New Ford Fiesta 2008 Geneva Motor Show

By Alborz Fallah | March 05th, 2008

Ford Fiesta 2008 Geneva Motor Show

As expected, the new Fiesta takes its styling cues from the Verve Concept which first debuted back in August last year, whilst also blending design principles from the Mazda2 with which it shares its platform.

Western Europe will have their hands on the new Fiesta later this year, however the rest of Europe, Asia, South Africa, North America and Australia may have to wait until as late as 2010 for regionally tailored models to arrive.

Duck

You could perfectly replace that ford badge with a Hyundai badge easily!
chris

duck get a life
No Name

Chris – Duck was referring to the rear end looks and the similarity to the Hyundai i30 bum. He wasn’t saying it look cheapo if thats what got you.
Adam (aka Mada)

You could replace any badge on any new car and get confused…tired of hearing the same old argument that one new vehicle looks like the next.
Ford has a winner on it’s hands with the new fiesta, simple.
Cloud

would be whole different story if it’s build from Chinese company.
sigh…….
Prim

Its got the engineering and is matched by sporty ero looks. This is the most overhaul Ford has done since the first major update of the Fiesta back in 2003 or 04 (not sure exact dates). It looks great both in interior and exterior, should be a killer in the Australian market when it comes on sale.

Cheers
Prim
FORD MONDEO WINS AUSTRALIA’S BEST CARS

ONE WORD. SSSSSEEEEXXXXYYYYY SHOULD SELL TRUCK LOADS, GO FORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duck

Thank You No Name, Im saying that the car has got Hyundai styling in it!
FORD

You wish it did Duck, sorry your wrong again, have a look at the Hyundai up close at the rear and front doesn’t look anything like a Hyundai, the rear lights on the i30 is larger and funny looking, the Fiesta more neat and refined…..What a stunning looking car,

Go Ford !!!!!!!!!!!1
http://. Naughtyius Maximus

Iam confident under Allan Mullaly the CEO of Ford that we are seeing a dropping of rubbish designs and going to slick Euro inspired kinetic designs. This is clearly evident!
Duck

I just dont like the rear………….the rear lights and the front grill. (id rather have an i30. And yes its in a different category, but it just looks better………thats all!)
FORD

You wish it did Duck, sorry your wrong again, have a look at the Hyundai up close at the rear and front doesn’t look anything like a Hyundai, the rear lights on the i30 is larger and funny looking, the Fiesta more neat and refined…..What a stunning looking car, I WANT ONE. COME ON HURRY, BRING IT AUSTRALIA…..

Go Ford !!!!!!!!!!!1
Duck

IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE i30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im saying it has some korean styling1
FORD

NO, IT’S CALLED KINETIC STYLING WHICH IS EUROPEAN, THE i30 WISH IT WAS (TRY HARDS), THE NEW FIESTA IS A BREED FORD DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO A WORLD AUDIENCE, I KNOW IF YOUR A HOLDEN FAN TO DIGEST HOLDEN’S POOR EFFORT TO INCLUDE KOREAN SOURCED PRODUCTS IN THEIR LINE UP, DON’T PICK ON FORD OR COMPARE AGAINST INFERIOR MODELS BECAUSE THE FORD CARS ARE 1,000,000 TIMES BETTER…..

GO FORDS 1,2,3 AND JAMIE WHINCUP
Duck

I CAN YELL TOO YOU KNOW!!!!!!! IM WEARING MY HOLDEN SHIRT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! SO DONT GET ME PISSED OFF!! IF HOLDEN DO BRING OVER THE CORSA FROM EUROPE IT WILL BE BLOODY GOOD AS THE FIESTA OR BETTER! A GREAT COMPETITION IN EUROPE WOULD BE FORD FIESTA V OPEL CORSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FORD

GO GO FORD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Duck

Im not really talking about the race today anyway…………
Duck

Hey would i be wrong if i said that holden and ford use all the same parts in the car as each other (in V8 supercars only eg. clutch, gearbox etc)cause they modify them both alot! Like the V8 Super car falcon doesnt use the V8 5.4block like used in the falcon XR8 the V8 Supercar falcon uses a 5.0L engine instead. And would holdens engine be similar?
Mazda

what happened to the good looking concept ford started with. they lost the plot when finishing the styling.
And remember this ‘ford’ is a reskinned mazda2, just like the focus is a reskinned mazda3 without the style.
and the Ka (stupid name) is a reskinned Fiat 500

are there any REAL fords left?

the 60% australian FG-ly falcon with its mexican gearbox doesn’t count!
Wheelnut

Duck; engines in both cars are 5.0 litre Pushrod V8s which produce 620-700 Bhp.
The Gearboxes are either Hollinger H pattern Dog-boxes however; theay are gradually changing over to Sequential.
the Diff ratios are the same [depending upon circuit].
The brake rotors are the same make and size [24-48 vein] with similar 4-6 pot calipers.
suspension is also the same with multi-link suspension with watts linkage at the rear and a modified double wishbone set up at the front

So yeah it would appear that you are right
TP

Who skinned the cat, Ford are using completely different designs, they steer clear of rebadging and copying other makes, unlike some manufacturer’s around these days..

Go Ford !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oz.

good race.

Thats great because the idiots won’t be jumping around me tomorrow
Oz.

TP, now your talking!!!!!
Duck

Wheelnut,
can you please answer my question at the Opel Stand Artice (with the Opel GT)
adam

Dear ‘Mazda’,

The Fords are not ‘re-skinned’ Mazda’s, they both share the same platform. Oh and by the way, since manufacturers started out-sourcing their parts the majority of cars are basically made of the same stuff, an example of this is the current Rolls Royce using the same gearbox as the Aussie Falcon. I do prefer Fords only because they have a fantastic and comprehensive model range that has a family resemblance which can’t be said for Holden who have Opel grilles and Vauxhall grilles on cars in the same model range ie. Astra and Astra convertible and that is woeful in my opinion.