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

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.

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.

Fiesta is Japanese not European.

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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.

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.

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.