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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2013, 11:21:56 PM »

I think on the ford the half drive shafts are of equal length, so no torque steer

The engine is longitudinally mounted?

No to both of those....
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2013, 11:33:54 PM »

Transverse.
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2013, 11:41:02 PM »

......it only has 150bhp and weighs more than a forfour ;)

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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2013, 07:14:31 AM »

9.5 seconds is hardly hot hatch territory. My micra was 10.5s!
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2013, 10:15:51 AM »

The N/A 1.5 SB3 forfour does that, 1499cc and 122hp.
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2013, 07:55:24 PM »

The handling is much more direct and a light steering wheel. The fiesta is the only car i have managed to spin - sudden lift off oversteer is dangerous, very little change of correcting
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2013, 01:19:50 PM »

AND they completely missed out on the 'exclusivity' factor! The other three are SO common!!  ;)
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2013, 11:26:02 PM »

I just viewed this gain and my god it made me chuckle....... "and the winner is the ford which is only let down by its relatively poor performance"

haha!!

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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #24 on: June 08, 2013, 09:22:23 AM »

I just viewed this gain and my god it made me chuckle....... "and the winner is the ford which is only let down by its relatively poor performance"

haha!!

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This was a bizarre quote to announce the winner!
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #25 on: June 08, 2013, 10:52:58 PM »

The bit that made me think this is gunna be bad was when the narrator said "hp out of the exhaust" erm I think it comes out at the wheels and makes the car move. And the other grating point was hp not bhp, slight difference in terms power.

But yes, that video made no sense considering the Brabus forfour is actually built by people that know what they're doing.
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Re: test driver: Brabus vs Fiesta ST vs 206 vs ibiza
« Reply #26 on: June 08, 2013, 11:06:14 PM »

3 hot hatches, and the winner is the one let down by poor performance...okkkkkkk

This is good video of the brab autocrossing, the driver must a spine of steel  ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcNzLZYVTmg
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