Filed under: Car Buying, Economy, Sedans/Saloons, Marketing/Advertising, Hatchbacks, Ford
Ford giving away 100 Fiestas for six months
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Ford will be launching its Fiesta subcompact in the U.S. market as a 2010 model and is looking to build up some hype ahead of the official debut. To that end, the Blue Oval is now accepting applications from regular people to get the car a bit early... for free, including gas, insurance and concierge service for the six month duration of the program. Good deal. Of course, there are a few stipulations: users must be web savvy enough to make a short video explaining why they'd be the right person to get the keys and must agree to accept "secret assignments" from "Ford Mission Control," whatever that may mean.
Want in? Click here for the full details, and do it quick – only 100 people will be chosen from what's sure to be lots of applicants. Oh, and tell 'em Autoblog sent you.
Gallery: Ford Fiesta Sedan LIVE
[Source: Fiesta Movement]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
esteva03 7:51AM (1/14/2009)
i call dibs on the one!!!
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Ed 8:13AM (1/14/2009)
I thought it was being launched in the US as the Verve?
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216 8:22AM (1/14/2009)
na the verve was the concept name
bob cobb 8:18AM (1/14/2009)
Ugh, why the hell do americans need a trunk on EVERYTHING. Just give us the hatch, and start to show people who worthless sedans are
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BoneHeadOtto 8:27AM (1/14/2009)
Agreed! hatches rule. When done right they look better than the sedans (see mazda3, mazda6) and they have more space. I prefer wagons over hatches but there are even fewer of those with any sport and a manual.
Mike 9:04AM (1/14/2009)
They've already announced it will come in 3, 4, and 5 door models. Can you stop complaining now?
Mr.Oak 9:14AM (1/14/2009)
Hatches tend to give up your secrets to the world. Yeah, most of them come with some sort of cargo lid, most of them are filmsy pieces of crap that don't hold up for the life of the car.
Don't care how well executed the hatch is, it will always be noisier than its sedan sibling. In a sedan the road noise is captured in the trunk. In hatchback, since the rear shock towers are now in the passenger compartment, they transform the compartment into one huge sound chamber.
For those of you who are looking for a little run-about, I guess hatches are fine. For those of us into Grand Touring, road noise is public enemy #1.
On a long trip, road noise is a major contributor to driver fatigue.
Go ahead, I know that some of you will argue that hatches are better than they used to be, and they are. My argument is that they are still not better than a good coupe or sedan.
P.S. I'm no fan of cutting the roof off any car either.
DKB_SATX 11:52AM (1/14/2009)
Mr. Oak: My wagon is one of the quietest cars I've ever owned, including a few sedans. While it's possible that the sedan version is a little quieter, my '05 Legacy GT Wagon is quite relaxing and quiet on long "grand touring" sorts of trips. Having the flexible cargo cover closed does make a difference in the sound, and if the cover does have a shorter life than the car it's replaceable. (I haven't experienced such a failure personally, but I've never kept a hatch with such a cover more than 9 years... is 9 years long enough to satisfy you?) As my one vehicle, I'll take a good wagon or hatch over a sedan because they're more practical and I generally prefer the shape.
Mr. Luke 5:33PM (1/14/2009)
Hatches are POS looking. What would you have, an RS6 sedan or a wagon? They are the same car but the Sedan looks way cooler.
gearhead18 7:59PM (1/14/2009)
Actually I'd rather drive a RS6 wagon just to watch posers faces as I blow the doors off their v6 Mustangs in my "station wagon"
BoneHeadOtto 8:27AM (1/14/2009)
I cant get over the look of this car. It is either the tallest sedan in the world or those are 10" wheels. It just looks like a hippo on rollerskates to me. Lower the thing, and make the wheel wells go into the body so the car does not look lifted.
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Vlad 12:31PM (1/14/2009)
I think part of the reason is the color on it. The official site photos (http://www.fordvehicles.com/2011fiesta/) make it look less like a 'rhino on rollerskates'.
I'm not all about the (ugly) gold, nor the (flashy) orange on the ford site, but I'd be all over a dark blue / black version.
Dane 8:35AM (1/14/2009)
Agreed... The Hatch rules.... I always laugh at the people with sedans at IKEA....
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Jake 9:17AM (1/14/2009)
Well, I am glad that you have a hobby that means a lot to you.
I am glad there are people so smart as you so that they can tell us ignorant folks what kind of car we should want to drive. I am gonna go buy a crappy Euro-hatch tomorrow.
Dude 9:53AM (1/14/2009)
Funny, I laugh at anyone who shops at IKEA.
Mr. Luke 5:35PM (1/14/2009)
That makes a statement that you even shop at IKEA. Poor loser.
Ben 8:44AM (1/14/2009)
I wonder if they'll have us doing "Top Gear" challenges?
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m 8:46AM (1/14/2009)
They're really buying into that headlight-stretches-from-the-grille-to-the-windshield look. What a shame.
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Swede 9:37AM (1/14/2009)
That one ugly trunk.
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DCragtop 9:43AM (1/14/2009)
I'll take one w/o the Chinese lettering on the rump.
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