There are just way too many models of car out there - back in the day Ford had what 3 or 4 models on the go ? Nowadays how big is their range - 9 cars or more ? Different fuel systems ? Needed to be simplified. Tesla seem to be doing OK with the 4 i think ?
there is a bit of that... what model did the Fiesta replace? correct, nothing it was new, under (in terms of size) the Escort, then there was the Capri, Cortina and Granada. various renames, then a Ka slots in underneath, then came people carriers and now all heaps of SUvs and vriants.
Cars have grown so the more recent Fiesta is not that much smaller than a Cortina was. An equally markable growth is compare a Peugeot 208 with the earlier nominally the same car type 205.
there is a bit of that... what model did the Fiesta replace? correct, nothing it was new, under (in terms of size) the Escort, then there was the Capri, Cortina and Granada. various renames, then a Ka slots in underneath, then came people carriers and now all heaps of SUvs and vriants.
I think it was Fords competition to VW’s Golf, the Golf was out on I think the N Registration, so 1974/75, the Ford Fiesta was released on the R Registration, so 1976/77, they saw how popular the Golf was and wanted a cut of that segment, to be fair it’s had a good production run
Cars have grown so the more recent Fiesta is not that much smaller than a Cortina was. An equally markable growth is compare a Peugeot 208 with the earlier nominally the same car type 205.
205 was better than the fiesta thou....
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205 was better than the fiesta thou....
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At the time yes. Had two, an overly go faster striped blue one with a 945 engine, bit like cycling - fast downhill slower uphill which was replaced by a silver diesel. Great ground clearance, not knowing how to get to the hamlet I was heading and with a pretty poor map I made it their via unsurfaced bridleway. The blue one saw a number of body shops and presumably if it had a larger engine would have been written off when an Audi in front me did an ABS assisted emergency stop. Saw it after I sold it in various conditions between dented once again and perfect. The silver one got dented by another car whilst parked in a car park and the body shop managed to spray the repair the wrong silver; they resprayed it correctly but it never really looked right.