Ford Fiesta: 40 mpg Hwy

[fnkngrv]

Either way you look at it, Ford has had its moments on sharp looking cars however it is like the other of the big 3...plagued with issues and recalls. Toyota is not "falling apart at the seems" as the networks are trying to make it look as well as certain politicians getting their pockets lined by constituents. The Escort was hailed as a very economic car back when it was introduced however after owning 2 of them when I was younger and replacing heads in the motors left and right literally as well as the moisture issues with the distro-caps and wiring connections, etc it is tough to swallow that the Fiesta will stomp on us...

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Either way you look at it, Ford has had its moments on sharp looking cars however it is like the other of the big 3...plagued with issues and recalls. Toyota is not "falling apart at the seems" as the networks are trying to make it look as well as certain politicians getting their pockets lined by constituents. The Escort was hailed as a very economic car back when it was introduced however after owning 2 of them when I was younger and replacing heads in the motors left and right literally as well as the moisture issues with the distro-caps and wiring connections, etc it is tough to swallow that the Fiesta will stomp on us...

The escort was a total PoS, no doubt about it.

We had a Pinto in the family for 15 years. We even towed a pop-up trailer all over the US with that little car, but the extra stress on the uni-body frame from all that towing combined with rust put her into an early grave ... if you call 15 years an early grave for an economy car, the engine and transmission were still running strong!

I have a feeling the Fiesta is going to be a really nice little car. It sure does look sharp, no question about it!