28/08/2008 01:26. The American market is clamoring for smaller, more fuel-efficient
cars. Ford may have just delivered with the 2009 Fiesta . The UK's AutoExpress says the Fiesta "is going to turn heads with its large, swept-back
headlamps, steeply rising waist and high-mounted rear lights." What
might impress U.S. buyers who remember the feature-free Ford
Fiestas of the 1980s, is that the new model has "lots of features
more commonly seen in big cars. Our range-topping Titanium model
had optional keyless start, cruise control, a trip computer,
powered mirrors, automatic lights and wipers, plus five airbags --
but no sat-nav, even as an option."
Edmunds says that the Fiesta marks a change in Ford's operating
philosophy: "Mother Ford has finally decided that the most
profitable way to build cars is to... //
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