| The Ford Fiesta conjures up different opinions | | | | In 1999 car dealers began to stock the new |
| depending on who you ask. For some it is a basic | | | | version of the mark IV. The front of the car had |
| and boring choice, but recent buyers may have a | | | | been updated to look more like the new Ford |
| very different opinion. It is a veteran of the Ford | | | | Focus. This enabled the Fiesta to retain its |
| empire, and is obviously a success as it is now | | | | popularity and keep up to date. It has continued |
| being sold in its sixth generation. The original Fiesta | | | | to successfully achieve this right into the very |
| first debuted in 1976 and was a small cheap car | | | | different world of today. In 2002 the mark V |
| made for families that could not afford some of | | | | Fiesta was unveiled, which bears no resemblance |
| the larger and dearer cars of the time. Car | | | | to the original Fiesta at all, but looking at the |
| dealers were initially surprised at how well it sold, | | | | progression of styles, it does make sense for the |
| and by 1978 the Fiesta became the top selling | | | | Fiesta to have turned out this way. |
| 'supermini' in Britain. | | | | Car dealers today are now showing the brand |
| The Fiesta mark II is probably the first | | | | new mark VI Fiesta, which is the most recent |
| recognisable Fiesta, as the first version is now | | | | form of the popular classic. It has been designed |
| rarely seen but the mark II has successfully | | | | to have a completely different appearance and |
| prevailed well into the noughties. In 1987 it had its | | | | looks incredibly streamlined and stylish compared |
| best ever year, selling over 150,000 models. Ford | | | | to its Fiesta ancestors. To catapult it into modern |
| car dealers obviously made a tidy profit that year! | | | | times it comes in a brilliant selection of colours, |
| The mark III and mark IV versions were also | | | | from black to hot magenta. Car dealers all over |
| successful, and every time a version was | | | | the country have now got this new version on |
| updated, it became a success. These models are | | | | show and now time will tell if it can maintain the |
| also still around, and have become representative | | | | success of the Fiesta. |
| of young new drivers and their first cars. | | | | |