1993 Ford Festiva Consumer Reviews
Most Helpful Reviews
Positive Review
I love my Festiva. It's nothing special. Runs perfectly. Get's amazing MPG. Extremely reliable. They don't make cars like this anymore. Well especially KIA since Kia technically made the festiva. Kia made the festiva for Ford. Anyway if you are looking for something glamorous this isn't the car. But if you want a car that can handle anything buy it. Also it has some common problems. Brakes/exhaust. fairly cheap and easy mods to improve these.
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Critical Review
I got this car a few months ago, and I really haven't had any problems with it. The only big thing is that it burns oil and that the 3rd gear went out a month in, it was getting me 45+ mpg but with no 3rd gear I have to work the engine a little more so now it gets me 20-25. If I could recommend somebody a car for a starter this would be it!
1993 Festiva Reviews
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Fun, efficient, reliable
After 23yrs the heater is less hot in the winter
I have put 336,000km on 2 festivas. My first rusted out at 485,000km. Incredibly reliable, parts are super cheap (www.rockauto.com). Fantastic fuel milage and very fun to drive. I pulled a 2,000 pound trailer with 4 of us in the car 30,000km across Canada and Alaska with the stock motor. Great cars for commuting, off roading, ice racing, competative with corvettes and camaros road racing with about $2500 of modifications, good hunting vehicles. More reliable than any other vehicle i or any of my family has ever owned. When you add the cost of maintinance, fuel and insurance togeather these are very cheap cars to own. I have pulled many people out of the ditch with mine, even a diesel pickup and stocktailer once. I took my festiva to the drag strip twice. I only beat 2 cars to the finish line but i did beat over half of them off the start with the stock motor and nearly bald walmart tires. The 12in tires are readily available online, but a great upgrade is to get 165/55 R14 tires. The achilles, federal and kumho tires in that size are all fantastic. Same outer diameter as the originals so the speedometer is the same, but much better handling. 165/70 R12 was an optional tire size so the width is also oem.
Engine is bulletproof... 35 MPG.....peppy car
Exhaust rust's out - 12 inch tires are hard 2find
20 yrs and 270K... most engine work was replace alternator (Mazda Engine in a Kia Body w/Ford Badge)
Great run-about, very reliable.
Needs paint job and small body repairs.
Normally use it for trips under 100 miles but last year took it to Asheville for 4 months over the winter. That was a round trip distance of around 1100 miles and it ran like a top never quiting on me. It is not pretty but very reliable.Still gets 40+ MPG.
I got this car a few months ago, and I really haven't had any problems with it. The only big thing is that it burns oil and that the 3rd gear went out a month in, it was getting me 45+ mpg but with no 3rd gear I have to work the engine a little more so now it gets me 20-25. If I could recommend somebody a car for a starter this would be it!
Buy a low-mileage unit that is clean and you'll be able to drive it forever. Combined city/hwy mpg is around 45 with my 5 spd. Tires are 12" and tough to find nowadays. Fun little car, but tinny, small and mediocre styling. Who cares with gasoline at $3 a gallon!
Great gas fun to drive "zippy" comfertable to drive
Excellent gas mileage- about 40MPG average. Not very comfortable on long drives. Difficult to work on. Rusts easy. Good for cheap and reliable transportation.
