre race bikes produce around 230 bhp, production with a warranty around 180 mark, though more important for heavy cars is the torque figure. The advantage of a boosted motor is that when it is off boost it drinks like it's capacity, but there is no such thing as a free lunch, so when it is on song it will drink the fuel to make the power. Therefore most drivers drive on a light throttle, so will reap the economy, bury the pedal and the economy will suffer in order to achieve the power.
It’ll go well and all ok when new, I wonder what they’d say now as there’s 1000s of these that has gone bang! A small engine with turbo engine massively overworked constantly! I’ll keep my normally aspirated 1.8
I agree with you..avoid this engine. Mine was going bang. I caught it going down before it was too late so got rid quick.
My 2014 fiesta 1.0 ecoboost with 135.000km on it is still going with no serious repairs
please bring back fifth gear
Just bought one it’s a great car
Any problems?
I have the 1.0 125 bhp and it's really great to drive. It has however a point between 110 - 120 km/h where it dies a bit but when it reached 120 km/h it really pulls again
is acceleration okay at low speeds? how is visibility?
@@willpark7483 Visability is really good, Also low speeds the clutch does a really good job through traffic
I've never thought about that... But after reading your comment I have to admit that I have a similiar feeling.
When Vicky talks about look and styling...
Love Fords, best mainstream cars
re upload?
I think the focus looks and drives great,i have one.
Do you still have it?
i wanna ask..the 1.6 petrol that u made the challenge on this video..is the 1.6 duratecTi-VCT or the 1.6 ecoboost with the 150ps? i wanna know whats is worth after all....
1.6 TI-VCT
So will a 1.0 litre be quicker off the mark then a 1.6?
Not when the degas hose splits and the engine blows up. Useless cars
Hi Lacey Film: I am aware that the 'real' mpg for small engine turboed cars are particularly disappointing. This is precisely because one has to really rev the engines to unleash the power into bands which are not ideal. This is mostly because they don't have low range torque. Interestingly it is high powered exotica which give real mpg closer to official values (even exceeding it occasionally). I drive a Golf GTI and a torquey diesel van. It is the van which wins in town any day. I love it.
This is not true
My 1.0 litre Focus ecoboost 125, On a long journey mixed with motorway and town driving I averaged 55.3 mpg
What trim is the white focus?
Think it's zetec
I think it's the Titanium
I heard these ecoboost catches on fire.
Bruce Lee on the b max
Great car
Hi Christian Ronn: Actually I have driven quite a few small turbo'd cars but not the Focus. Most miles have been covered in the 90 PS 900 cc Dacia Sandero (my in-laws) which does need to be revved. The Ford engine is, I agree, supposed to be very good. It is not cheap! Likewise the 115 ps Golf 1 litre is a lot pricier than the normally aspirated 85 PS 1.2 but that is a non-starter! If your 1.4 turbo petrol is the 150 PS version, it is a real gem, appearing in the Q3
Dose anyone no if it would be cheap to insure
ginge 87 I took purchase of a zetec navigator yesterday 14 plate . £142 to insure for a year . £30 tax . Cracking car .
Planning to this car, but had some doubt about the 1.0 engine. After watching this video.
I am die hard fan of focus now ❤
DONT get this engine. Research it. Has loads of massive issues. Overheating and the wet belt breaking. They are crap
@@robertcolebrooke7557 how about the ford fesita 1.4?
@@TheNayabsVlogs think their other engines are ok. Just the ecoboosts are trash
@@TheNayabsVlogsi have a 2013 ford fiesta 1.0 ecoboost and even equipped with the dps6 transmission and everything is fine. do the research but keep in mind it's way more easy to find negative comments than comments from people without any problems
They've blown it so hard it blows itself up 🤣
Any chance of mentioning all the overheating and cylinder head cracking issues.
repeat the drag race with a full car or in an incline terain, you will ba amazed
How does this car not look good!? Plebs!!
it's my first own car and i love it
Only bad thing is that it has a Wet timing belt
These little turbo engines are everywhere now. They are clearly impressive, competing with the economy of diesels. They do lack the torque of the diesels, which matters. Perhaps the best compromise is say a 1.2 to 1.4 litre with 150ps. You would have more torque and still be pretty economic.
