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Yeah, they did a rolling road test on the standard facelift fiesta (and others with mods) in the fast ford mag. The standard facelift car had a readout of 158bhp which isn't bad. maybe the rumour is true.

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I hadn't heard that that had been shown (although had heard the rumours before). If thats right then I'm surprised Ford haven't quoted it officially, unless they're keeping it quiet to keep the ST in the insurnace grioup it was already in.

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yes did see that as well!seem like facelift model have more BHP!!

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Just remember that rollers aren't always perfectly accurate and that 158bhp car may have been an isolated example, all factory standard engines give different power output from car to car so in reality you could have anything between 145 up to 160ish BHP, it might be that some are luckier than other when getting their ST, also it might have something to do with the way the car is run in when first driven!

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Just remember that rollers aren't always perfectly accurate and that 158bhp car may have been an isolated example, all factory standard engines give different power output from car to car so in reality you could have anything between 145 up to 160ish BHP, it might be that some are luckier than other when getting their ST, also it might have something to do with the way the car is run in when first driven!

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True.
And it's well known that the 1.25 and 1.6 Zetec-E can be well over the top on BHP.
Some 1.25s can be pushing 90BHP standard while 1.6s have been known to be up to 120BHP.
Apparently Ford know this but quote 75 and 100 respectively for insurance purposes.
That's why the Zetec-S is so quick

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ford is no the only one!!VAG group seem to be well know for it!!most of there cars have more power than quote! some were like up to 25BHP different!!