FORD ORION 1.4 Ghia 4dr (1990)

Ford Orion - purchase with care.

A friend of mine owned like 4 Ford Orions and was completely obsessed with them. It always seemed like a pretty good drive to me. But having bought one a few years ago I'm not sure I really see the appeal. This might be that I wasn't really wise enough in my purchase.

I didn't check it very thoroughly and there was a lot of wear and tear in the brakes. It was OK for the first six months or so but then I started to have power problems and it eventually would lost power completely in some pretty bad situations. Then the sunroof went and I started having trouble with the clutch.

So not a really great purchase but objectively it's not a bad car. It handles well, it's roomy and it can get up to a fairly good speed. The lesson here is that before you buy a Ford Orion you should look out for these characteristic flaws. I suppose this applies to any old car though.