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The mk1 Mondeo only had Aspen and Verona right? Not many in context of other Ford cars of the period!

 

Mondeo Ultima?

 

I always assumed with the Scorpio Ultima being high spec the Mondeo would be too but from memory it looked like an LX with Ghia alloys on the outside. Pretty sure it was special edition as I only remember them on M plates. 

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Growing up, I felt that these were everywhere, propelled in part no doubt by the fact that there was only one car dealer in Linlithgow where I grew up, called Regent Motors. Millars of Falkirk were also just a few miles away.

 

My mum had a 1992 J plate Fiesta MK3 Fiesta which was, as far as I could tell from the mainline brochure, 100% a Popular Plus model that they were trying to shift before the updated MK3 was released.

Lol, that sounds almost exactly like me. Ma_Sterling had 1990 G-reg 1.0 Ford Fiesta Popular Plus in 'Radiant Red'.

 

The big Ford dealer around (well near) Telford was 'Furrows for Ford' where her car came from originally.

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Remember these? 1.4 with some XR2 kit

 

 

olympus.jpg

olympus2.jpg

Ah, the 1.4S! I had one back in the early 90's identical to the one in the second pic (the Olympus in the first pic was a 1.4 S with an RS skirt kit). A curious mix, it went pretty well with the 1.4 CVH and 5 speed box, the shocks were beefed up slightly and the XR2s rear anti roll bar was fitted. Inside we had the XR2 dash and steering wheel but only popular plus seats!

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What about the run out mk4 Scrote Eclipse and Onion Equipe? Then there was the mk5 Encore, Ford also did Escort and Fiesta Bonus editions, plus Bonus Transit, Escort and Fiesta vans, all based on the popular trim level, but with white wheeltrims and some decals, and a standard AM/FM digital radio which was normally an option. There was also the short lived Escort TDX, which was basically an LX with a turbo diesel lump. We cannot leave out the comical Fiesta 1.8D XRV, a van with LX wheeltrims, and the RS bodykit on, but bog standard L seats, a real mongrel

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A great deal of these are new to me, the P100 Californian is class.

 

My favourites have to be the base Fiesta MK3s with the inexplicable contrasting wheel trims but the king has to be the Escort Harrier. So lame, I want one.

I too have massive want for a Harrier, have done for years.

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Can't find anything on the Bonus 1.0, everything seems to suggest there was a 1.1 as the smallest engine.

 

Brazil got a 1.0 "Hobby" edition apparently.

 

Also, their Mk6 had a trip computer in place of that silly little coin slot! Never seen that before...

 

https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/445757-my-escort-mk7-rs-black-17-2000-and-my-escort-mk4-1-0-hobby-1995-gray.html

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Escort Carnival advert I've had on my hard drive for years:

 

 

Less than £9845 to buy, so £9844 then? pr £7000, or £200? why not just say the price rather than "less than" which could be anything. 

 

What about the run out mk4 Scrote Eclipse and Onion Equipe? Then there was the mk5 Encore, Ford also did Escort and Fiesta Bonus editions, plus Bonus Transit, Escort and Fiesta vans, all based on the popular trim level, but with white wheeltrims and some decals, and a standard AM/FM digital radio which was normally an option. There was also the short lived Escort TDX, which was basically an LX with a turbo diesel lump. We cannot leave out the comical Fiesta 1.8D XRV, a van with LX wheeltrims, and the RS bodykit on, but bog standard L seats, a real mongrel

 

Did they do those Fiesta XRV vans on the mk2? I remember a sky blue one, someone had fitted mk3 XR2i wheels to it, but I was always dubious if it was genuine or not because the V on the XRV decal was like someone had gone to Ford and bought a new XR2 decal and before sticking it to the tailgate they had turned the 2 on its side to sort of resemble a V. 

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Does anyone remember the Fiesta Azura? Im sure it was effectively a base model, priced around £5995 and the advert had people cutting the car into pieces to see what had been removed in order for the car to be so cheap (as in like not features/spec, more components) and has them cutting and grinding the car, clearly they knew thats what mk3 Fiestas would need to go through when they aged. 

 

Heres a video of 3 in 1, Fiesta Mistral, Sapphire and Equipe. The Sapphire surely looks the best value? Mistral seems to be a sunroof and a spoiler, the Sapphire gets a passenger airbag, central locking and electric front windows, while the Equipe gets a 1.3 engine and Power steering.

 

Wonder if any Fiesta was available as standard with spoiler, sunroof, passenger airbag, central locking, electric front windows, power steering and the 1.3 for more power than the 1.0/1.1, although the 1.4 would probably have been my choice.

 

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