Reliability - There are already a few threads in FnF talking about this, try using the search function. Majority Fiestas are relatively problem free, but most of them have jerking and juddering clutches at low speeds. Depends on your luck.

Maintenance
If maintaining a superbike is no problem for you, then you definitely will have no problem maintaining the Fiesta.

Just imagine your friend is driving a manual car in congested traffic, but you are the one operating the clutch and the shifter. You can only observe his right leg on the gas pedal and the RPM to decide when to clutch, how much to clutch and what gear to choose. Oh and the aircon is also off and you can't concentrate because of the heat

Then imagine you're the driver. That's how driving a dry dual clutch feels when driven slowly.

This post has been edited by dares: Aug 15 2015, 01:13 PM

Nothing. Just a exaggerated analogy.

Rotor around RM200 per side.

Clutch RM4-5k including labour, fluids and seals.

This post has been edited by dares: Aug 15 2015, 01:50 PM

You listed safety. Ecoboost has 7 airbags. 1.5l and Mazda2 has only 2 airbags.

If that matters to you lah.

This post has been edited by dares: Aug 15 2015, 07:01 PM

FYI je

I think all you have to do now is test drive the car. Do try out the Mazda2 too while you're at it.