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05-01-2007, 01:22 AM
The package's main aim is light weight with strength, so as to be crash-safe yet return excellent fuel economy and decent performance from its 1.6-liter engine (likely the U.S.-spec block). (http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2007/112_news070426_2010_ford_fiesta/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Ford_Fiesta.jpgPaul Horrell - Motor Trend - April 30, 2007
The new Fiesta will feature a design flavored with Ford of Europe's Kinetic themes.
Ford's next-generation Fiesta subcompact, due in late 2008 for Europe, is set to go on sale in America a year later and will arrive essentially unchanged from the European model, according to Ford officials.
The U.S. Fiesta project was confirmed by Ford prior to March's Geneva Motor Show. The struggling automaker's desperate need for a fuel-efficient subcompact (B-segment in Europe) clearly factored into the decision to bring the vehicle stateside.
Since Alan Mulally became Ford CEO, the ever-swinging 'world cars' pendulum has moved back toward selling some cars globally, rather than keeping the blue-oval model ranges separate in the U.S. and Europe.
Ford of Europe design chief Martin Smith explains. 'It used to be clear. I went to Detroit and gave a presentation about [the European design language] Kinetic Design. Peter Horbury [the U.S. design chief] gave one about Red, White and Bold [the U.S. language]. They were completely different.' But Smith says the demarcation is breaking down. Cars with one design theme will be sold in the other market.
The new Fiesta will look almost exactly the same in the U.S. as it will in Europe. It was signed off on before the decision was made to sell it here. Minor engineering changes, including a slightly longer nose, will be necessary to federalize the U.S. model, but it will be 'a kinetic-design car, absolutely,' says Smith … http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2007/112_news070426_2010_ford_fiesta/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Ford_Fiesta.jpgPaul Horrell - Motor Trend - April 30, 2007
The new Fiesta will feature a design flavored with Ford of Europe's Kinetic themes.
Ford's next-generation Fiesta subcompact, due in late 2008 for Europe, is set to go on sale in America a year later and will arrive essentially unchanged from the European model, according to Ford officials.
The U.S. Fiesta project was confirmed by Ford prior to March's Geneva Motor Show. The struggling automaker's desperate need for a fuel-efficient subcompact (B-segment in Europe) clearly factored into the decision to bring the vehicle stateside.
Since Alan Mulally became Ford CEO, the ever-swinging 'world cars' pendulum has moved back toward selling some cars globally, rather than keeping the blue-oval model ranges separate in the U.S. and Europe.
Ford of Europe design chief Martin Smith explains. 'It used to be clear. I went to Detroit and gave a presentation about [the European design language] Kinetic Design. Peter Horbury [the U.S. design chief] gave one about Red, White and Bold [the U.S. language]. They were completely different.' But Smith says the demarcation is breaking down. Cars with one design theme will be sold in the other market.
The new Fiesta will look almost exactly the same in the U.S. as it will in Europe. It was signed off on before the decision was made to sell it here. Minor engineering changes, including a slightly longer nose, will be necessary to federalize the U.S. model, but it will be 'a kinetic-design car, absolutely,' says Smith … http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2007/112_news070426_2010_ford_fiesta/