Officially Official: 2011 Ford Fiesta rated at 40 mpg highway

Filed under: MPG , Ford 2011 Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery The EPA has finished calculating the fuel economy of the 2011 Ford Fiesta and, as the automaker projected, its new baby has hit 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 6-speed dual clutch Powershift gearbox.

Ford starts production of 6-speed dual clutch PowerShift transmission

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , MPG , Ford Ford PowerShift transmissions on the line - Click above for high-res image gallery The new Ford Fiesta will be the first product from any of the Detroit automakers to have a dual clutch transmission - and production is starting today. The Ford PowerShift gearboxes are being built at the Getrag Americas joint venture factory in Irapuato, Mexico. At launch, the plant is employing 200 people, a number that will double later this year when the plant also starts building the same transmissions for the 2012 Focus

Spy Shots: 2011 Ford Fiesta EcoBoost

Filed under: MPG , Ford 2011 Ford Fiesta Ecoboost - Click above for high-res image gallery The EcoBoost 3.5-liter V6 found in the Ford Flex and Taurus SHO has quickly become one of our favorite mills on the market.

REPORT: Ford believes it can get premium dollars for Fiesta… what do you think?

Filed under: MPG , Ford 2011 Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery So you’re ready to be your own 2011 Ford Fiesta agent, but you’ll actually be paying for yours instead of the company giving you one to drive for free. If you want one that’s got all the doodads, this is what you need to do: bring money. A base Fiesta sedan starts at $13,320 , but go for the pricier hatch and check a few boxes and you’ll hopscotch your way past the $23,000 line — and there will still be options left.

2011 Ford Fiesta gets another early reveal

Filed under: MPG , Ford , LA Auto Show 2011 Ford Fiesta Hatchback - Click above for high-res image gallery The Fiesta Movement , Ford’s campaign to introduce the little global Fiesta car to the U.S. market, kicked off at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this year and will end this week during the LA Auto Show with, what else, a party. Oh, and the official unveiling of the 2011 North American version

U.S. Fiesta unveiled early by Ford Canada?

Filed under: Ford , LA Auto Show , Green Daily 2011 Ford Fiesta U.S.-spec - Click above for image gallery Did our friends in the great, frostbitten north just jump the gun by half a week and reveal the 2011 North American Ford Fiesta ahead of its upcoming LA Auto Show debut?

Ford sells 500,000 new Fiestas in first year in Europe

Filed under: Ford Ford Fiesta - click above for high-res image gallery We still have to wait a few for more months before the new Fiesta shows up at Ford dealerships in North America but Europeans have now had a year to play with it, as have some Asian customers.

Ford to offer factory-converted LPG Fiesta in Europe

2009 Ford Fiesta - Click for high-res image gallery The new Ford Fiesta is now being offered with a factory-installed LPG option in Europe. This is the fourth Ford model that uses this technology and allows the car to run both with unleaded gasoline and LPG, similar to the new Golf Plus Bi-Fuel . The base model Fiesta uses a 1.4-liter gasoline engine.

Ford Fiesta "agents" get first mission: some decide to go milk a cow

It’s time to find out what we’re really missing by not getting a free Ford Fiesta for six months: details on the secretive “missions” for the car’s “Agents.” The 100 drivers in the Fiesta Movement have been assigned to pick one of the Movement’s May “Travel” missions. Looking at the list of possibilities, it’s clear that someone at Ford HQ was able to convince the higher ups to include bizarre choices, from acting like a less-rich Montgomery Brewster to milking farm animals. Here are some of the missions that Agents have already selected for trip #1: Go to your favorite fast food joint, order 1 of everything and give it all away

Quick Drive: Ford Fiesta 5-door hatchback

Ford Fiesta - click above for a high res gallery For all the strength that the U.S. automakers have shown in the realm of big trucks and SUVs over the last thirty years, they are remarkably weak when it comes to small cars

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