I had 2 of them.
I enjoyed the first one so much I traded it in as soon as the Fiesta came out in 3dr with the 1.6 motor
I can still remember one of the letters I wrote to Ford complaining about faults etc saying I found the car was not exciting to drive. I also resented being an unpaid QC tester for the first ones off the production line.
Second one was much more fault-free and Imperial Blue
still lacked mega performance but handled nice and sweet and had Custom pack and EATC - I made the mistake of test driving one with the leather seats lol. Looked nice with the RS upper grill and satin black lower bumper plastics
Decent enough car but only ever a mild hatch imho you really had to flog it to make it shift and the tall gear ratios didn't do it any favours in this department.