Originally Posted by
3point14
Mine's a manual. I have read that the Ford auto box, at least the one they put in smaller cars, has been, not to put too fine a point on it, utterly pants. So much so, that I believe Ford are delaying launching their new small auto box so it's not tainted by the old one. (I think, I'll admit, I could have my facts wrong on this one.)
It's a real shame too, because besides the showstopping transmission problem, I thought her Fiesta was actually a pretty decent car for the money. When she bought it, it wasn't much more than the cheapest Kia's and seemed much nicer by my estimation. Though Kia does seem to know how to make a working transmission, so maybe I shouldn't put them down.