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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

 

I swear I wanna **** slap FoMoCo USA for not bringing their Euro cars here...esp the Focus

 

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.....

 

+1, then they wonder why their USDM cars don't sell well

 

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.....

 

I thought they were gonna bring the Fiesta over? Don't tell me it's another car with the same name.

 

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.

 

You might look into blaming U.S. environmental whackos because that car probably can't meet U.S. emission standards.

 

Nothing noteworthy? LOL...you could not keep that Ford on the lot here now. Too bad it is not offered.


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.

 

Yes this is something I don't understand. My dad made sure the my brother, sister, and I knew how to drive stick. You would think the MT would be making a come back with these gas prices, but I guess not. There are 19 cars in my building's parking lot and mine is the only stick shift.


Agreed. The Insight would be a better deal I suppose if you're looking to save gas money and in a clean way.

 

thats pretty awesome, seeing diesel cost like what a $1 more, then regular petrol or something