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**Chris** · 31-10-2022, 10:59

Inevitable, with the ban on new fossil fuel cars now just 8 years away. That’s comfortably less than the design and life cycle of a modern car. Manufacturers have tried electrifying what they already have, and have discovered what they really ought to have known, namely that a chassis designed for a petrol engine and a fuel tank is unsuitable for a massive battery pack and electric motors.

The prices of electric cars still suffer from lack of production scale and the early adopter premium. In the long run they shouldn’t be more expensive than what they replace.

I had a Rover Metro in my salad days so I have no particular love for the Fiesta (actually I don’t think I ever knew anyone who had one). I’ve had a couple of Fords in my lifetime, first an Orion which was reliable and just what I needed commuting weekly from Liverpool to Newcastle for a few months. Second was a Focus Estate which drove fine but leaked. Thankfully it was a company car so the many weeks it spent at garages while they tried (and failed) to find out where the water was getting in was never my problem. They just gave me a different car. Actually one of those was a Mondeo Titanium which I had for 3 weeks … that was very nice.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,084	Re: End of the road for the Ford Fiesta Inevitable, with the ban on new fossil fuel cars now just 8 years away. That’s comfortably less than the design and life cycle of a modern car. Manufacturers have tried electrifying what they already have, and have discovered what they really ought to have known, namely that a chassis designed for a petrol engine and a fuel tank is unsuitable for a massive battery pack and electric motors. The prices of electric cars still suffer from lack of production scale and the early adopter premium. In the long run they shouldn’t be more expensive than what they replace. I had a Rover Metro in my salad days so I have no particular love for the Fiesta (actually I don’t think I ever knew anyone who had one). I’ve had a couple of Fords in my lifetime, first an Orion which was reliable and just what I needed commuting weekly from Liverpool to Newcastle for a few months. Second was a Focus Estate which drove fine but leaked. Thankfully it was a company car so the many weeks it spent at garages while they tried (and failed) to find out where the water was getting in was never my problem. They just gave me a different car. Actually one of those was a Mondeo Titanium which I had for 3 weeks … that was very nice.