Looks like one of the wicked, 800 horsepower Ford Fiestas went for broke and succeeded at last weekend’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The car, piloted by none other than rally guru Andrea Eriksson went four-wheel sideways off the course, landing in a small gully below. Both Eriksson and his copilot are fine and eventually [...]
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The Fiesta Movement takes a new turn at the end of the month when rally prepped versions of the coming-soon-to-America Ford Fiesta enter the fourth running of the X Games Rally Super Special at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Three Fords go into battle with the ubiquitous Subaru Imprezas and Mitsubishi EVOs. The [...]
Maybe so, Fiends. Good Dr. Lieberman over at WebRidesTV has unearthed an interesting category on the car’s option sheet. Simply labeled “Turbo Kit,” no one knows exactly what the deal is. Sure, we know Ford’s itching for up to 90 percent of its fleet to boast Ecoboost (direct injection + turbo), but if the Blue [...]
The Fiesta Movement is underway. In case you’ve been living under a rock or aren’t part of the Facebook/Twitter generation the Fiesta Movement is Ford’s innovative way of introducing the 2010 Ford Fiesta by putting 100 Euro spec cars in the hands of influencers. The “agents” get possession of a car, free gas and insurance [...]
The new Ford Fiesta that the interwebs are all abuzz about just debuted in rally cross form at the first round of the European Rally Cross championship Lydden Hill in the UK. The car pictured here is built and run by Sweden based MSE/Ford TeamRS and piloted by European Rally Cross champion, Andreas Erikkson. While [...]
Ford has finally brought its newest global effort to our shores. Around 100 Ford Fiestas rolled off of a cargo ship yesterday, proving Ford intends to fulfill its promise to plop the Euro-spec five-doors in the hands of 100 Web-savvy folk for six whole months. We’ll go ahead and tell you now, Levy and I [...]
German tuner Loder1899 has taken a shine to Ford’s new Fiesta. The company just unleashed a line of dress-up kits for the fuel-sipping FoMoCo, including a front lip, side skirts and rear valance. There’s also a quad exhaust system that we don’t quite understand (that’s one tip per cylinder). Still, the lowering springs and 17 [...]
And it’s coming our way as soon as early 2010. That’s just a shade over a year from now. Ford has been selling the newest generation Fiesta in Europe for two months now and the car’s absolutely taking off. There’s little wonder as to why, too. The Fiesta packs a stylish exterior, decent gusto (can [...]
