Road TestCar reviews - Ford - Fiesta - LX 3-dr hatchFord modelsOverviewFord replaces its Korean-built Festiva light car with the sexy, German-built Fiesta22 Jul 2004 FORGET what you know about baby Fords. Its new Fiesta is the anti-Festiva, with crisp instead of curvy styling, decisive rather than diabolical dynamics and robust instead of ropey quality. But it isn’t a picnic in the light car class and the Fiesta has to really pull something out of its hat to sway buyers away from tiny tots as terrific as the Honda Jazz and Mazda2. Model release date: 1 April 2004 to 1 March 2006 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelFord's 2004 WP Fiesta light car effectively replaces the forgettable Festiva sold here between 1991 and 2000 - although the three-door Ka was also swung into Ford's light car duty between November 1999 and December 2003. The WA-series, Kia-built Festiva sold between 1991 and 1994, but the marginally better WB/WF-series - sold between 1994 and 2000 - is Fiesta's most direct predecessor. The last WF iteration appeared here in January 1998, including a $15,390 Trio three-door (with 47kW/100Nm 1.3 and three-speed auto), plus $18,740 GLXi five-door and $16,740 Trio S three-door variants, each with a 56kW/115Nm 1.5. |
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