SRi05 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Don't think there's been a thread on this yet. Will no doubt be relaunched as an ugly SUV like the Puma in a few years. Quote Ford has announced the end of the UK's best selling car - the Fiesta. By the end of June next year, no more Fiestas are to be produced in the manufacturer's factory in Cologne, Germany. The Fiesta was the UK's best-selling car with 4,804,098 sold, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. It outpaced the Ford Escort, the second best-selling car in the UK, by more than one million sales. The car was consistently in the top five best-selling cars and was the number one between 2009 and 2020. More than 22 million have been produced globally since 1976 and the model has been sold in more than 50 countries. Since it was first sold in 1976 the car won numerous awards, including the 1978 British Design Council efficiency award and in 2002 Germany's prestigious Golden Steering Wheel award. Three new electric car models and four commercial vehicles will be launched in Europe by 2024, Ford said. The plans are part of the maker's aim to sell more than 600,000 electric vehicles in the region by 2026. The Fiesta holds a unique cultural significance in the UK as it was the first car for many, and a second car for many families, as car ownership rose from the 1990s to early 2000s. Its launch also coincided with the huge rise in British women driving and commuting as more joined the workforce. treehugger, CreepingJesus, davehedgehog31 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 It'll probably go like the Aygo. A stupid crossover thing that's just plain hideous (IMO). OM646 and treehugger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 I heard they had stopped making the 3dr version last year, was only a matter of time I supposed. I’ve never owned a Fiesta but I have driven plenty, All those moments now will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. lesapandre, Dan_ZTT, scruff and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan29 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63391466 Apparently they are also dropping the Focus, S-Max, and Galaxy, so the range will be: Puma Ecosport Kuga Tourneo Connect Tourneo Custom Mustang Mach-E Mustang Ford GT On 10/26/2022 at 10:33 AM, Aston Martin said: Yep. The Fez is dead. The Ford S-Max and Ford Galaxy MPVs will also be axed in April 2023.The Ford S-Max and Ford Galaxy MPVs will also be axed in April 2023. willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroller133 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Has 7 seater demand really fallen away? I'm happy with my Tourneo Custom, but many drivers won't have one due to basically being a van. goosey and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Stupid idea, not much wider than a fiesta will fit in the garage, means leaving it on the road. People will just switch to little Toyotas,etc. willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Still got my own. Still love it. Still not letting it go. Sign of the Times I guess. Still can't wrap my head around how all cars getting significantly bigger and heavier is the new age of efficiency and environmental responsibility, no matter what they run off. Ours functions as our family car and did Blackburn to Inverness in one hit this year with two adults, a 12 year old, a 9 year old and a boot full of luggage. 43mpg and comfy as fuck. What's not good about that? Edit for accuracy (2 hits to be fair. Stopped just outside Glasgow for a wee and a brew) junkyarddog, Shite Ron, Missy Charm and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Great idea Ford, in these austere times stop making a small(ish), affordable(ish) car and the production line can be turned over for some other 2.5 Tonne behemoth that makes 20% profit per unit. Is that a green way of doing business, must be it'll be an EV. HMC, Shite Ron, ProgRocker and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 46 minutes ago, Stroller133 said: Has 7 seater demand really fallen away? I'm happy with my Tourneo Custom, but many drivers won't have one due to basically being a van. Grand Scenic Grand Picasso Kia Carens Vauxhall Zafira already gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 they are stopping making cars, ordinary cars only building stupid electrric or hybrid things, the fezza did a job, okay it grew over the years, it just shows the modern industry orr what it is, vehicles that dont know what they are. its put them out of rallying and touring cars too warren t claim and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Sad really . All pretty good reliable decent cars for there time . Big Car on YT has done an interesting video on the life of the fiesta and towards the end shows the sales figures falling away quite dramatically. Ford are there to make money so they have to do what they have to do to keep the lights on I guess . AnnoyingPentium and goosey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris667 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 I don't feel any great sense of loss for modern Fiestas. They are so big and refined. Not the car that made them popular. All modern cars seem to have a thyroid problem. I think the Ka was the last car they made that was the right size. My first car was a Fiesta. Mk1, 1100cc in Daytona Yellow. Bought it for £50, sold it for £100. The engine mountings broke every couple of weeks so I used to pretend I was driving a muscle car and used to rev it so the engine smack the top of the bonnet at lights. Great fun! Sold it to someone that used it in a ramraid to steal a cash machine. Took quite a lot of explaining when the police turned up at my mum and dad's. RIP little car. AnnoyingPentium and Dan_ZTT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Sad really. Once the country's most popular car for years running, suddenly becomes a thing of history. I think everyone's got some form of memory involving a Fiesta! ETCHY and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 My dad only ever bought older interesting stuff when we were kids. The only nearly new car we ever had was an 86 xr2. Bought 12 months old from Quicks in Bury. C678FBU if memory serves. God we thought we were the bollocks 😆. Great car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 42 minutes ago, chris667 said: I think the Ka was the last car they made that was the right size. The later Ka (Ka+?) was hardly small, however. They're actually slightly larger than a Mk4 Polo if my quick check on t'web is to be believed. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said: The later Ka (Ka+?) was hardly small, however. They're actually slightly larger than a Mk4 Polo if my quick check on t'web is to be believed. The Ka+ was not intended as a direct replacement for the previous Ka (the one that shared components with the Fiat 500) though, like the EcoSport it was initially designed with the South American market in mind. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 My mk 1 fiesta is up for sale 2500. I'll do an ad later bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 hours ago, 5speedracer said: Great idea Ford, in these austere times stop making a small(ish), affordable(ish) car and the production line can be turned over for some other 2.5 Tonne behemoth that makes 20% profit per unit. Is that a green way of doing business, must be it'll be an EV. Less people want the Fiesta. They go to their local Ford showroom and decide they’d rather have a Puma instead. Affordable? The Fiesta retails at over £20,000 for the base model at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 2 hours ago, MJK 24 said: Affordable? The Fiesta retails at over £20,000 for the base model at the moment. This. I was wasting time waiting for SWMBO and Mutha_Outlaw while they were at some craft fair thing just pre-covid lockdown bollocks, and wandered into a Ford showroom, I was straight with the bored looking salesman, and said I wasn't buying, but how much would it cost for a Bader-spec Fiesta. Yeah, over 20k as the autobox isn't available until a mid-range spec. I'm sure Pumas have nicked some sales fo'sho' but I'd like to think that there's other people who baulk at the idea of spunking over 20 large on a FIESTA. It's been a popular car here, my ex had a Mk1 1100L in Dove Grey, then a Mk2 1100 Ghia in metallic blue; Stepdaughter_Outlaw had a Mk2 1100L in Silver and a couple of cars later had @sporty-shite's 1.25 Zetec, which @Rave bought off me. SWMBO had a Mk1 (pre-me, think it was bright green, she can't remember what engine) then later despite my protests a 08 plate 1600 Ghia Automatic, which went like fuckery, but drank like Georgie Best. Stepson_Outlaw has had 4 IIRC, 2 silver Mk2s (one was an XR2, can't remember what the other one was) then more recently 2 last-shape Zetecs, one red, one blue on Ford Employee Scheme. @Nev had a blue MK1 van for a while, early 90's lots of XR2 bits on it, and around 2010 had a black 08 plate ST (for about ten minutes). To be honest, I'd my preferences would be for the older ones, but they've all done being AN CAR very well. sporty-shite and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Bit sad really, i learnt to drive in my mums yellow Mk1 W reg 1.1 and the driving instructor I used had an brand new F reg Mk2, only car I'd ever driven until i passed my test. