Description
Here for sale is a 2005 Ford StreetKa 'Luxury' Model designed by Pininfarina. It has had one meticulous previous owner and has 58K miles on the clock. It is completely original and in very good condition with a full service history. One previous woman owner from new with original sales receipt. Always garaged.
Electric Windows, aircon, heated black leather seats, air con, new discs and pads by current owner and this SreettKa comes with a specially tailored (bespoke) outdoor fitted cover. Immaculate engine bay and starts instantly. Excellent original soft-top with original rear window. Spare wheel is excellent and original tools and owner's handbook present.
MOT runs until 25th May 2025.
ULEZ Compliant.
This is a very rare car in this outstanding condition and is likely to be quite hard to find at this sort of price ever again. Made in very limited numbers, a sound condition version of these motors are future classics.
I own several classic Alfas, Saabs and a Subaru Impreza and so saying I was really surprised at how much fun this car is to drive and it looks pretty sweet too. These looks somewhat belie both it's power, sportiness, handling and the long-distance comfort of the vehicle powered as it is as with a Zetec 1. 6 engine.
Following is some info about the engine's development:
As with the Ford Taurus SHO's SHO V6 engine, development of the Zetec-S was a collaborative effort between Ford, Mazda and Yamaha.[1][2] The engine's sounds were refined in the Ford acoustics center in Cologne-Merkenich, Germany.[1] Production of the Zetec-SE was carried out in the Ford Valencia Engine Plant, with Yamaha building the 1. 7 L engine blocks in Japan.[1][2]
When the Zetec-SE first arrived in 1995, it included many firsts, such as a plastic inlet manifold, a "ladder" style main bearing and crankcase assembly, and big-end bearing caps which are forged in one piece and subsequently split. It also incorporates powder metal connecting rods, which were quite exotic and notable at the time. This feature however makes the engine more challenging to rebuild at the end of its working life, since it is not possible to re-machine the bearing ladder as would be the case with a conventional cylinder block - the entire assembly has to be renewed. Despite this however, engine tuners have found novel ways to increase the power of the unit through use of different valves and increasing the compression ratio of the engine through skimming of the cylinder head.
The engine first appeared in the Mk4 Ford Fiesta and the virtually identical Mazda 121 in 1. 2 L (1, 242 cc) capacity, with 1. 4 L (1, 388 cc), 1. 6 L (1, 596 cc) and 1. 7 L (1, 679 cc) derivatives coming later.
NOTE: I also have a very comprehensive StreetKa story' written by Patrick Uden - a filmaker and former head of FCN - Ford Communication's Network on the fascinating development of this vehicle - it is in the form of a PDF and is available on request.
