Ford Fiesta News
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Norwegian rally driver Mads Østberg has entered the record books by completing the longest jump on snow, smashing his previous record set last year. The 25-year-old piloted a current Ford Fiesta WRC car up a ramp and over a distance of 60.48 meters (198.4 feet) to secure the record. In the approach to the ramp, Østberg’s Fiesta WRC reached speeds of up to 90 mph. As the video shows, his co-driver, Jonas Andersson, was also in the car. Fortunately, the duo made it to the other side unharmed. The stunt occurred at Norway’s largest ski resort located in Trysil. As noted...
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2014 Ford Fiesta ST Priced From $22,195
Ford quietly posted pricing for the 2014 Fiesta models on its website, and that includes the hot hatchback ST model. If you're planning on buying the Fiesta ST, you'll need to find at least $22,195 in the couch cushions, and that's before options. Here's a quick refresher course on the 2014 Fiesta...
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Ford Fiesta ST Heads To Global RallyCross Championship
Ford will be using Thursday’s 2013 Chicago Auto Show to announce an expanded lineup for this year’s Global RallyCross Championship, where the automaker will also debut the new Fiesta ST Global RallyCross race car that it hopes will continue to see it victorious in the new season. The...
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2014 Ford Fiesta ST Preview: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
When Ford showed the Fiesta ST Concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year, we all knew it was only a matter of time before a production model made its debut. And one year later, at this year's 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, that is exactly what is happening as Ford has announced the new 2014...
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Ford Previews WRC Wales Rally Great Britain: Video
Our executive editor Marty Padgett is traipsing about the English countryside today, behind the wheel of the Subaru BRZ and on the grounds of the Goodwood Revival--but that's not the only significant motorsports happening going on in the U.K. this week. WRC is back for the Wales Rally Great...
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2014 Ford Fiesta Preview: 2012 Paris Auto Show
Sales of Ford’s entry-level Fiesta have started to wean off the highs of last year now that the slightly larger Focus has landed, but a significant update to the car being introduced for the 2014 model year should help remedy things. Set to debut later this month at the 2012 Paris Auto Show...
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If you're not already intimately familiar with the wondrously insane human-car activity known as rally, this video should get you hooked. If you are familiar, it's just a great two-minute break in your day. Having gone through something similar--though much slower--ourselves, we'd gladly repeat the experience, despite it being one of the most frightening, physically and mentally stressful, and utterly bonkers things we've done. The scenes and (mercifully un-soundtracked) sounds you see here are from helmet-mounted cameras strapped to Ken Block testing the Fiesta RS WRC for Rally Finland.
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2014 Ford Fiesta Spy Shots
Ford’s Fiesta hatchback and sedan has only been on sale in the U.S. for a bit over two years but Europeans have been buying it up since the middle of 2008. Now that it’s 2012 the car is due for a mid-cycle facelift and right on cue prototypes have been spotted undergoing testing around...
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2014 Ford Fiesta Sedan Spy Shots
The 2014 Ford Fiesta is already well on its way, bringing mild updates to both the hatchback and sedan alike. These are the first spy shots of the updates to the 2014 Fiesta sedan, and they show a similar path of progress to the hatchback caught on camera earlier this year. You might be wondering...
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Mads Østberg Sets New World Snow Jump Record: Video
Norwegian rally driver Mads Østberg has set a new (unofficial) world record for jumping a car on snow.
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2013 Ford Fiesta ST Live Photos: 2012 Geneva Motor Show
Geneva marked the debut of the hottest car in Ford's Fiesta range, the sporty ST model. Based on the three-door Fiesta on sale in Europe, the Fiesta gains a 177-horsepower EcoBoost four-cylinder, and aggressive styling influenced by the upcoming Focus ST. Ford has honed the chassis on the...
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2013 Ford Fiesta ST Debuts At 2012 Geneva Motor Show
Powered by an EcoBoost engine and displaying aggressive styling, Ford is taking the Fiesta subcompact to a new level with the ST model due in 2013. Due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the new 2013 Ford Fiesta ST has had its chassis and engine developed on the famous Nürburgring...
