Reliability: In the most recent What Car? Reliability Survey, the Fiesta finished 28th out of 28 cars in the small car class. The fault rate was relatively high, at 31%, and many of the wide-ranging issues reported were serious. These put a third of the afflicted cars out of action for more than a week, and 30% of them couldn’t be driven. On the bright side, 90% of the work was completed for free and none of the bills exceeded £300.

Our top spec

Titanium: Two reasons for picking this trim. One, it comes with goodies such as ambient interior lighting, rear parking sensors, an automatically dimming rear-view mirror and a built-in sat-nav. And two, it’s good value.

Need to know

You’ll need £6000 for an early high-miler and £7000 for average mileage. Spend £8000 or more on 2018 cars, £9500-£12,000 on a 2019 example, £12,000-£15,000 on one from 2020, £13,000-£18,000 on one from 2021 and upwards of that for a 2022 Fiesta.

Both 1.1-litre petrols have 48.7mpg combined WLTP. The 1.0-litre Ecoboost engines span 42.8mpg to 50.4mpg. Of the 1.5 diesels, the 84bhp one averages 60.1mpg and the 118bhp 57.6mpg.

Our pick

1.0 100 Ecoboost: Our favourite is the three-cylinder 999cc engine, and of the four versions on offer we would go for the 99bhp version because it’s fast enough at motorway speeds and is also pretty economical.