The end of the Ford Fiesta

Or an Insignia over a Mondeo because you can not get a Mondeo now lol. An Astra over a Focus. A real pity about the Focus as the original was so game changing. The brother had one a 5 door.

They lost there way do with the following generations. I really think once Ford started trying to be VW it all started to wrong for them. They should have stayed to being Ford, innovative and not afraid to rock the boat. They did come out with a few more gems like the S-Max and C-Max and the last two Mondeos but by then it was too little too late.

As for Vans anyone notice the latest VW Caddy is basically a Ford Transit Connect and looks so cheap. It does not look like a VW at all inside or outside. A pity as the Caddy used to be a great little van.

My first car.

I'm sure many people can say that..

My work got one of those new Caddy’s and it feels very VW inside, its got the software glitches just like a Golf, infuriatingly counterintuitive touch controls for things like lighting and heating too, and in VW tradition it has a 5 speed box with the 2.0 TDI engine detuned to 75bhp. Couldn’t be more of a VW. They also have Berlingo/Partner/Connect and to be fair the Caddy is miles ahead of those.

So what are Ford dealers going to be selling going forward? Puma, Kuga mustang E and a few commercials? I can understand them getting out of classes that are less popular but replacing them with nothing sounds like a road to oblivion. They really appear to be retracting to a North American only brand now.

I suppose if they sell one Mustang E it’s likely more profitable than several Fiestas

Bought 2 00 ones back in 2015 from a very elderly couple with the clutch burned out of both for 500 euro. They were planning on scrapping both of them! The first one was a 4 door Ghia with 65,000 mls on the clock, the second one was a 2 door paddy spec withe the 1.3 Endura pushrod engine..... The 2 door sold within days funny enough, sorry i didn't hold onto the Ghia!

The first one was a 4 door Ghia with 65,000 mls on the clock, the second one was a 2 door paddy

You mean 5 door. There was no 4 door Fiestas sold here as that would be the saloon version and I am not even sure if there was a saloon version of the Fiesta.

If there was it was properly sold in Turkey and other markets like that.

I know the Renault Clio was sold in saloon form in Turkey. I remember seeing one there.

Anyone know if there was a saloon version of the Fiesta?

Seems to be a very flawed and possible uniqe product development / marketing strategy. I'm not aware of any other successful manufacturer announcing the cessation of models in multiple segments without having replacements ready to launch.

I think it’s another sigh that Europe aren’t the key global market it once was. You can see that in the unpalatable designs premium German car makers are coming out that aren’t to European tastes.

Another factor with small cars that seem to not have been mentioned is this; a car is made up of multiple systems, climate control, safety, infotainment, drivetrain etc. as consumers have become more demanding the sophistication and cost of these systems on a €20k supermini is comparable to that on a €30k small family car, so aside from saving on 100-200kg of steel, why would you even bother building €20k cars now?

Just to close this off, a friend of mine brought one of their boxes back from the UK for me at Xmas. But despite it saying on their website it works with the Mark 8 Fiesta, it doesn't as that models is not on the list of cars on the box. So it's going back again for a refund.

You probably have but have you contacted them to make sure? Wouldn’t surprise me if they were using boxes they already had and newer maps / cars may be on their data base.

I did indeed. When I connected the box to my PC it downloaded an updated d/b of vehicles but still didn't include the Mk 8 Fiesta. It's a pita as I had a friend bring it back with from the UK at xmas & now am waiting on someone else travelling to London who's going to post it for me when they get there.

They still have it on their website saying it works of course. Once I get the refund, I'll see if anybody else is doing similiar.

I think this is the last Ford Fiesta!

They’re keeping the last two that came off the line. Sad to see it go.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/business/fetch-tissues-today-final-day-ford-fiesta-production

Ford fucked themselves over with reliability problems. The old Fiestas, MK1 and MK2 Mondeo's would go on forever, then from MK3 Mondeo they started bringing in planned obsolesce. They would just start falling apart at around 10 years old. The bonnet and boot release, window regulators, demisters etc, little but expensive things would all break and the cars got scrapped

The fiesta brought in small diesels and small turbo powered petrol engines with crap gear boxes that drove well for a few years and then blew up.