Today's thing rarely seen

by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 05/09/2017 at 14:42

Tags: Ford ; Fiesta
STARS: 5

Facelifted Mk1 (or Mk2 depending on how you name it) Fiesta.

In trivia news this was the first model available as an automatic. It used (in small numbers) a CVT which Ford shared with Fiat. It didn’t go well for either maker.

It was also the first Fiesta to get the option of a five speed manual and a diesel (yes, you could get both, the diesels were five speed only).

Power steering had to wait a while longer.

Replies (3)

"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
05/09/2017 at 15:19, STARS: 1

Lets just call it a 2nd gen model to stop the arguments!

There’s one around here I see all the time, a late F reg (so 88/89) 1.4 Ghia in a lovely shade of metallic dark red, is mint and driven by someone who doesn’t look any older than 30. 

"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
05/09/2017 at 18:04, STARS: 0

Tom Tjaarda’s design for the original Fiesta was elegant, crisp and distinctive. And then Ford did this to it.

I wonder if the person responsible for the 1983 Fiesta facelift was the same one who totally destroyed the charm of Uwe Bahnsen’s Mk 4 Escort?

"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
05/09/2017 at 18:25, STARS: 0

Correction: obviously I intended to say Mk3 Escort.