2008 Ford Fiesta Sedan revealed
November 20, 2007 by Matt Brogan
Following the news yesterday of the Mazda2 sedan (or Demio in Japan) comes news of Ford’s Verve sedan, known to us here as Fiesta.
The Mondeo-esque sedan is destined at this stage for the Asian market and is unlikely to make an appearance here in Australia.
The frameless doors and 20-inch rims are also unlikely to make it to the production version, but the concept is otherwise a said to be true representation of Ford’s design philosophy and a look at what’s to come from the Ford family in exterior styling.
A mini SUV will also be added to the line up making three models in all (Hatch, Sedan & SUV). Expect to see this released at the Detroit Motor Show in January.
Love the look. I can’t believe a small car could look so good. Would love to see it in the metal.
Ford should get off its backside and fast track this here. This is why there range is old and bland as they have same same looking cars. The Mondeo looks nice and yet is still behind new Mazda 6 – FORD LIFT YA GAME!
Other than the fact that it looks like they smudged the headlights, that looks great! How that design is related to the Fiesta I have no idea :P
Very sleek!!!!!
Its the replacement for our current fiesta, due around 2009 and rumours persist the fiesta name will be replaced with ‘verve’
By 2009, new falcon, heavily facelifted focus (including DSG auto for the XR5!) new verve…Ford will be much more desirable.
It’s nice, but it looks really big for a small car, it looks about Mondeo size.
It may appear big, but it’s nowhere near mondeo size!
I reckon it’s a really good looking small car, hope we get it here, bring some class to the small car line-up.
I see a ford revolution! Must be the influence of Mazda perhaps? hmmm…
Ford’s UK design studio is on a roll.
I agree, think it looks terrific, very Mondeo. Wonder if new Focus and Falcon will share this theme moving forward to make the entire line up look similar?
In a way it’s a bit of a BMW idea, 1,3,5 & 7 all share a similar common styling theme – perhaps that’s what Ford is emulating.
I saw this advertised last nigh, I switched the channel to it and it was only on screen half a second and i said “Aston Martin!”.
The front end definitly takes its cues for AM, though the bum is were it is itself.
Yep, first thing that clicked to my head when i saw the picture is aston martin. The grill, the low gradient slope of the bonnet to windshield to roof, even the flared headlight assemblies relative to the bonnet. Very similar to the vanquish design.
Looks good but anyone else think that in the rear view picture the ass looks big?
It looks pretty good as a concept until, like most small sedans, you get to the boot. You reckon it looks big now? Wait till the show car’s 20″ rims get ditched for production’s fifteens or sixteens.
Other facets of the design are bound to be toned down as well. See how Iosis begat Mondeo.
hope the new focus sedan looks this hot too!
Looks really, really good. Much better than the current Fiesta. I’m sure the look will be toned down for the production version, but it’d be nice to see Ford grow some balls for once and keep it looking just like this.
Please tell me what other auto company produces concept cars that carry over completely intact to production models!? No one does.
Iosis concept was a very accurate sneak peak of how the real mondeo turned out…
Verve/fiesta will be the same.
Agreed Adam. The Mondeo concept was one of the closest pre-production examples we’ve seen yet. There’s no reason Verve won’t be the same, especially given the time available until full scale production will need to begin.
In the December issue of Wheels, they have a spyshot of the next Fiesta and it looks very similar to the Verve concept.
20″ wheels? Can’t be! But it looks better when in sedan form.
The article says 20″.
It looks awkward in my opinion, with some strange lines.
Furthermore, by the time it reaches production, it will bear only some similarity, which is a good thing, in my opinion.
it certainly works better than the sedan version of the mazda 2, I think it looks really good. Every article I’ve read about the released pictures says that it has 20″ wheels, but obviously expect that to drop down to 15 – 16 ” in the production model. It gives you a good idea of its size though
looks the same as that mazda 2 sedan