Comments on: Fiesta!

By: CarShark

CarShark — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:40:27 +0000

Why is it we all beg for Ford and GM’s foreign products and when they actually deliver them we suddenly don’t like them?

It’s not that enthusiasts didn’t like those Euro offerings. It’s just that the average person saw them as expensive.

By: Johnster

Johnster — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:17:50 +0000

Justin Berkowitz: Although the Fiesta faces formidable competition– Fit, Yaris, Versa, Accent, Aveo and Spectra– the sooner Ford’s gets into the game, the sooner they can claw back some cred in the vital value arena.

Unless Ford screws it up, the competition isn’t all that formidable. Of the cars mentioned, only the Fit (and possibly the Versa) provide strong competition. But yes, it is a much-needed and much-welcome addition to Ford’s lineup.

By: 50merc

50merc — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:57:51 +0000

Can someone in the back seat see anything out the side window other than sky?

By: TriShield

TriShield — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:57:13 +0000

Why is it we all beg for Ford and GM’s foreign products and when they actually deliver them we suddenly don’t like them?

When this car gets here it will be picked over to death by sites like this and may not fare well in sales despite being a good car.

Pretty much every time a Ford or GM Euro-car gets here it fails. The Saturn Astra (as great a car as it is) looks like it will repeat history.

Why would this be any different?

By: SunnyvaleCA

SunnyvaleCA — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:46:17 +0000

That side view gave me a fright, as it reminded me of the much maligned Mercedes C230 “sport coupe” (sic). (Note that that particuarly MB was neither sporty nor was it a coupe.)

By: Emro

Emro — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:16:15 +0000

a sedan for NA? ick… Ford, please bring a 4-dr hatch to Canada, otherwise you still have nothing to compete with the Fit/Yaris/Versa/SX4… good luck…

By: timoted

timoted — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:25:25 +0000

Throw another bulbous clone on the pile. Why does every hatch have to look exactly the same?

By: blautens

blautens — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:05:36 +0000

Sharp looking car! Please – don’t let the beancounters “Focus-ize” the interior!

I still long for a Mark I Fiesta, oddly enough…especially once I saw some loon drop a V8 in the rear of one.

By: threeer

threeer — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:41:59 +0000

so make it a SVT-TDCi, haul it over to the US for a decent price (well under $20k) and I’d sign up for one…only problem is having to wait until 2010 to see the little bugger over here. Could this be the next wave of getting interesting, visually appealing (and fun) small cars back on the roads here in the US?

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:26:11 +0000

@Phil Roast Beef:

The Fiesta will be built with at least one TDCi engine, perhaps more. Whether those are coming to the U.S., I don’t know. I’d guess not.

Diesel engines will add a price premium in the U.S. I think you’ll see oil burners in larger, more expensive cars first (i.e. VW Passat, BMW 3 and 5 series).

By: Phil Roast Beef

Phil Roast Beef — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:21:59 +0000

There are also four more letters that could make it more appealing.

TDCi

I’ve got a 2003 Focus SVT and while it is a blast to drive the gas milage is dreadful for a four cylinder car of its size.

How about SVT TDCi?

By: quasimondo

quasimondo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:41:56 +0000

Three little letters can make it even more appealing.

SVT

By: geeber

geeber — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:25:48 +0000

Justin Berkowitz: Although Ford’s European offerings (and the Focus in America when it was first released) were among the best steers in their respective classes, they were about as visually appealing as fish sticks.

They were as attractive as anything else on the European market at the time, and the American Focus was better than the domestic competition (Cavalier, Sunfire, Ion and Neon) and equal to most of the major Japanese makes.

By: starlightmica (Richard Chen)

starlightmica (Richard Chen) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:53:26 +0000

JJ:

Same platform, but lots of differences that you can check out here: http://www.mazda.co.uk/Showroom/New-Mazda2/

By: beetlebug

beetlebug — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:51:44 +0000

Nice. I’ll bet ya 20 bucks Ford screws it up somehow for the US market.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:50:48 +0000

So…

is it a Mazda 2?

By: jerseydevil

jerseydevil — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:48:32 +0000

cool lookin little car.

However, I want Fiat to figure out how to get the new Abarth 500 here. I think that little screamer would look just fine in the current Ferrari/Alfa dealers window. THATS the little car I want!