Perky handling and top styling.

(From Bath Chronicle)

The Ford Fiesta Centura is a special edition that commemorates 100 years of Ford in Britain, writes Andy Enright.

Finished in black like the iconic Model T, it packs in an extra GBP1,800 worth of equipment over the Fiesta 1.25 Zetec and adds around GBP1,200 to its asking price.

The 1.25-litre engine that powers the Fiesta Centura might sound familiar and that''s because it''s a real old stager. It was in the last generation Fiesta and the one before that, first showing up in 1995.

The reason why this Zetec engine, which was replaced by a 1.3 and then reintroduced, has such legs is that it''s a fundamentally solid powerplant. …