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Report: Ford canceling Fiesta RS

 
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The lamentations of American hatch fans - as few as they may be - over the unfairness of Europe's bounty are legendary. But soon it's European hatch fans that may be sobbing, mourning the stillbirth of Ford's tiniest hot hatch, the Fiesta RS.

The initial report, sourced by an interview of Jost Captio of Ford's Team RS in the UK's evo Magazine, indicates that the Blue Oval is canning the car before it's even been built. The reasons are of the typical mundane: it's expensive, times are tough, and there's no business case for it.

But fans of fast and flickable front-drivers are not concerned with such frippery as profit and 'corporate responsibility'. They want their hot hatches, and we're inclined to agree with them.

Fortunately, there's no official confirmation of the talk yet, so there's still a flicker of hope that the little car will just be delayed, not killed off entirely. If it is built, expect to see it sometime after 2010, sporting something in the neighborhood of 200hp (149kW) from a 2.0L turbo four.

And even if the Fiesta RS is canceled, there's still the factory-performance Mountune version and the Fiesta Zetec S 'performance' hatch it's based on as well, so all is not lost. The standard Fiesta is headed to the U.S., with the first samples already in port, and it could even bring with it the Zetec S variant, so lament not too bitterly, American hatch lovers. There is hope for you yet as well.
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Comments (7)

  1. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 3/30/2009 3:42pm PDT

    Knew that would happen
     
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  2. ma_NaBUru38 avatar NaBUru38 Posted: 3/30/2009 7:50pm PDT

    I place my chips on a 1.4L turbocharged petrol engine.
     
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  3. ma_Harry710 avatar Harry710 Posted: 3/30/2009 8:56pm PDT

    Ford Focus Hatchback... where is it?
    Do they want to make money... no!
    I would love a hatchback. a Mazda... a VW...
    Atleast they own Mazda?
     
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  4. ma_gazzed avatar gazzed Posted: 3/30/2009 10:12pm PDT

    They need to focus on selling more regular Fiestas.
     
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  5. ma_azlan avatar azlan Posted: 3/31/2009 4:39am PDT

    most people these days want a small car but still want some luxury... i think they should make a fiesta with a real nice interior... leather, nicer materials other than woose plastic... i dunno. haha
     
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  6. ma_NaturalD avatar NaturalD Posted: 6/23/2009 4:04pm PDT

    car dealers are required to put a energy label next to their cars in the show room, for more info:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_energy_label

    in the netherlands it's a very importand issue, proffesional lease drivers now aim for les than 140gr/km in order to get a 80% tax cut.

    the actual table by the tax administration (Belasting dienst, subject: bijtelling):
    petrol til 111 g/km 14% /(86% tax cut)
    petrol from 111 till 140 g/km 20%/...
    petrol til 141 g/km 25%
    diesel till 96 g/km 14%
    diesel from 96 till 116 g/km 20%
    diesel from 117 g/km 25%

    be prepared to get a simular system in the U.S.
    (you wil get intrested in CO2, pretty soon)
     
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  7. By  buy carte sd Posted: 1/18/2010 11:59pm PST

    Ford turns their back on a hot-hatch (Fiesta or the current pos Focus) and I turn my back to them. That one looks funny anyway the regular Fiesta looks better IMO.
     
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