David Hayes look up the real MPG of these cars are you'll see how uncompetitive they are.
David Hayes I can vouch for what LaceyFilm says.. well sort of. I have a Ford C Max 1.6 Ecoboost ( which is a little bigger than your suggested engine range) , which only delivers around 34 mpg all round. Whilst not bad for a 7 seater people carrier, it still doesn't come close to matching the old 2.0 litre diesel version for economy. Originally the motor was the 148hp one, but it's now been re-mapped to 195 hp ( stage 1). Now, having a much quicker car, with the mid-range torque of a pretty good 2 litre , goes some way towards making up for the disappointing economy.
The 116hp 1.2 4 cyclinder petrol in my Toyota has the same kind of power delivery of a Diesel loads of low down Torque and in the city it gets 42MPG on average about 50MPG and on the Motorway it will do 60MPG.
Run an astra k a s a second car its got a 1.4 in it making a claimed 148bhp. Its perfectly adequate and pulls well enough in 6th without need for a downchange at mway speeds on the flat. No loading of the engine. Its light too. Its not a warm hatch of a car by any means but it can be made to shift pretty convincingly if you work it. Against my other diesel saloon making 190bhp i really cant say there is all that much in it performance wise below 100 and lets be fair nobody drives above that. Compared to my old jag xe 180 the astra was faster imo.
yes , but don't worry about changing cam belt as it's unserviceable, mine broke at 67000 miles and had to be scrapped, ford say it should last 100000, but won't fix it !!
stay well clear of this engine !
how can they say the focus there looking at is bland. its the zetec s model and has the top kit on.
Why don't you tell them that the engine blows up and can burst into flames. Living up there name FORD =Fix Or Repair Daily
Can you please tell me the power output from both engines?
115bhp for the 1.6 and 1.0 125bhp
@@wink1eafc774 That's wrong. The UK NA mk3 Focus 1.6 comes in two versions only, 105 or 125. I assume the one here was the latter as it matches the 1.0 ecoboost.
Ford recall in the USA on Eco boost Engines, wet timing belt breaking down and blocking oil filter leading to engine failure. No recall in the UK
Nothing to do with the fact that they tested a 1.6 105ps vs 1.0 125ps.....
they didn't I checked the Number plates, they raced TWO 1.0 engined focus', one with 123.3 bhp, the other 98. The white focus is called the focus s turbo, whereas the silver comes up as focus zetec turbo. This must be where the problem lies. Typical film makers lying about what they're filming. cheeky bastards
That is the whole point... the 1.0L Ecoboost replaced the 1.6 in the range because for the same spec level within the focus range they got more power and less fuel usage.
@@charliegoode6277 No they didn't, I just checked the registration on the .gov.uk website and it clearly says 1596 cc
Charlie Goode no they didn’t it’s a 1.6
Wait that's a 2010 model, date says 2017 and uploaded about a month ago. They always review so fresh cars?
This is an old episode. Fifth gear arent here anymore
No way a 1.0 Focus beat a 1.6l its just down to the drivers, have owned a 1.6l petrol and recently decided to replace it with 1.0 Focus and my god...better MPG but you have to rag it everywhere to even move and on 30 and 40 roads its okay but motorways and dual carriageways its terrible, too small of a engine for such a big heavy car.
Agreed. Ive owned both. My 1.6l lasted me 9 years until gear box went. So i invested in thr 1.0l ecoboost. It went bang after 18 months. Nice car but shoddy engine..id never have another one.
@@floydy22 Yeah i had to get rid of the 1.0 it gave me too many issues, ended up getting my 1.6l back and prefer it way more, only issue with 1.6 especially auto is MPG but to be honest the 1.0 wasn't giving me that much of a difference only a slight bit more per mile.
@@iTzCorey yeah same. I think on average my 1.6 was giving my 36mpg. The exoboom was 41mpg. Out of balanced engine with only 3 cylinders.
@@floydy22 Is your 1.6 manual or auto? because i only get between 25mpg and 29mpg around town or if i drive like i want then im lucky to get 23mpg lmao.
@@iTzCorey it was a manual but i did motorway mileage every day at least 40 miles. You always get lower driving round a town cos always stop starting etc
1:56 Im sorry, but that Just speaks to me.
