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qwikz28
02-14-2008, 07:58 PM
http://forums.motivemag.com/zerothread?id=3685725

ford is bringing the european fiesta here and its brilliant.

http://www.motivemagazine.com/emAlbum/albums/Manufacturers/Ford/Europe/Fiesta/New%20Fiesta/01.jpg

We've reported in the past that the Ford Fiesta was coming in 2009 to kick off FoMoCo's small-product renaissance, and the automaker has confirmed those rumors with the press release accompanying its new Fiesta. The Fiesta, which will be introduced at Geneva, is destined for global manufacture and sale, including "the Americas," and it will share the name Fiesta in every market that sells it.

http://www.motivemagazine.com/emAlbum/albums/Manufacturers/Ford/Europe/Fiesta/New%20Fiesta/08.jpg

Unlike many of its competitors in the small-car segment which have grown in size and weight, the new Fiesta, which is based on the same Mazda-developed B2E platform that underpins the new Mazda2, stands on virtually the same footprint as its predecessor. It's also the second car to show off Ford's "kinetic" design language that debuted with the new Mondeo last year.

There's no word on which engine will be in the US-spec Fiesta, but chances are it'll be the 115-horsepower 1.6-liter Duratec that's the top-line gas engine in the Euro model.

http://www.motivemagazine.com/emAlbum/albums/Manufacturers/Ford/Europe/Fiesta/New%20Fiesta/04.jpg

Picture Gallery (http://www.motivemagazine.com/gallery/gallery.html?c=show_thumbs;p=Manufacturers/Ford/Europe/Fiesta/New%20Fiesta;i=0;pg=1)

Full Story (http://www.motivemag.com/pub/news/Geneva_08_Preview_The_New_Ford_Fiesta_and_It_s_Com ing_Here.shtml)

Full technical details of the new Fiesta range will be released closer to the launch of the production model in autumn 2008, and pictures of the five-door will be released at the Geneva show.

Knipps
02-14-2008, 08:09 PM
can we drop a sbc in one? :grin:

trashman01
02-15-2008, 06:31 AM
cool, that ought to make my buddy happy, his 88 fiestiva is gettin a lil old, even tho it runs 12s......

qwikz28
02-15-2008, 10:39 AM
i'd trade in my saturn for one of those with a diesel, navi, and microsoft sync if they didn't hack up the european model very much and if it could tow my quad

79CamaroDiva
02-15-2008, 11:45 AM
my mom will be so happy!! she was so upset when we finally told her that her festiva would kill her. We had two, an 88 and an 89, and they both got 30+mpg til the day they died..

SteveR
02-15-2008, 12:09 PM
I say bring over the Mercedes A190 from Europe. Nice little vehicle with great gas mileage, and a stick.

BigAls87Z28
02-15-2008, 06:12 PM
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/images/mazda2-1-big.jpg


http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/images/mazda2-2-big.jpg


Ford robs the Mazda piggy bank again with a rebadged Mazda 2, which will also show up in the US in a year or so.

Ford: Rebadge is Job #1

BigAls87Z28
02-15-2008, 06:16 PM
Btw...Corsa will be made in the US with the new subcompact platform
Current 160hp Turbo 1.6 Corsa VXR....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2007/04/14/mfvaux1.jpg

Knipps
02-15-2008, 06:21 PM
Btw...Corsa will be made in the US with the new subcompact platform
Current 160hp Turbo 1.6 Corsa VXR....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2007/04/14/mfvaux1.jpg

:drool: that looks so much better than the F#rd.

Fast92RS
02-15-2008, 06:48 PM
I would rock this car is Chevy brought it over from there world market. Its a Chevy Vectra with a turbo 2.8 V6.

BigAls87Z28
02-15-2008, 06:55 PM
I would rock this car is Chevy brought it over from there world market. Its a Chevy Vectra with a turbo 2.8 V6.

Also known as the Opel Vectra OPC aka Saturn Aura. The 2.8T motor can be found on the smaller and lighter 9-3, and will make 280hp with XWD.
The Vectra name will go away soon, and will be known as Insigna and the Aura will be an exact replica.

87GTA
02-15-2008, 09:16 PM
GM should sell this in america but it is only sold in Canada!! i think it looks better then the aveo! it's called the PONTIAC WAVE!


http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/knight2000_2008/pontiacwave2.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/knight2000_2008/pontiacwave3.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/knight2000_2008/pontiacwave4.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/knight2000_2008/pontiacwave5.jpg

Knipps
02-15-2008, 09:49 PM
GM should sell this in america but it is only sold in Canada!! i think it looks better then the aveo! it's called the PONTIAC WAVE!

:barf: why?

87GTA
02-15-2008, 11:10 PM
:barf: why?

it looks alot better than the aveo and i think is more appealing!

BigAls87Z28
02-15-2008, 11:47 PM
Its an Aveo with twin port grills....driving excitement...

chemicalstylez
02-16-2008, 10:16 AM
Are these cars safe at all? I would fear for my life driving in these little things lol.

Savage_Messiah
02-16-2008, 12:33 PM
Are these cars safe at all? I would fear for my life driving in these little things lol.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s

That's for the smart car but at the end they crash another litle subcompact and the results are pretty much the same

V
02-18-2008, 01:02 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s

That's for the smart car but at the end they crash another litle subcompact and the results are pretty much the same


holy dam! the smart took out more than half the benz's engine compartment