Wow that looks sharpe! it looks very close to the Verve concept.. and they kept it so close to the OEM World spec version.

Pretty nice for such a small car. I understand you’ll be able to get some “premium” features like Nav, etc. too. I don’t say this often—good job Ford, but don’t take too friggin long to actually get it in production. It’s already in production somewhere, but the US is 15 months out? C’mon.

Fing beautiful Ford. Close enough to the concept. Hopefully there will be some more of the elements implemented before final production. GJ Ford!

This car should sell well. Ford did a great job with it.

“The all-new Ford Fiesta has officially begun production in Europe, with North American production slated to begin in a few months. Although we’ll have to wait until early 2010 until the Fiesta hits our roads…”

I’m sorry, but does that make sense to anyone else? Production starts in a few months, but…we have to wait until 2010? Is there another plant we don’t know about, or does LLN consider 16 or more months a few? Or is Ford going to stockpile thousands of them somewhere in the Baja just to confuse us.

Nice, I can actually say I’m rooting for Ford now…

I do wonder though how the Fiesta will do vs the Euro Spec Focus comes here, because I think they’re going to really compete against eachother…

All they have to do is get rid of the POS U.S spec Focus and bring the Euro spec Focus here (not just the platform sharing Mazda 3).

Also bring the Focus RS here…

Bring out the ECOBOOST series engines and give it to 2010 V6 equipped Mustang (& IRS please…)

Make sure the Ford Fusion GT/SVT comes out. An AWD 350HP TTV6 w 6 speed will be awesome!

Go Ford!

Yeah Great!
So why do we have to yet till 2010/11 to get one? Can’t Ford sneak some of these over thru Canada or Mexico or I dunno?

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I thought I heard that the Fiesta was smaller than Euro Focus, which I’m sure by the time we get will grow slightly more than it is now.

I’m almost choking on the words, but that car is beautiful. Go Ford. I hope you last long enough to launch it.

As the old man once said, “That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.”

it always takes a european developed car

**** this car looks good!
had 2 log in 2x, bcuz the forst time i accidentally typed in “ktule” as my username.

Production has begun in Cologne, Germany on the EU spec version. The Asia version begins later this year in Thailand and China. The U.S. has very different crash standards, and since North America joined the Fiesta program late, the platform had to be modified outside of EU’s design cycle. The earliest a Fiesta could have been launched here was mid-2009. Issues finding a plant for NA pushed it to very late 2009 or very early 2010. However, it may still be a 2010 model.

No way, ktulu. U misspelled ∑thing?

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About friggen time - Finally a economy car that looks decent and that will be sold in the USA…

Looking good, Ford. This should compete very well against the Fit, Yaris, Polo, Getz etc.

Finally. An American car that looks good and good mileage. Memo to Ford, do all you can to get it here ASAP, not 2010.

Ωçµ you, Mayer. And Ktulu, be clad you didn’t spell your name Cthulhu.

I don’t know about that interior too much. It looks like an alien that wants to stick me with needles. However, I’m really liking the Fiesta. I hope they do some crazy interior colors, though. I’m tired of black, grey and tan interiors.

*glad

t-ak-box, You are correct. The Fiesta is on a different & smaller platform vs the Euro spec Focus.

However it’s not too much smaller. Especially when they are both hatchbacks. I just think that if the Fiesta is going to cost less than the Focus & get slightly better gas mileage, the consumer is going to jump on that before they will get the Focus. But that’s just what I think.

But from the spy pics looks like there’s going to be a sedan variant of the Fiesta too. Maybe not.

Ford didn’t screw this one up (other than the name). How did that happen?

Everything I’ve read indicated that Ford is leaning toward the following small strategy in the U.S. going forward.

1. Fiesta comes to U.S. in 2010 as a 2011 model.

2. NA Focus is phased out over the same period.

3. Euro Focus is brought in during the same period as a Mercury, allowing it to sell for the $19-$21K that it needs to in the U.S. for it to be profitable for Ford, while the Fiesta sells at current NA Focus pricing - keeping the two from competing and stealing sales from each other.