Illuminati stuff... EJ = Eddie Jordan, his age when this video was made 63. Add the 2 and the 1 on the license plate and you get 66. ACO is the organiser of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The ‘66 Le Mans 24 hours race was won by none other than Ford in it’s first win of the race. And thus the arrival of the new Ford GT effort at Le Mans was foretold in this car.
Road tax cost? Running cost? Insurance cost?
Cheap on all accounts
you grudgingly liked it still there are alot better spec cars to actually test nice to buy economicly speaking but
In fact, if I'm right, that's the true secret of Ford's 1.0 3-Cylinder EcoBoost engine.
My ex missus had a 3cyl 1.0 Corsa and it sounded and performed like a four with a spark plug out, not even with a turbo bolted on would tempt me into a 3 banger especially in a mid-sized car. 💩
Nice Ford ad
They should've tested the 1.6 TDCI and put it agaist VW Golf 1.6 TDI
1.6 Tdci 115 is very slow for what it is I used to own a 1.6 tdi 105 before remapping to 147 and standard it was beating focus 1.6 115s 😂
Avoid 1.0 ecoboosts. They have a wet timingbelt, which costs a lot to replace. Also the timing belts often block oil circulation with bits of rubber and causing the engine to break. These are not reliable engines.
It's a great car up to 120,000 miles. Then it just gives up. And the timing belt if you ever get that far needs to be changed before 150,000 miles and cost at least in my country try 1,300 to replace. Bottom line, buy a diesel. They just haven't got this right and need to abandon this engine
Why, mine has 210k miles currently, timing belt has been done at around 120k miles. It costed about 1200€, but that's not bad since timing chain in our Toyota costed 1700€ to fix, and it broke at 80k miles. Very great engine, that has been extremely reliable.
I've never learned to drive. Thank god
what are you doing here then ?
punct albastru came for the adverts
That was not a test though was it you just raced a 1.6 that’s it so how can you call it a test
Looks way better than everything Volkswagen makes ......if you ask me
Go to specsavers
But a smaller 3 pot engine will not be able to sustain constant high speeds, and will be junk after 60-70k miles. Also more to go wrong with a turbo charger fitted, compared to a normally aspirated engine. Time will tell I guess, but for me, bigger is better, without having to rely on something or someone blowing wind up your arse.
Finding a car without a turbo is rare these days. Also this engine is very uneconomical in the real world
P Allen not in a petrol
Cooper 2004 getting 49.7mpg out of mine at the moment. You have to drive it with a light foot.
@RR Extra are they?coz i was thinking of 1. I currently have a 1.6 crdi 128 bhp kia ceed.reliable but im clogging up the egr from not doing enough motorway driving
@RR Extra yep, a lot of ecoboosts have been blowing up
@@calj2405 what's a lot? If they only sold 1000 ecoboost, and 500 of them blew up. Then that's a lot. But when they sold 10000000 and 500 had problems, that's not a lot. Btw, Ford said more than 60% of f150 sold in 2018 are ecoboost powered. And they sold 900k pickups in the US alone in 2018. That's just the pickups, not cars yet. And ecoboost engines have been around since 2009.
Hi
My mom boyfriend have this car why he had some much trouble with this car
What a load of crap? I worked as a trade plater for Evans Halshaw for a year and drove many of these and the fiestas, and they are slower than a 1.6 and above 50mph or so the fuel economy is crap. Around town they will go forever on fumes, but any serious driving and they're pants. Hell even my 2007 Mk2 1.6 focus is quicker than the 1.0 turbo fiesta
Flibbib not the 140ps version it ain't...
113bhp and 1250kg...... it is slower than the 1.0 VW Up! TSI .....a city car.
Yeah, you drove it and a race 2 race car drivers drag races and proved your comment wrong
I'll take a 2 liter zetec any day.
Really Bad Pilot i got a 2010 mondeo zetec 2 liter tdci auto
Give me an old 1.6 Vtec for me
Athelstan when that ricetec kicks in yo
b16 honda engine, can rev up to 9000rpm and makes 185hp in the 90's!
After 70,000 miles the cooling system and head gadget is fucked
You mean 30,000 miles
ecoboost engines, overheating and detonating all around the world, oh well , that's progress .
Great until they blow up (1.0 litre Ecoboost) oh they are doing!
