Ford ’s small car has been discussed here many times in the past ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). The new small car from the American auto giant (maybe that title isn’t appropriate anymore) will be announced by mid-2010.
Ford’s new car will come in both petrol/diesel and hatchback/sedan variants. It will be Ford’s entry level car in India and will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Chennai where vehicles like the hugely successful Fiesta and Ikon are currently manufactured.
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Ford Motor Company today announced the new Ford Fiesta small car for North America will be produced at the company`s transformed Cuautitlán Assembly Plant beginning in early 2010 and a sporty European hatchback model is being added to the North American lineup alongside the popular sedan.
Transformation of the facility near Mexico City begins this year, as the plant is converted from its current production of F-Series pickups for the Mexican market to small cars for all of North America... Read Full Story
By Chris Haak
02.15.2008
Just over two weeks before its official unveiling at the Geneva Auto Show, Ford has released images of the production Ford Fiesta for Europe. Ford's designers managed to keep the production Fiesta remarkably close to the Verve concept shown in Frankfurt last year (and similar also to the Verve sedan concept shown in Detroit last month).
Ford chose an extremely dull
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Almost certainly the new Fiesta for the rest of the world, but what will it be called in America? By Brendan Moore 01.13.2008 Ford has pulled the wraps off the four-door version of their Verve concept here in Detroit. This is the sedan version of the hatchback coupe previously shown to the press in Europe, and the model that we will probably be getting here in the States in 2010. Ford is also showing the three-door here in Detroit, trying to figure out if enough Americans have gotten over... Read Full Story
By Chris Haak 01.16.2008 Monday morning in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show, Lincoln revealed its MKT crossover concept. (Yes, another crossover introduction at the auto show!) The MKT is based on the architecture of the Ford Flex, but instead of the Flex's intentional boxiness, the MKT uses swoopy styling. According to Peter Horbury, executive director of Design, The Americas, "We envisioned this concept as a modern grand tourer, really a Learjet of the road." The... Read Full Story
By Andy Bannister 01.03.2008 Anyone reading this website recently might think Ford of Europe is a paragon of virtue, with praise heaped on a variety of vehicles like the new Mondeo, S-Max and even the Transit Connect van. Allow me, then, to redress the balance by presenting to you one of the Blue Oval’s less successful European initiatives, the Fusion. Despite sharing the same name, the Fusion available in Europe has nothing to do with the North American sedan of the same name, which for all... Read Full Story
Jaguar's dormant luxury marque By Andy Bannister 10.18.2007 Mention the name Daimler to most luxury car buyers and chances are they will think of Daimler-Benz, manufacturer of Mercedes automobiles and formerly in bed with Chrysler. Another unrelated Daimler exists in England, however, and some (though few) cars are still sold under that badge, but its existence is so obscure that most people are unaware of it. This was not so once, for in its heyday Daimler of Coventry, founded in 1896, was... Read Full Story
By Brendan Moore 12.13.2007 A year ago Ford was talking bravely about bringing over more of their class-leading small cars to sell here in the States, but the dizzying descent of the dollar against the euro (and everything else) seems to have put paid to that idea. And in the mix of the vehicles that we won’t be seeing here anytime soon is the Ford Tranist Connect, a very tough little commercial van made in Ford’s plant in Turkey. The van is sold all through Europe and is powered by several... Read Full Story
But how much pain will there be before the payoff? By Alex Ricciuti 08.26.2008 It's no surprise that Ford CEO Alan Mulally wants to help save Ford's domestic operations in their home market by bringing in more products developed in Europe. After all, Ford (along with GM) has to hear the criticism ad nauseum that they don't have competitive products in the marketplace when they definitely do so here in Europe. So what's the solution? Just ship 'em over. I have my doubts about how easy it is... Read Full Story
Virtually all there is to know currently about the upcoming Ford Fiesta By Igor Holas 10.23.2007 See earlier coverage of the next Fiesta HERE As the eighth-generation Fiesta is nearing production, we are finding out more about the various aspects of this revolutionary new project. Currently, there are three virtually unique versions of the Fiesta offered around the globe: German-developed European and Global Fiesta, Australian-developed Asian / Indian Fiesta, and Brazilian-developed South... Read Full Story
