Tag: Fiesta

04 APR

Report: Chevrolet to kill Sonic, Ford to end Fiesta and Taurus

These are grim times for car sales in the United States as crossovers, SUVs and pickups command the attention of buyers, and now a report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that General Motors and Ford are both planning to axe slow-selling nameplates from their lineups. The report suggests that Chevrolet will end production of […]

01 NOV

2017 Ford Fiesta Hatchback Automatic Review: Last Call?

– What It Is: Globally, the Ford Fiesta is one of the brand’s most successful nameplates. It debuted in 1976 and quickly became a staple of the subcompact segment, at least outside the United States. Although the Fiesta has been sold continuously for more than 40 years overseas, it has spent much less time in […]

15 SEP

Next-generation Ford Fiesta ST won't be sold in America

It looks like the Fiesta ST‘s, and normal Fiesta‘s, days are numbered. According to CarBuzz, the director of Ford Performance in Europe said the newest version of Ford’s littlest hot hatch won’t come to the United States. His response implied that the normal Fiesta isn’t coming to America, and because of that, it would be […]

09 AUG

2017 Ford Fiesta ST in Depth: Raucous, Racy, and Rewardingly Hasty

– The pint-sized Ford Fiesta ST revs up more smiles per minute than a Hoonigan parking-lot party. Its sport-tuned suspension and six-speed-manual-only gearbox can make amateur drivers believe they’ve found a new day job. A 197-hp turbocharged inline-four feeds the front wheels, and a brake-based torque-vectoring system aids agility. Recaro sport seats and blacked-out rims […]

02 AUG

2017 Ford Fiesta ST Tested: Here’s Hoping This Isn’t Goodbye

– Next year, the Ford Fiesta ST, one of our favorite hot hatchbacks, undergoes a redesign and surgery to remove one of the four cylinders from its engine. Early indications are that this change isn’t reductive: The three-cylinder, 2018 Fiesta ST still will pack the same 197 horsepower as today’s four-cylinder model. Gauging the side […]

24 JUL

Ford might not offer Fiesta in US in 2018

There’s evidence that Ford won’t be offering its all-new 2018 Fiesta hatchback for sale in the United States, following domestic consumer preference trends toward trucks and SUVs and away from fuel-efficient small cars. The website Carscoops reports that Fiesta program manager Robert Stiller told a Romanian automotive website that the new version of the hatchback […]