Ford Fiesta to Make North American Debut at L.A. Auto Show

When Ford US launched the first Focus in the USA it was a totally different car to the Euro-version. They just looked about the same, that?s all! The US market Focus was built in Mexico. It had the most awful, cheapest interior plastics? It had smaller (strange that as Americans tend to be larger), uncomfortable, cheap-looking front seats... Most of the instrumentation were stripped out? In fact, it looked like some very poor imitation from some third world country! It made the Euro Focus appear like a very expensive luxury car! I don?t think the US Focus was a sales success. I looked at it and didn?t buy one! It was crap! My last car prior to that was a Euro-Focus! Well, now Ford US wants to launch the Fiesta there?! Good luck! Those US Ford chiefs sure know how to screw up a good product!

As a preception most Americans (I am American) see small as "cheap". That is why the last head of Ford took out content from the last Focus. The problem was that they didn't update the chasis with the rest of the world Foci. The new bosses at Ford have seen the light. They are bringing the Fiesta, the Focus C-Max, the Transit Connect, etc. to America. They now have a hybrib that gets better mileage then the Camry Hybrid. I would only hope that Ford will keep the content and will start to bring their Euro-Engines over here.