2011 Ford Fiesta

  • Euro-spec 2011 Ford Fiesta in New York City

    Well, it's over. After four days of driving across the eastern half on North America, splitting time between a manual-transmission Ford Fiesta SE and an automatic-transmission Fiesta SES. We have already covered each day in individual posts this week, and now it's time for a quick wrap-up. The tour started in Los Angeles and is traversing around the world in a time frame of just under 60 days. I joined the group in Detroit and we drove from southeast Michigan across Ontario to Niagara-On-The-Lake. Day two, we journied from there to Montreal with a lunch stop in Toronto, and then it was on to...

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    2011 Ford Fiesta World Tour Day Four

    Thanks to Hurricane Earl's impending arrival on the East Coast, we had to cut our 2011 Ford Fiesta World Tour a day short. Our final day began in Boston, and we spent the morning driving south to New York City by way of Connecticut. We were in New Jersey around lunch time, shooting pictures of the...

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    2011 Ford Fiesta Day Three

    This post will be short and sweet, since we have an early wake-up call for our drive from Boston to New York City tomorrow. We began the day in Montreal, stopping by the famous Schwartz's Deli before setting out for Montpelier, Vermont. In Montpelier, we explored the picturesque city--the smallest...

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    2011 Ford Fiesta World Tour Day Two: Misadventures In Montreal

    OK, that headline is misleading. I just wanted to get you to click. We didn't REALLY have any misadventures in Montreal, but our time here on this leg of the Ford Fiesta World Tour has been interesting nonetheless. We started the morning at Niagara-On-The-Lake in Ontario, Canada, and then...

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    2011 Ford Fiesta World Tour: Day One

    Ford keeps moving with the marketing for its Fiesta small car. After building buzz with the Fiesta Movement, the company has invited assorted media types to take part in a 57-day world tour, in which Fiestas are being driven around the world. This journalist hopped on board in Detroit, and I will...

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    2011 Ford Fiesta Shipments Resume After Floods, Parts Problems, And Plague of Locusts

    The eagerly awaited 2011 Ford Fiesta subcompact has had more than its share of challenges, but Ford wants you to know it has resumed shipping the little sedan and hatchback models. New ones should be showing up at your dealer within days. The latest issue was a problem in an unidentified part that...

  • 2011 Ford Fiesta

    The 2011 Ford Fiesta subcompact is one of the more eagerly awaited cars arriving in the U.S. market. Winning points for styling, equipment, and performance, it's Ford's first high-volume European car to be sold here. But eager buyers and test drivers will have to take a breath and wait for just a little longer. Ford said today that deliveries of the first Fiestas to its dealers will be delayed up to two weeks, blaming the delays on storm damage to railroads in northern Mexico. For North American markets, the Fiesta is assembled at the huge Ford complex in Cuautitlan, outside Mexico City. That...

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    Are Goals For 40-MPG 2011 Ford Fiesta Subcompact Too Ambitious?

    We're eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the 2011 Ford Fiesta, the first truly modern subcompact from Ford in many years. The greenest Fiesta is rated at 40 miles per gallon on the highway, and the car has been widely praised for its dynamic styling, the high-quality interior, and an array...

  • Euro-spec 2011 Ford Fiesta in New York City
    3 Green-Car Trends: Smaller Cars, More Turbos, Luxury Hybrids

    Everyone has opinions. But if you had to wrap up what's happening in green cars today by naming three trends, what would they be? The ever-eager publicists at auto-classified site AutoTrader.com sent us their list of three changes in the world of eco-friendly vehicles. We've reproduced them below...

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    2011 Ford Fiesta Gets Sync Voice Control for Smartphone Apps

    Well, you can't say Ford (NYSE:F) isn't pulling out all the stops to ensure the launch of its subcompact 2011 Ford Fiesta will be a smashing success. The last piece of news to trickle out of the Ford machine is that the 2011 Fiesta four-door sedan and five-door hatchback will be the first Fords to...

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    Update: Green Cars at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show

    Next month's North American International Auto Show in Detroit promises to be greener than ever before. That's a recognition that more fuel-efficient and smaller cars are a permanent part of the U.S. automotive landscape, but it's also desperation to fill space in a show that's losing exhibitors...

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