WHEN FORD ANNOUNCED IT WOULD be ceasing production of the Fiesta it felled one of the oldest family trees in the company’s history. Announced in 1975, produced from 1976 and on sale in the UK from 1977, the Fiesta was Ford’s first truly small car.
Slotting in below the Escort, the all-new front-wheel-drive hatchback was seen as a risk for the profit-hungry US giant. Forty-seven years and 22 million cars later, it’s safe to say the Fiesta repaid that leap of faith by becoming one of the most successful models of all time.
