The new Ford Fiesta has received lots of good reviews in the press and on the web. Most visitors to Fiesta Force are fans of the new small Ford or consumers looking for more information and feedback from owners.
I think the two reviews below should appeal to FF fans and new members. As a long time Top Gear fan I’m partial to their humorous take on car reviews but also appreciate the factual nature of the Consumer Reports video.
Let us know what you think after the break.
Top Gear Ford Fiesta Review:
Consumer Reports Ford Fiesta Review:
Ford isn’t planning an ST or RS Fiesta, but this is the next best thing – the Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car. Built by M-Sport – the same team behind the WRC Focus – it’s Ford first global rally car.
The Fiesta is eligible to enter national rally championships, as well as the IRC and S2000 World Cup in 2010, and will also form the basis of Ford’s WRC effort in 2011. It will debut as a course car at next week’s Rally of Scotland, the final round of this year’s IRC.
The new Fiesta S2000-spec rally car will make its public debut this weekend when it appears as course car on the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) in Scotland.
Ford finally took the wraps off the new rally challenger at its M-Sport HQ in Cumbria yesterday.
“This is the first global rally car for Ford and M-Sport,” says M-Sport Managing Director Malcolm Wilson. “I really believe that we have produced a fantastic rally car and this launch is a big step to seeing it out competing in rallies. It’s the first time in five years that we have been able to offer a Ford rally car that can challenge for overall victory in national championships across the world.”
The new car will make its competitive debut in 2010 and is eligible for S2000 and IRC regulations, but is likely to form the basis for Ford’s next full-house WRC car when new rules come into effect in 2011 or 2012.
The 280bhp, 192lb ft four-wheel drive Fiesta S2000 has gone from the drawing board to the rally stage in just nine months.
“It’s a fantastic feeling to see the car actually launched to the world after all the hard work and testing behind closed doors,” says M-Sport Technical Director Christian Loriaux. “Everyone at M-Sport has had to pull together in order to get the Fiesta S2000 finished in such a short period of time and it has been a great team effort to get to this point so quickly.
The all-new Fiesta R2 is set to make its WRC debut as the Fiesta SportTrophy International arrives at the Rally de España for its exciting penultimate round. Five all-new Fiesta R2s are entered in the event with the remaining four competitors taking part in the Fiesta ST. Championship leader Patrick Anglade is locked in a battle with FST UK and Ireland champion Craig Breen for the title so the result of this event could go a long way to deciding the destination of the 2009 FSTi crown. The debut of the new car brings added excitement to the proceedings.
Breen took victory at Rally Finland in August closing the gap on series leader Anglade to 40 points. But, with the option to drop two scores, the fight for the championship is sure to go right to the wire at the final round, Wales Rally GB. Read more…
The 2009 Frankfurt Auto show opens to the public this Thursday. While the new Fiesta is a year old in Europe we’ll be bringing you Ford related and concept car news and information from the show! Check our gallery for new pictures. Special thanks to our Fiesta Force friend at the show David J.
There are so many things we could cover at the Frankfurt Auto show but we have so little time. We decided to concentrate our coverage on new Ford products and green or greener vehicles from other manufacturers.
The new 2012 Ford Grand C-Max seven-seat mini-MPV and smaller five seat C-Max debuted with the intriguing styling of the Iosis Max concept from last year’s Geneva show. Ford confirmed that the 7 seat version of the Grand C-Max will be headed to the U.S. late in 2011. Enjoy pics of the C-Max and other Frankfurt show cars in the galleries below or the forum thread.
Auto 123.com’s Justin Pritchard reviewed the 2009 Ford Fiesta for our Canadian friends north of the border.
Like most of the reviews for the new Fiesta Auto123 had good things to say about the Fiesta’s excellent handling, quality interior materials and upscale features like bluetooth and available push button start system.
While we don’t know the exact Fiesta configuration that will make its way the North America, Ford contends that our version will be 90% identical to the European version. Time will tell.
Source Auto123.com.
Business Week, September 4, 2008 article about how the US won’t get the diesel Fiesta available in Europe. This article is about 11 months old so the fuel price descriptions are a bit higher than today. In any case a 65 mpg rating is still much higher than the new Prius! Enjoy the article.
By David Kiley
September 15, 2008
Ford’s Fiesta ECOnetic gets an astonishing 65 mpg, but the carmaker can’t afford to sell it in the U.S
If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford Motor (F), known widely for lumbering gas hogs. [break]
Read more…
Aftermarket tuning specialist Mountune Performance has developed an upgrade kit for the new Fiesta 1.6-litre Duratec Ti-VCT Zetec-S and Titanium models. Available through selected Ford dealership…
The Ford Fiesta ECOnetic becomes the most fuel efficient 5 seater family car in the UK with CO2 emissions under 100g/km. Aerodynamic body styling, lowered suspension and low resistance tyres all help to achieve ultra low CO2 emissions.
Ride along with rally champion Marcus Gronholm as he storms up the Pikes Peak course in the Ford Fiesta RallyCross in an homage to the famous Climb Dance Pikes Peak run
Ford Fiesta launch before the Pikes Peak run.
Rallycross Front Angle
Many of you are probably fans of Top Gear, the BBC’s automotive review show, and may have seen this video already. But for those of you that haven’t please enjoy the best test if not most humorous test of the New Ford Fiesta. Yes its the UK version but looks just like the version we should get in the states!
11 mins of fun!
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