Rubs of Ford

The 23 of August of 2006 mark the release of the flexible version in fuel of the motor Rubs of 1 liter of Ford. That four years and three months after the official presentation of the new generation of Fiesta, in May of 2002. The delay perhaps didn't go so noticed if in the release of the car Ford had not also exhibited a model flex, that ended up finding the on the way to the production, just in the version with motor 1,6-litro, two years and four months then, in September of 2004, when Fiesta Sedan was presented. Only arriving now, the 1-litro flex places before the avid consumer for provisioning it with alcohol an interesting dilemma, to example than it had already happened with the motor 1,6-litro: its development, for there of competent, it turned it better of using with gasoline than with alcohol.
The explanation is simple: one of the measures main takings to transform it Rubs in flexible went increase its compression rate, of 9,8:1 for 12,8:1, more favorable to the etanol use. That is a politics of Ford for its flex, the one of doing a motor to alcohol that rotates well with the fossil fuel. With gasoline, a high rate turns easier the detonation occurrence, the call “pino beat”, that is the combustion before the correct time. That front of irregular flame can cause to a hole in the head of the piston.
So that that politics was possible, Ford had to count with extensive use of the electronics, with more advanced devices, as the electronic thermostatic valve, that maintains the work temperature of the most appropriate motor to each fuel (103ºC with alcohol and 93ºC with gasoline) and the traditional ones, as the adjustment of ignition point. With all this, the motor consumes alcohol in a more efficient way. The subject is that the same happens with gasoline.
As the flex, more than a subject of mere choice, is also a powerful economy instrument, the consumption relationship between the consumption of alcohol and the one of gasoline is what determines the best business. In other words, forget that history that, if the price of the liter of alcohol costs up to 70% than it costs one of gasoline, it compensates to provision with etanol. That general rule not always it is worth.
In the case of Fiesta 1-litro, the consumption with alcohol is of 9,8 km/l in the highway and 8 km/l in the city, in agreement with Ford. With gasoline, the numbers are, respectively, of 15,9 km/l and 12 km/l. Dividing the consumption of alcohol for the of gasoline, for each situation (estrada=15,9/9,8 and cidade=12/8), he/she/it arrives to the correct price proportion between the alcohol and the gasoline. For the use in highway, the etanol cannot cost more than 61,64% of the value of a liter of gasoline; in the city, if that relationship passes of 66,67%, the fossil fuel will offer a relationship of better cost.
With that, it is only advantage to use alcohol, in Fiesta 1.0 Flex, in Goiás and São Paulo, in agreement with the monthly rising of prices of ANP, so much in the highway as in the city. For those states, in courses rodoviários, there is also to have some care, since the alcohol doesn't offer the same autonomy that the gasoline, being necessary to stop more times to provision. In the urban cycle, it is advantageous to use the alcohol under some little conditions, since the etanol is better taken advantage of by a hot motor. In short courses, of less than five kilometers, to use the etanol, to not to be for subjects of social responsibility and commitment with a cleaner middle-atmosphere, it is cold.

Course plane Para to evaluate the behavior dese motor better, WebMotors opted for the evaluation of a model Sedan, heavier than the hatch and, therefore, more subject to show eventual weaknesses. He/she grieves that the course chosen by Ford for the evaluation was just composed of straight line, situation that it should be present in a lot of cities, but certainly not in most. Some ascents, even if little, they would give a better idea of the torque gain that the car had, of 8,87 kgm for 9,12 kgm, with gasoline, and 9,28 kgm, with alcohol. The maximum torque, in the two cases, is reached to 4.750 rpm, but, according to the company, 88% of him are already available to 1.500 rpm. In the previous motor, the maximum torque appeared to 2.750 rpm.
That until it could be a great gain, it didn't go the car to have been heavier than the previous model: of 1.028 kg, he passed to 1.076 kg. In the practice, the acting improvement, there was been, it is not significant (Ford doesn't disclose acting data). Perceptible it is not, at least. The car continues tends less motor than it would be ideal. For the Sedan, the best would be a propeller of, at least, 1,3 liter of cylinder capacity, middleman among the 1-litro that it carries the hatch without shine, but also without great complaints, and the 1,6.

In suspension terms, Fiesta continues being one of the best of the segment, with good success. It just inconveniences when the floor is wet and the suspension is humid. What happens it is that the scouring pads, wet, screak, giving the impression that the car can be with some defect. When it evaporates, Fiesta leaves of having screaked it.
Inside, the lack of an adjustment of height of the steering wheel is compensated by the same adjustment, only that of bank. With that, the drivers of more than 1,80 m that eventually if they run across with a Fiesta they will get to see the instruments in a reasonable way. Without any adjustment, the part of top of the clocks is occult for the hoop of the steering wheel. Out that, the ergonomics is quite good, although it is to owe the one of Focus, which, considering the segment in that each car interferes, he/she does more than sense.
For R$ 29,32 thousand for the hatch and R$ 31,39 thousand for the Sedan, which the consumer will start to find in the entrance models is the option of also to use the alcohol, besides the qualities that the two cars already exhibited, as the beautiful drawing, ready to move in Europe, the good trunk of both (305 l and 478 l for hatch and sedã, in the order) and a quite competitive price in relation to the competition. With relationship to the dilemma among using etanol or gasoline, it fits to the pocket and the conscience of each one to solve. For rational approaches, it will be a restricted option the few places in the country.