Ford starts production of the 2018 Fiesta in Cologne, Germany

[Ford Fiesta News]

Ford has started production of the all-new 2018 Fiesta in Cologne, Germany. The 2018 Ford Fiesta made a global debut back in late 2016.

The company invested about 293 million Euros in new production processes at its Cologne plant to build the new Fiesta. According to Ford, a new Fiesta will roll off the line every 68 seconds.

 

[Corvair]

No Fiesta for the U.S. for 2018. Hate to say this, but it will not be missed. Consumer reports ranked it the 2nd least reliable car. Based on the one I owned I was surprised it wasn't first. It costs almost as much as a Focus and with gas being cheap, why bother with a tiny car? My much bigger of more powerful (faster) Honda Accord gets only 3 mpg less and about the same in the winter.

Are the ones built in Europe reliable? It seems like if it isn't a full size pickup truck, Ford simply doesn't care.

Dan,

2011 Fiesta, gone
2014 Honda Accord 6 speed manual
1965 Chevy Corvair convertible. Rear engined flat air cooled six. Built and designed in the U.S.

 

[MKVIIST]

I think Ford just did a poor job updating the Fiesta contributed to the poor quality. That said I'm very happy with my Fiesta ST and really sad that we are not getting a replacement.