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This is the all-new Ford Fiesta, revealed in pictures today by the Blue Oval.
The new car will be introduced at next month’s Geneva motor show, and will go on sale in the UK late this year. It’ll be the sixth generation of the ever-popular supermini to have come to market in 32-years. And, judging by these photos at least, it’ll be the best-looking Fiesta ever, as well as the most important.

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Looks good, interested to see how it performs in comparison tests. I love these bread and butter cars.

 In the words of Andy Pipkin "I don't like it". Small windows will mean poor visibility, a bugbear of most of todays cars, it looks like it was designed at the same "studio" as Hyundais/Protons/Kias etc and what is the with the current obsession with making the headlight cluster virtually touch the A pillar? Yes that means you, too, Peugeot and Vauxhall. Stop it, it looks stoopid!

Looks pretty good. Not disimilar to the new Lancia photos I've seen here err, can't remember where now! If it's got the same high standards of drive and road holding as most Fords come with nowadays it should be a corker like the new Mondeo. Agree the high rear window design might make the kids car-sick if they can't see out but if hubby wants to sacrifice the kids for his ideals of good design you could understand the reasoning! 

Looks good - although I think I prefer the Mazda 2 but that could change when I see a Fiesta 'in the metal'.

Anyone seen the 5 door? The small rear windows may change for the more family-oriented version - like Vauxhall, Kia etc do.

Well, from the 'photos, Ford have gone from concept to production more successfully than Seat did. Like the outside appearance - don't like the interior, with its Civic steering wheel and gawdy dashboard inserts.

Ford has surprised me. While i expected to see the Fiesta being more or less identical to the Verve concept aft of the A-pillar, as it looked production ready, i wasn't expecting the stunning front end to be the same. I was expecting the more convential front end as shown on the Verve saloon concept from this year's Detroit show.

I still reckon the Fiesta name should have been dumped in favour of Verve though!

The three-quarters view looks sleek, projectile-like and more Peugeot than Ford, but in profile the car clearly has something odd going on - the rear looks completely out of proportion, its height dwarfing those tiny wheels, and unless the seats are raised internally the back must be a seriously claustrophobic place to be. I can't see how any small people in there are going to be able to see out.

I also can't help thinking that goose turd green doesn't do the car any favours...

Got a mate who is connected to some aspects of the design of this and he loves it - he says it's a real step forward. I can't argue.

My question to him next time I see him is ' will the base model look as good as this top of the range car ' (?)

That will be the marker for this model IMO.

Tell you what though - there are some cracking designs out there at the moment in this sector. Love the Punto - Love the Mazda2 - dig the Corsa.

When did people in the market for a car this size have this level of choice of style and ability?

scummyplum:

My question to him next time I see him is ' will the base model look as good as this top of the range car ' (?)

Hehe it's a good question. You can only wonder at how naff the entry-level car with 13-inch rims and black plastic bumpers will look...

What is all the hype about?

Give it a year, we will all be so used to it that it will just blend in to the every day carscape.  It isn't a design classic, and soon there will be so many of them on the road it will just look boring.

And another thing........

When the heck are Ford going to get round to replacing that bloody wheel deisgn, which looks like its become their corperate trade mark!  It has been seen on every concept and production model since the MK2 Focus now.  All we see are derevations of the same theme, and that to my mind is just lazy on behalf of the designers!