Ford Fusion?

When I retired I had to give up my car, but now I've scraped enough pennies together to buy something cheapish, say £2,000 maximum

A Ford Fiesta is my favourite choice so far, but I've also wondered about a Ford Fusion
Anyone know much about them?

Tanks, zuludog

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Dunno about one of them? What I fancy is a great big classy Rover 75 tourer diesel auto. Great on fuel and you can pick em up for next to nothing ...



Hijacked the thread now .

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Lots of owner's reviews can be found here ...

Ford Fusion (02-12) – Owners' Reviews
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/review...n/estate-2002/

No nonsense appraisals by owners are always worth reading I find.

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Thanks MKJ

I've read a few reviews and the Fusion doesn't seem that wonderful, so it looks like a Fiesta, at least there are more to choose from. I've had a couple of Fiestas before, and been happy enough with them

I have also had a Daihatsu Charade. Reasonable enough car, but the spares were very expensive

For me, the Rover is too big.

But to hijack or expand my own thread, all I want is a smallish hatchback, 3 or 5 door; petrol; manual. There will only be me in it. Still £2,000 max
Any other suggestions? Thanks

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I've heard the Renault Megane diesels are supposedly good buys. Low running costs as they are economical and low tax etc. Plenty of 2nd hand ones about too.

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Have you considered a Toyota yaris? I'm sure you can find one in your price range, have a look on autotrader or motors and get some idea as to what's around , if you find a particular model of car try looking on the forums ( there's sure to be one ) you can ask on there about any problems and advice

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Ive driven a fusion a couple of times...Whats to say its a basic ford goes where you point it.. I did like the loading height of the hatch/boot.
Min point for the seats which I found hard and uncomfortable.

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For a runabout we bought a Suzuki SX4 it's turned out to be an economical reliable, vehicle I would recommend one to anyone.

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Fiat Punto. Was sorry to have to swap for the disability converted Renaut Kangoo that I have now.
The fiat was a 5 door auto and would get 50+ mpg.

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Sorry no expert on cars but I have a VWFox & it is a super little car. It is economical and does everything I ask of it. They stopped building this model a few years ago but there are quite a few on the market in your price range. I will consider another car when this starts to cost me money. It is currently 7.5 years old and I has only cost for service & latterly MoT. Mine is a 3 door & plenty of space inside. Only thing which annoys me is I pay £120 road tax when some cars are much lower. Still, wouldn't change it for that reason alone.