Ford closed the Fiesta line in 2023 after nearly fifty years. That has not thinned out the Dutch supply and it has not thinned out the demand. A Fiesta stays cheap to tax, cheap to insure and easy to find parts for, which is why there is still a buyer for a tired one.
Two generations account for nearly everything we are asked about: the Mk6 from 2008 to 2017, facelifted in 2013, and the Mk7 from 2017 to 2023. These were bought as plain, cheap transport. A Fiesta with high mileage, a kerbed wheel and a scuffed bumper is therefore the normal case here, not an unlucky one.
The engines split three ways. The old 1.25 Duratec petrol is simple and slow and will not surprise anyone. The 1.0 EcoBoost, from 2012 onwards, is the three cylinder with a timing belt that runs inside the engine in oil. The 1.5 and 1.6 TDCi diesels turn up less often, and nearly always with a lot of kilometres behind them.
We will not quote a number on this page, it would be stale within weeks. These are the things that genuinely shift what we offer.
That belt sits inside the engine and is lubricated by the oil. As it ages it sheds material, and the material can block the oil pickup, which is the kind of repair bill that writes off a cheap car. It is the first thing a buyer asks. If yours has been changed, find the invoice before you ask for an offer.
Fiesta automatics from the Mk6 years are often the Powershift dual clutch box, which earned a poor name for shuddering and hesitating at low speed. Ford replaced clutch packs and control modules under warranty on a great many of them. Tell us whether yours has had that work and how it feels pulling out of a junction.
On the older cars, look at the rear wheel arches, the bottoms of the doors and the tailgate around the handle. Dutch winters and the salt that comes with them do the rest. Rust is not a reason we walk away. It is a reason to send photographs.
An ST, or an ordinary Fiesta on aftermarket wheels with a different exhaust and lowered springs, is valued as its own thing. Mention it, and say whether the original parts are still in your shed, because to some buyers those matter more than the modification does.
The register covers the facts. The rest of it is only in your head, so this is the part of the request worth a minute.
Enough to be worth photographing the invoice. On a cheap car a belt failure can cost more than the car, so a documented replacement moves the offer up and an unknown history moves it down. Plenty of owners have no idea either way, and we still make the offer.
Yes. It is a well known fault and we treat it as one. What we need to know is whether the car still drives safely, because that decides whether we can move it on its own wheels or collect it another way.
Yes. Paint bubbling and a hole you can put a finger through are two different cars, and only a photograph tells us which one yours is. Take one from a metre back and one up close, in daylight.
Both, and neither is unusual. Give us the exact reading or describe what the damage is, add a photograph if there is something to see, and it is built into the offer from the start.
Your number plate is all we need to start.
