Is now the time to buy one? For the Mk2 Fiesta XR2 (the one we’re driving here), Ford slotted in the 1.6-litre CVH engine from the larger Escort XR3. With a lowly 97hp, today’s Fiesta ST ...

To use a badge that evokes images of big-arched MK2 Escorts skittering sideways through the forest, trailing a BDA wail in their wake probably wasn’t the wisest move, but while Fiesta RS1800 can ...