Do you know an engine that is good after it blows up?
For me new degas hose, water ingress in boot, new coolant bottle and cap, new engine mount, oil leak top of engine new rocker cover and gasket and now coolant leak from engine casing. It’s traded in now. Absolute joke of a car
Tiff never ages does he
Hee Sing Sia illuminati comfirmed
These lot going on about style? Dafuq? I mean those sideburns tho...
0 to 60?!? What about reliability...mpg?!?...what about when the car is full?
Oh really my mk1 1.4 is more fule efficient than a 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 its own age.
Probably a lot lighter too.
@@gravemind6536 It's also utterly terrible, my friend has a mk1 with a 1.6 and I absolutely despite it.
@@kristoffer3000 Yeah I imagine besides it being lighter, feeling low quailtiy and being awful in crash test it will also be far slower. I am not a big fan of the 1.0 ecoboost especially on the earlier models but it beats anything Ford did in the lates 90's with the mk1 he is also comparing NA engines to turbo charged engines. You have to drive turbo engines differently to NA to get better fuel economy. With NA engine you have to drive higher RPMs than turbo so if you from NA to Turbo and drive the same then yeah the fuel economy is probably not going to be better or even get worse.
I wouldn't touch that 1.0l ecoboost I would get a 1.6 tdci
I have both, 1.6tdci is way better than 1.0l ecoboost. It cost 1200€ to replace timing belt on the ecoboost and they are notoriously unreliable.
Now put a the same turbo on the 1,6 and see who's faster...
FSXgta Fiesta st has a 1.6 ecoboost (turbo)
yeah, but the 1,6 in the video clearly didn't have a turbo
FSXgta they were about the Sam price whereas an st is about £3000 more
Comments section on you tube makes you despair.
Restart the show in the USA. We'll watch over here, it'll be one of the best car shows on TV again because they all SUCK NOW (except Wheeler Dealers, they are still great)
Wish top gear
Wow, was that a review????
I have one. Looks nice but at 40k miles the engine blew! As have hundreds of thousand of other ford eco boost engines. Stay well away
boardgames69 how much did it cost to repair
That thing never gonna get passt 100 000 miles
That little engine isn't proving to be the little diamond it was supposed to be now is it with so many eating themselves , i bet the 1.6 is still fine though 😂
Ecotoilet!
3 pot engines are crap,always will be no matter of horsepower,direct injection and turbo.You could always make 4 pot di turbo petrol to be better.Only production costs of engine and profit for the car manufacturer are in favour of 3 pot engine.
You obviously know nothing about cars! Three cylinder engines are okay nowadays!
My dad's car
Anybody else laughed when he said 1 liter eco boost.... Just me... Ok
I did!
Utter bullshit on the mpg, mine does 40 mpg, there's always a trade-off with a turbocharger
These new small capacity engines are only good for the car makers and people who buy/own cars under 5 years or 80,000 miles.That poor little engine is working on maximum to give 100-140 hp!
How many 10 or even 15 plus yr old cars on the road now? LOADS!!! How many in 10 years time?? SOD ALL!!
Hi buddy! ! scare Anybody identify bigger than this work ...2.
they really get in wrong. The outside looks good and the inside is horrible... Not the other way around they saying :D
Wet belt? No thanks
I keep seeing this but it seems to be the same people with bad experiences repeating it. There are shit tonnes of these engines on the road, mine lasted 150k before it got written off. Besides they are city cars so they won't probably rack up loads of miles anyway
I've had my 62 plate 1ltr ecoboost for 4 years now, Water ingress in the trye wheel well & burst heater pipe in drivers footwell. the stop start doesn't work now. terrible car, will never buy ford again
sorry we all havent got millions to buy supercars
i never understood why all UK journalist love Ford ..
TheSteelGamer Transit, Capri, Cortina, Sierra, Escort, Fiesta... Ford of Britain did build a reputation on the backs of those vehicles, I assume
TheSteelGamer price, value for money, most drive better than opposition brands, parts are easy and cheap to obtain, also success in various styles of motorsports since the 60/70’s including rally and touring cars etc.
Beacause Ford OWNS U.K. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Fix Or Repair Daily- Focus
2 litre version is a much better drive
This is some btec top gear