It has been announced that the EPA has calculated the fuel economy for the 2011 Ford Fiesta and its 40 miles per gallon. The official numbers from the Feds are 29 mpg in the city and 40 mpg on the highway for Fiestas with the new six-speed dual-clutch Powershift gearbox. [...]

Thanks to Olsbergs Motorsport Evolution, this Fiesta on steroids pumps out 650hp at the wheels, utilizes a 6-speed sequential paddle-shift gearbox and a giant hydraulic handbrake. “The thing is perfect for the type of driving I want to do,” Block explained. It looks the part too, and we’d be hard pressed [...]

Ford Motor Co. reported Thursday it earned a $2.7-billion profit for 2009, its first profit in four years that came during one of the worst years in decades for global vehicle sales and auto company profits. The past year’s performance led Ford to boldly declare it plans to be profitable for all of 2010. Ford’s previous plan called for [...]

Introducing the 2011 Ford Fiesta Rally America car.
All the hype and talk is leading up to the first event, Sno*Drift, this weekend in Michigan. We can’t wait to see the shakedown, and some real competition between the otherwise FHI skewed lineup.

The Ford Fusion Hybrid won the Consumer Favorite in Edmunds.com’s hybrid vehicle survey, narrowly beating the Toyota Prius. The Ford Fusion Hybrid earned 26 percent of the votes, closely followed by the Toyota Prius with 23 percent.
“Ford’s midsize hybrid sedan, which helped boost Ford’s overall sales performance in an otherwise dismal 2009, has been praised [...]

14-inch, six-piston Baer brakes, a suspension kit, six-speed manual (of course) and cues harking back to the original ‘65 GT350 distinguish this Pony Car. All this for a price of $33,995. Not bad! Well, except that you need a new Mustang GT to put the parts on.

Mazda and Ford will soon be dissolving their joint venture in China.
The Chang’an Ford Mazda Automobile Co. has been producing cars since 2006. The JV is 50 percent owned by Chang’an, 35 percent by Ford and 15 percent by Mazda.
The joint venture has two plants, one in Chongqing and the other in Nanjing. And that’s [...]

Ford has tried to again introduce in-car wifi with their new Sync system. All you need to do is plugin your USB mobile broadband modem into the dash and that’s it.
The Sync system converts the mobile signal to Wi-Fi, with no extra fees or equipment needed.
Ford, via Gizmodo

At the LA Auto Show this year, Ford showed off several North American-market Ford Fiestas. The cars themselves received a warm reception, as did the customized versions on hand to show off the possibilities.
This is all a part of a new Ford program to allow buyers to customise any Ford in the vehicle lineup. The [...]

M-Sport and Ford Motor Company have announced their new collaborative rally machine, the Fiesta S2000. It’s their first global rally car, and as such will be able to compete in a whole bevy of international competitions ranging from IRC to the S2000 World Cup to Aatos and Aamu’s Finnish Tree Bash.
Features:

1998cc I4 Duratec S2000 engine
280 [...]