1990 Ford Fiesta XR2i goes for a drive

If you wanted to steal something fast, cool and nimble in the early 90s, you wanted Fords small Halo car, the XR2i. I 'borrowed' one to see how good they are.

[Worzel_Gummidge_]

Oh! That brings back memories, had a 1991 XR2i in the early 90’s, it was the same colour as this one. I was 24 years old and the insurance was over £1, 000. I could almost smell the interior while watching this, the exhaust tone was exactly the same. Thank for the trip down memory lane. 👍🏼

[varixman]

This was my second car and I really liked it at the time (in '97, I think). My first car had been a cheap but awful Opel Kadett Sedan with 55 HP. 0-62 mph in 17secs!! so even a skateboard would have felt like an improvement... but I must admit that the XR2i had a tendency to understeer and was very prone to rust.

[BlackFlagChad]

I have a ‘91 Fez SX which was originally a 1.3 auto but it’s a zetec manual now, great fun down the lanes

[markadams]

Was the MG Metro not in the same league then?

[makdon]

hi please can you answer me
i have the same but in mine the stering is very hard to turn it when its parked(not moving) is that nonrmel because its old and the old cars dosn't have assisted stering or thers something wrong

[randymarsh]

I owned both xr2i and 1.6gti. The 205 handled much better but as you said the 2i felt solid and the cvh dependable, where as I never liked going to far in the gti it was well unreliable.