Witha thread recently put up about about the new ford Fiesta coming here in 2011, who remembers, or even owned, the original Fiesta Ford sold here in the 1970's?
I never for the life of me understood why Ford stopped selling that car. It was just what was needed with the second oil crisis of 1979, and even though they had their 'world car' Escort coming in 1981, it wouldn't have hurt them to have 2 fuel-sipping subcompacts available!
I remember in the late 1980's these cars, for a bit, had a real 'cult following' around them. They were expensive and hard to find; and you used to see them hopped up with mags and 'stinger exhausts' coming out the back. Even back then, you saw very few on the roads.
I don't think I've seen more than a couple on the road in the last 10 years....
I never for the life of me understood why Ford stopped selling that car. It was just what was needed with the second oil crisis of 1979, and even though they had their 'world car' Escort coming in 1981, it wouldn't have hurt them to have 2 fuel-sipping subcompacts available!
I remember in the late 1980's these cars, for a bit, had a real 'cult following' around them. They were expensive and hard to find; and you used to see them hopped up with mags and 'stinger exhausts' coming out the back. Even back then, you saw very few on the roads.
I don't think I've seen more than a couple on the road in the last 10 years....