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#1443491 - 04/23/09 08:03 PM New small Ford
tig1 Offline


Registered: 01/03/09
Posts: 2989
Loc: Illinois
In 2011 Ford comes here with a new small car.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/auto/index.html
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#1443511 - 04/23/09 08:23 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: tig1]
Quattro Pete Offline


Registered: 10/30/02
Posts: 7815
Loc: Illinoistan
We had an '88 Fiesta in the family when I first got my license. I used to have a lot of fun with that car, despite only having a 1.1-liter engine. :)
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#1443513 - 04/23/09 08:25 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: tig1]
beermanj Offline


Registered: 01/14/08
Posts: 23
Loc: USAF Academy, Colorado
I hope that car does good for them. I want to drive it when arrives here. We'll see.
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#1443516 - 04/23/09 08:26 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: Quattro Pete]
bretfraz Offline


Registered: 06/21/02
Posts: 2420
Loc: Atlanta, GA
I've run into a few people on the web who have them now. Ford NA imported a handful and loaned them to various people active on the web. One guy is a Focus enthusiast, another write for a car blog, people like that. They've shown up at Cars & Coffee in Orange County.
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#1443576 - 04/23/09 09:37 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: bretfraz]
firemachine69 Offline


Registered: 04/29/08
Posts: 1627
Loc: Sudbury, ON, Canada
Old news, and if all goes as planned, I should be one of the first consumers in Canada to test-drive one.
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#1443604 - 04/23/09 10:25 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: firemachine69]
TylerL Offline


Registered: 11/19/07
Posts: 245
Loc: Mishawaka, IN
According to fiestamovement.com 4000 people applied to be test drivers but only 100 will get a Fiesta for six months. You had to be at least 21 to enter, I'm only 20.

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#1443705 - 04/24/09 12:55 AM Re: New small Ford [Re: TylerL]
firemachine69 Offline


Registered: 04/29/08
Posts: 1627
Loc: Sudbury, ON, Canada
I'm 23 (going on 24 in June), but I'm actually using some "backdoors" to get at the wheel...
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#1443722 - 04/24/09 01:32 AM Re: New small Ford [Re: firemachine69]
crinkles Offline


Registered: 05/28/07
Posts: 3032
Loc: New South Wales
fugly little ford

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#1443785 - 04/24/09 06:18 AM Re: New small Ford [Re: crinkles]
rszappa1 Offline


Registered: 02/24/06
Posts: 1285
Loc: louisville ky
That is one ugly car...right up there with the smart car look...

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#1444308 - 04/24/09 04:33 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: rszappa1]
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Registered: 02/25/05
Posts: 1847
Loc: MS
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#1444472 - 04/24/09 07:42 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: Ben99GT]
fordboy Offline


Registered: 03/28/09
Posts: 272
Loc: Huron, Tn
They look cool, and get almost 40 mpg. But, how safe is it?




Read my slogan


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#1444475 - 04/24/09 07:44 PM Re: New small Ford [Re: fordboy]
OVERK1LL Offline


Registered: 04/28/08
Posts: 7669
Loc: Ontario, Canada
 Originally Posted By: fordboy
They look cool, and get almost 40 mpg. But, how safe is it?




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I think people might feel you are a touch biased ;\)

But of course I am too
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#1463832 - 05/14/09 01:02 AM Re: New small Ford [Re: OVERK1LL]
occupant Offline


Registered: 04/30/05
Posts: 257
Loc: Hill County, TX
There are too many ten to fifteen year old small cars on the road that get 40+mpg that I simply can't recommend anyone buy one of the new ones that strain to do better than 35mpg.

I'll take a SOHC 96-99 Saturn, a 1.5 liter 97-02 Mirage, a 1.6 liter 95-99 Sentra, or a 96-00 Civic HX over anything sold today. $1500-$3000 will buy one and that's a down payment on anything new. Save your car payment money for any repairs or upgrades or whatever.


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#1464006 - 05/14/09 09:16 AM Re: New small Ford [Re: occupant]
eljefino Offline


Registered: 06/15/03
Posts: 8485
Loc: maine
Remember the "new EPA" math sabotages highway MPG by ~30% compared to what you could pull at 55 mph with the AC off.

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#1464095 - 05/14/09 10:26 AM Re: New small Ford [Re: eljefino]
Dyoel182 Offline


Registered: 07/23/05
Posts: 1345
Loc: Texas
I wanna meet these EPA drivers and knee them all in the groin. They need to hire regular folks to do their regular routes instead of trying to guess how regular people drive.

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