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 6 hours ago, MJK 24 said: Less people want the Fiesta. They go to their local Ford showroom and decide they’d rather have a Puma instead. Affordable? The Fiesta retails at over £20,000 for the base model at the moment. I paid £3850 for a new 1.1L in 1982. That wasn’t base but would be way below today’s base as well as effectively being a class below as it was much smaller then . Anyway that would be just over £16k allowing for inflation , so it’s a bit overpriced but not as much as “£20k for a base Fiesta?!” would have you believe. Dan29 and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I think the ‘I wouldn’t pay £20,000 for a FIESTA’ highlights why they are knocking it on the head. By all accounts there’s better margin on the Puma and it’s selling better. Everything has to come to an end and something new starts, I wasn’t a big fan of the Puma initially but it’s grown on me, I can see why it makes more sense for more people in a practical aspect with things like the hole in the boot floor. I mean a had to drill one in our Fiesta for fuck sake to let the rain water out! AnnoyingPentium, loserone, OM646 and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris667 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 14 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said: The later Ka (Ka+?) was hardly small, however. I can honestly say I had never looked at one of those (or rather cared what it was) until now. Modern, boring and fat. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, chris667 said: I can honestly say I had never looked at one of those (or rather cared what it was) until now. Modern, boring and fat. We had one in at Arnold Clark, for the size of it, you're just as well buying the Fiesta IMO. Well, not that you can buy either brand new anymore... chris667 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 21 hours ago, Stroller133 said: Has 7 seater demand really fallen away? I'm happy with my Tourneo Custom, but many drivers won't have one due to basically being a van. 20 hours ago, goosey said: Grand Scenic Grand Picasso Kia Carens Vauxhall Zafira already gone Same with the VAG offering of Sharan/Alhambra Got into a conversation earlier in the year with a "yummy mummy" parent at school who had just placed an order for a 7 seat hybrid SUV type thing - pretty sure it was A Hyundai, either that or Kia, but she waw banging on about how safe and green they were because they can do 30 miles or so on the battery and how I wasnt being green driving a diesel 7 seat Alhambrahambrahar. Whoop dee fucking doo 30 miles. The 6th & 7th seats are also made for dwarves with no legs FFS. I want a 7 seater that can carry 7 in comfort without the need to remove limbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Hyundai and Kia must think that all of their Christmases have come at once. OM646, AnthonyG, willswitchengage and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 26 minutes ago, UltraWomble said: Same with the VAG offering of Sharan/Alhambra Got into a conversation earlier in the year with a "yummy mummy" parent at school who had just placed an order for a 7 seat hybrid SUV type thing - pretty sure it was A Hyundai, either that or Kia, but she waw banging on about how safe and green they were because they can do 30 miles or so on the battery and how I wasnt being green driving a diesel 7 seat Alhambrahambrahar. Whoop dee fucking doo 30 miles. The 6th & 7th seats are also made for dwarves with no legs FFS. I want a 7 seater that can carry 7 in comfort without the need to remove limbs. How far does it go on the amputated limbs? Maybe it's offsetting itself that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 31 minutes ago, martc said: Hyundai and Kia must think that all of their Christmases have come at once. It was the fact she was banging on about how "safe" it was for little Tristian and Oliver to go to school in. FFS it will never go off tarmac in its bloody life and dear Tristian is far more likely to suffer an ABI being kncked over by one of the plethora of these SUV's outside the school gates than a bloody Citroen C1. Anyway - back on thread... Our second to last Fiesta ( last one was a red H plater banger I ran when working for the drug team) Second Fiesta - bodging the lights just outside of York, we had a white XR2 after this but Im buggered if I can find a photo on my thumb drive) First Fiesta 1.1 BASE Shite Ron, AnnoyingPentium, Carl1981 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Just now, UltraWomble said: It was the fact she was banging on about how "safe" it was for little Tristian and Oliver to go to school in. FFS it will never go off tarmac in its bloody life and dear Tristian is far more likely to suffer an ABI being kncked over by one of the plethora of these SUV's outside the school gates than a bloody Citroen C1. I think my comments appeared at the wrong time, I was suggesting that now the Fiesta is dead producers of similar sized cars must be rubbing their hands with glee at the demise of Britain's 'go to' small car for the last 4 decades. AnnoyingPentium, Carl1981 and UltraWomble 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Is it still the best seller? Surely they are not stopping making it because people are buying too many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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