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Jari-Matti Latvala isn't exactly a household name in the U.S. unless that household happens to be chock full of rally nuts, but this video should bring him one step closer. The footage shows the 2012 Ford Fiesta RS WRC in testing as the team preps for the return of the Rallye Monte Carlo to the 2012 WRC calendar. The Monte Carlo event had been off the schedule for the past three years, but last summer, the WRC confirmed it would be back for 2012. During the interim, Monte Carlo hosted the International Rally Challenge in the WRC event's place. Ford's testing, brought to us via Best of Rally...
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Guilty Pleasure: Ford Fiesta Mark I
Last week, I was torn between the Pinto Cruising Wagon and the early Fiesta Ghia for the week's Guilty Pleasure, and went with the Pinto because millions of Yurpeans still love the early Fiesta. That makes this pleasure less guilty… or does it? The Fiesta was Ford's first real postwar shot...
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Ken Block Reviews 2011 Through The Lens Of His GoPro: Video
Sure, Ken Block's rally/gymkhana Fiesta is probably the most over-exposed four-wheel-drive vehicle on the Internet, but there's a reason: it's the mud, snow, smoke, and gravel-slingingest thing with a love for the camera. This video recaps Block's rather adventurous 2011, though with fewer crashes...
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Ford Teases Fiesta-Based Crossover, U.S. Launch A Possibility
Ford will show a new B segment crossover at January's Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi, India. Based on the Ford Fiesta, the new global vehicle will be targeted at emerging markets.
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Ford Commits To WRC Through 2013, Latvala And Solberg For 2012
The World Rally Championship doesn't get much in the way of U.S. air time, but it nonetheless supports a rabid fan base. U.S. fans will be happy to know Ford has confirmed its presence in WRC through 2013 today, campaigning the Fiesta RS WRC under the revised rules. Lead driver Jari-Matti Latvala...
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2014 Ford Fiesta-Based Crossover Spy Shots
MINI's Countryman is currently alone in the tiny-crossover segment, but it won’t be for long as these images of a Ford Fiesta-based crossover foretells a coming production car. Riding high but exhibiting a similar rakish profile to the Fiesta hatchback, the new compact crossover from Ford is...
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Ken Block has teamed up with Hot Wheels to launch a new line of cars based on Block's Ford Fiesta rally and gymkhana cars.
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MINI To Offer Turnkey B-Spec Race Cars For 2012
MINI has announced the development of a B-Spec race car based on the MINI Cooper hardtop. The car will be available from MINI of Charleston prior to the start of the 2012 season.
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Ken Block Tests The Ford Fiesta RS WRC On Gravel: Helmet Cam Video
In preparation for the 2011 Wales Rally, Ken Block and navigator Alex Gelsomino shake down the Ford Fiesta RC WRC on gravel roads in the Welsh countryside.
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Ford Fiesta ST Five-Door Concept: 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Preview
Sorry, folks. If you thought the production Fiesta ST would be unveiled in Los Angeles following its Frankfurt Auto Show concept debut, you were wrong. Instead, we get another look at the concept--with two bonus doors. Aside from the 5-door layout of the new concept, it's almost identical to the...
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Ford Fiesta B-Spec Race Car: 2011 SEMA Live Photos
The B-Spec field continues to flesh out, now with live images of Ford's entry into the compact racing series. We have live images of the car from the 2011 SEMA show, just weeks after it finished its first official group test with other B-Spec racers. Those other B-Spec racers include the Honda Fit...
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2012 Ford Fiestas By Hot Wheels: 2011 SEMA Live Photos
The 2012 Team Hot Wheels Ford Fiestas look like the cars we had as kids, but they're life-sized and ready for some track action thanks to a host of Ford Racing accessories. Specifically, a Ford Racing suspension and exhaust give the 2012 Fiesta some growl and prowl, while the 18-inch Motegi Racing...
Nelson Ireson