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Ford Fiesta
Diesel Ford Fiesta Smokes Prius, Gets 62.5 MPG Talk about having the right product in the wrong place. Ford will be debuting a version of the new as-of-now Euro-only Ford Fiesta Econetic at the British Motor Show later this month equipped with a miserly 89 HP, 1.6-liter TDCi turbodiesel engine. How miserly? It's good for 75 MPG in imperial gallons, which gives it a Prius-smoking 62.5 MPG here in the US of A. Something tells us Ford would have no problem selling a few of them here, considering the tectonic shift towards smaller, more fuel-efficient cars we saw evidence of yesterday. No word on US availability of the Econetic when the Fiesta hits our shores as a 2010 model, but it's a fair wager Mulally and Co. are mulling it over. https://jalopnik.com/assets/images/g...de501740_o.jpg https://jalopnik.com/assets/images/g...53192732_o.jpg https://jalopnik.com/assets/images/g...f3a43fa7_o.jpg *source http://jalopnik.com/397712/diesel-fo...s-gets-625-mpg That'd be awesome if they brought it over here to the states!! |
Hope they bring it to Canada :)
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I swear I wanna cock slap FoMoCo USA for not bringing their Euro cars here...esp the Focus
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TD FTW! looks decent too. i'd buy it, add a programmer, exhaust and double the hp and torque output and keep the same mileage. gotta love diesels.....
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Originally Posted by D.Jobin
(Post 3649055)
I swear I wanna cock slap FoMoCo USA for not bringing their Euro cars here...esp the Focus
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haha yeah me too
Ford just announced that their sales dropped 19% a couple of days ago or was it yesterday... this Fiesta is a nice looking little car so is the new Mondeo i wonder why they just wont try to get them into NA |
I've read elsewhere that European diesel models like this aren't available with automatic transmissions. Now that the majority of US drivers don't know how to drive a stick shift.....
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I thought they were gonna bring the Fiesta over? Don't tell me it's another car with the same name.
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Sure it beats the Prius, but it certainly looks smaller than the Prius. Then there is the engine; only 89HP? I wonder what is the 0-60 time, 14 seconds?
A smaller, slower vehicle beating the Prius in fuel economy. Nothing noteworthy here. |
Originally Posted by D.Jobin
(Post 3649055)
I swear I wanna cock slap FoMoCo USA for not bringing their Euro cars here...esp the Focus
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Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
(Post 3650872)
Sure it beats the Prius, but it certainly looks smaller than the Prius. Then there is the engine; only 89HP? I wonder what is the 0-60 time, 14 seconds?
A smaller, slower vehicle beating the Prius in fuel economy. Nothing noteworthy here. People who would buy them are not looking for the best 0-60 speed. They want fuel economy and that car delivers it. Consider the Prius takes off on a 22 HP less engine than the Ford. Ford at 89 HP is 13 more HP than the 08 Prius at 76 HP @ 5000 rpm The electric is 67 HP @ 1200-1540 rpm http://www.edmunds.com/toyota/prius/review.html Under full acceleration, both power sources work together to provide maximum oomph. But under lighter load conditions such as stop-and-go traffic, the Prius alternates between the two, often running on battery power alone. A regenerative braking system converts energy normally lost as heat into electricity to charge the car's battery pack. The gas engine produces 76 horsepower and 82 pound-feet of torque, while the electric motors generate the equivalent of 67 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. |
62mpg, 98g/km CO2
pretty nice numbers. |
to give this some perspective....the new VW Jetta diesel already has a waiting list in the US. Look on autotrader for used Jetta TDI's....crazy prices.
The demand is there. |
Originally Posted by bob2200
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I've read elsewhere that European diesel models like this aren't available with automatic transmissions. Now that the majority of US drivers don't know how to drive a stick shift.....
Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
(Post 3650872)
A smaller, slower vehicle beating the Prius in fuel economy. Nothing noteworthy here.
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Originally Posted by bagwell
(Post 3651500)
to give this some perspective....the new VW Jetta diesel already has a waiting list in the US. Look on autotrader for used Jetta TDI's....crazy prices.
The demand is there. |
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