Few cars have so rich a history as the Ford Fiesta. This is the seventh generation since its launch in 1976.
When some cars are launched, so discreet are the design changes over their predecessors that you wonder whether you’re looking at a mild facelift of the earlier model. Not so this Ford Fiesta, which is as distinctive as the previous version was not.
Ford says it is its most significant supermini yet, representing as it does the rebirth of the global car; that means Fiestas sold in Europe will be ostensibly the same as those sold in the Americas and those in Asia and the Pacific rim.
Predictably for a car that has become the UK’s top seller, the range is vast, overlapping the Ka at the bottom and the Focus at the top.
Engines include 1.25 (in two power outputs), 1.4 and 1.6 petrols and 1.4 and 1.6 diesels. Trim levels are the familiar Studio, Edge, Zetec and Titanium, all of which are available on the in three- or five-door models. There’s also the low CO2 Econetic models to look out for.
