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Watch Ken Block Hoon A Fiesta ST On An Ice Rink
Remember when Kenchibald Blockdrews was redlining a welded-diff Sierra Wagon
Ford To Jeremy Irons: Shut Up, The Fiesta Is Awesome, And So Is…
Poor little Ford Fiesta. It's a perfectly competent and attractive compact car, but it just can't seem to get any respect. Now the little car finds itself embroiled in some drama involving English actor Jeremy Irons, William Shakespeare, and Downton Abbey. Wait, what?
These Are The Thrilling New Car Design Features We're Already Sick Of
When some automaker puts a styling touch into a car and you've never seen it before, it's bound to prompt others to quickly follow and adopt a trend. But as time wears on, too many models in too many segments start to get trendy and that styling loses its distinctiveness and just becomes overplayed.
Ford Is Going To Cram Its 1.0 L 3-Cylinder Into The 2014 Fiesta
Ford announced today that next year's Ford Fiesta
The Best New Rally Video On The ‘Net
It's mesmerizing. WRC champ Petter Solberg
Watch Ken Block AWD Drift America's Most Insane Drift Track
They say that you can't drift an all-wheel-drive car. Just to prove the doubters wrong, Kenneth Blockenhammer blew through the entire course at Formula D Irwindale, including its car-killer banking.
Yes You Can Drift A Rally Car
We're used to seeing rally cars slide on gravel
2014 Ford Fiesta: This Is It
The Honda Fit may have started the trend of automakers bringing not-terrible small cars to the U.S., but it was the Ford Fiesta that got us excited about them again, even if sales haven't been as robust as Ford had hoped. These leaked photos of the 2014 Fiesta show a new, more aggressive face. We're in.
