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03-05-2009, 07:16 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Chinese_Flag.jpg In violent and turbulent seas, there is one still one small light at the end of the tunnel showing Ford the way. (cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=192297)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Ford_Fiesta_4-door_sedan_on_the_Nanjing_China_assemlby_line.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Mar. 5, 2009
A 2009 Ford Fiesta four-door sedan coming off the Nanjing, China production line last month.
Sanya, China -- Ford continues to build on its global small car strategy with the China market launch on the southern resort island of Hainan.
China is the world's first market to introduce the four-door Fiesta sedan. The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the latest, state-of-the-art Changan Ford/Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing.
Pre-sale demand for the car in China has surpassed expectations, with several thousand Chinese consumers placing orders ahead of the official launch. More than 1.2 million people have downloaded Fiesta music from qq (www.qq.com), a popular Chinese web portal.
So far, customers have purchased more than 110,000 new Fiestas on the three continents where the car is on sale, including preliminary estimates from February results. “The new Fiesta is proving that if you make a great car, it will connect with customers around the world,” said Jim Farley, Ford’s group vice president for Marketing and Communications. “This car is raising the bar for what people can expect from Ford’s new line of dynamic, global products.”
Fiesta in China at a glance
China is the world's first market to launch the four-door Fiesta sedan, in addition to the five-door hatchback.
Ford Fiesta is built at Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company's state-of-the-art Nanjing manufacturing facility.
Customers have purchased more than 110,000 new Ford Fiestas since the global debut last autumn.
Fiesta, the second-best selling vehicle across Europe’s 19 markets in January, is the first in a series of small, fuel efficient cars developed through Ford's global product development process.
The Fiesta will go on sale in Ford's Asian markets, as well as in North America, in early 2010.
Designed and developed in Europe for sale across Ford’s global markets, the new Fiesta is the first in a series of fuel efficient new small cars developed through Ford’s global product development process. The Fiesta was Ford's second best-selling vehicle in Europe’s main 19 markets in 2008. It became the top-selling Ford European vehicle in January 2009 – the same month it climbed to the number two spot for all cars in Europe, behind the Volkswagen Golf. The China market variant has been customized and tailor-made to suit Chinese consumer tastes and requirements. Production of the new Fiesta for China began at the Nanjing plant on January 15.
“The introduction of new Ford Fiesta proves again Ford Motor Company’s long-term commitment to China,” said Robert Graziano, president and CEO, Ford Motor China. “The Ford Fiesta for China benefits directly from Ford’s global expertise in small car design and engineering, and recognizes the needs of local market consumers with unique features that are specially tailored for China.”
In addition to the Fiesta built at the Nanjing plant for the China market, Ford and Mazda’s joint-venture facility, Auto Alliance Thailand will begin producing the new Fiesta next year.
Let us hope when the North American Fiesta’s arrive in mid 2010, they are equipped with a detuned EcoBoosted 1.6L or smaller with the much touted, tall-geared 6-speed Dual Clutch AT or 6-speed MT attached.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Ford_Fiesta_4-door_sedan_on_the_Nanjing_China_assemlby_line.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Mar. 5, 2009
A 2009 Ford Fiesta four-door sedan coming off the Nanjing, China production line last month.
Sanya, China -- Ford continues to build on its global small car strategy with the China market launch on the southern resort island of Hainan.
China is the world's first market to introduce the four-door Fiesta sedan. The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the latest, state-of-the-art Changan Ford/Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing.
Pre-sale demand for the car in China has surpassed expectations, with several thousand Chinese consumers placing orders ahead of the official launch. More than 1.2 million people have downloaded Fiesta music from qq (www.qq.com), a popular Chinese web portal.
So far, customers have purchased more than 110,000 new Fiestas on the three continents where the car is on sale, including preliminary estimates from February results. “The new Fiesta is proving that if you make a great car, it will connect with customers around the world,” said Jim Farley, Ford’s group vice president for Marketing and Communications. “This car is raising the bar for what people can expect from Ford’s new line of dynamic, global products.”
Fiesta in China at a glance
China is the world's first market to launch the four-door Fiesta sedan, in addition to the five-door hatchback.
Ford Fiesta is built at Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company's state-of-the-art Nanjing manufacturing facility.
Customers have purchased more than 110,000 new Ford Fiestas since the global debut last autumn.
Fiesta, the second-best selling vehicle across Europe’s 19 markets in January, is the first in a series of small, fuel efficient cars developed through Ford's global product development process.
The Fiesta will go on sale in Ford's Asian markets, as well as in North America, in early 2010.
Designed and developed in Europe for sale across Ford’s global markets, the new Fiesta is the first in a series of fuel efficient new small cars developed through Ford’s global product development process. The Fiesta was Ford's second best-selling vehicle in Europe’s main 19 markets in 2008. It became the top-selling Ford European vehicle in January 2009 – the same month it climbed to the number two spot for all cars in Europe, behind the Volkswagen Golf. The China market variant has been customized and tailor-made to suit Chinese consumer tastes and requirements. Production of the new Fiesta for China began at the Nanjing plant on January 15.
“The introduction of new Ford Fiesta proves again Ford Motor Company’s long-term commitment to China,” said Robert Graziano, president and CEO, Ford Motor China. “The Ford Fiesta for China benefits directly from Ford’s global expertise in small car design and engineering, and recognizes the needs of local market consumers with unique features that are specially tailored for China.”
In addition to the Fiesta built at the Nanjing plant for the China market, Ford and Mazda’s joint-venture facility, Auto Alliance Thailand will begin producing the new Fiesta next year.
Let us hope when the North American Fiesta’s arrive in mid 2010, they are equipped with a detuned EcoBoosted 1.6L or smaller with the much touted, tall-geared 6-speed Dual Clutch AT or 6-speed MT attached.