Of course, being that this is Ford we’re talking about, the above will likely never happen, as it makes FAR too much sense.

If you guys could remember what you read, you’d know that Ford is taking awhile to get this stateside because they have to reconfigure a Mexican plant to do so. That takes time.

you mean it takes a japanese to develop a car.

Fiesta is Japanese not European.

Hello Mazda Fiesta Festiva 2

It’s just a Mazda2. Why not just import that? Lame.

Those headlights are freaking LONG. Still, it’s going to be the best-looking Ford in America when it finally gets here.

tzu13.. you are absolutely right. Unfortunately, it still doesn’t look as good as the Mazda2.

longshot.. I think your strategy is pretty on the money.. though I doubt the Fiesta will replace the Focus in the US when it arrives as a 2010 model. I agree the current Euro Focus will finally make it here badged as a stopgap Mercury in 2010, but will be phased out (along with the entire Mercury brand) around 2012-2013 once the next Euro Focus arrives here as a Ford for the 2011 or 2012 model year.

You guys have to see this car in person… It is truly beautiful! I spoke to an engineer leaving the building and he told me that the U.S. Spec Fiesta will have a 2.0 litre I4. Ford also was able to maintain amazing quality with the fit and finish on this vehicle.

well if it will have and 2.0 at 140 or the 2.5 at 170 i want one with an 6speed

I was also told that the U.S. Spec Fiesta will have the dual clutch transmission… Just imagine if they offered a 1.6 litre Ecoboost to accompany that.

I am a fan of Mazda and drive a Mazda, but to tell Ford to just import the Mazda2 is ignorant. You forget the fact that Ford itself has a more stronger dealer network and can sell the Fiesta in much larger volume than Mazda. YOU are lame.

If this is truly US-spec, then it’s obvious Ford’s “Bold” 3-bar grille is dead after the Fusion refresh.

So what’s the mpg? The Aveo is tiny and it still gets worse mileage than Civic sedan.

Not bad at all.

Somehow Ford manages to always make the interiors just worthless. They look cool in concept form, but just never quite translate. Remember the 90s Taurus interior, or the first gen Focus? They throw in these crazy whacked out shapes, and before they even make production they already look dated. They should take a few cues from ze germans. An interior does not need to be flashy to be nice and functional. Save the flash for the outside.

is this the mpg 67.3 - 76.3???? where do I sign?!?!

The most frugal variant is the ECOnetic, capable of 76.3mpg with a CO2 figure of 99g/km. But even the 1.6-litre TDCi we drove achieves 67.3mpg while pushing out only 110g/km in emissions. The smooth, refined unit offers punchy performance, so the car is equally at home whether zipping around town or effortlessly racking up the motorway miles.

Well done, Ford! So glad to see a fuel efficient car that doesn’t look like it was purposely designed to be ugly! Glad to see someone in the big 3 final realized that fuel conscious consumers care about styling. This looks so much better than the Honda Fit. I hope the interior can compete with seat configuration functionality. If so, Ford should have a winner on its hands.

You state that this is a US spec Fiesta, yet I’m pretty sure those are EU spec bumpers.

Regardless, I’m excited for all these EU vehicles to hit Canada. It is about time!

Wow is that hot. Why doesn’t Ford replace it with the U.S. Focus?

This car looks nice. I like this car because it doesn’t look like an American car. Finally Ford did something smart bring over the European/Asian/world car, which ever one it is. Now Ford has to scrap all their American designs except the trucks and bring over the European cars. Where is the Mondeo and the Focus. They need these cars to compete or they might go bankrupt and an Indian company will have to buy them out. I wonder if Americans would still buy Fords if that happened. This is coming too late, by that time Honda will already have a new Fit to market probably with a hybrid powerplant in it.

Verry nice, but the interior is is ugly.
The back of it looks a bit like the C Class.

wagon, better late than never. Besides, Hybrid in a small car doesn’t make a lot of sense. Small gasoline and diesel engines can be quite efficient. 2010 would be about right when the Daewoo Aveos start breaking down.