Sold. Where do I sign?

 

Torque Vectoring Control system? Is that some kind of marketing BS code for "Ford too cheap to put in a real limited slip differential AGAIN"? Please tell me that car has an MTX-75 in it so I can a throw a Torsen into it and ditch the electronic nannies.

 

So it's confirmed for Europe and "might" come here?

 

 

Can someone Photochop that so it has no fender gaps and paint it competition orange. I am really liking the look of that car.

 

 

 

 

Ok, now THAT'S pretty.

I'd still take the Abarth, though :lol:

 

Now, I am no Chrysler "hater". I've driven a few of their "new" cars in the past few weeks, and have been reasonably impressed. They're quite nice. But I must say, sir.

You're off your rocker. :lol:

 

Too bad the US version will have those pesky two extra doors.

 

If it comes here and IF it arrives with the same number of doors as the car in the picture I WILL do my best to make that my next car.

If it shows up here with more doors than that my next car will be a used rust free Southern SVT three door.





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This car, if sold in the US, will NOT be a 3-door.

 

Sneaky Autoblog. In their article it sounded like the car was confirmed and Ford was open to the idea of bringing the three door over to the US from how they worded it.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/05/ford-reveals-production-fiesta-st/

 

Well, there we have it. :lol:

I have an idea for the people of [FJ], and I'm serious. We're all extremely frustrated with Ford. Even I, one of the staunchest Ford supporters on this board, have come close to reaching my wit's end at this point. Why don't we all concentrate our complaint energies on writing Ford letters? Sure, posting it all on a forum the company openly watches is a good idea, but it's clearly not enough. If a bunch of fan mail could save the Mustang, then I'd venture to guess that a bunch of fan mail could stand to bring us a car that already exists.

I'll be starting my draft this week. I'd hate to see Ford make Lisa Schroeder a liar in reference to her flat statement that both the Focus and Fiesta would be truly "global" cars. They're doing a bang-up job of it now. That would be another bridge burned between Ford and their loyal enthusiasts. As far as I see it, there are really only three people with Ford's executive branch that I can say I respect at this point. If they're fighting half as hard to bring the world and the American market these awesome cars that the company has the capabilities of building as they say they are, it is a complete travesty that they are not being heard.

I'm really not sure what it will take at this point, but I think letters and e-mails to Ford are the next logical step. I'm going to find a way to contact Mr. Mulally directly. S*** rolls downhill.

 

Remember guys:

3-Door Concept shown in Europe first > 5-Door Concept shown in the US later > 3-Door production version announced in Europe > [fill in the blank]

 

I guess I'll be saving some money then, a really nice used SVT is a lot cheaper than a new Fiesta

 

My motto:
No 3 door, no sale

 

The Fiesta ST joins the Focus ST as a car that I still can't buy :-(
Hurry UP Ford!

 

I'll never understand that way of thinking. (I am not arguing that the 3-door doesn't look better than the 5-door. I agree that 3-doors look better than 5.)

However, if given the choice between not getting the ST at all, or getting one with 5-doors, I'd still happily own one.

And I'd make sure to mention how much fun it is at every given opportunity purely to cheese-off all you 5-door haters too.

 

Because we have no use for extra doors and think the 5dr is UGLY...... why is that so hard to undestand??? Not everybody is will to compromise over that....

 

Honestly, I think almost every five door hatch is unattractive. Just too busy from a design standpoint.

 

Don't get me wrong, I think the Fiesta ST is a fantastic little car and I applaud Ford for bringing it.

I do have to wonder if they realize how many sales they'll lose to cars like the Mini, Scion, Fiat, VW etc because so many of us just want a small, fun, three door sporty car?




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I do have to wonder if they realize how many sales they'll lose to cars like the Mini, Scion, Fiat, VW etc because so many of us just want a small, fun, three door sporty car?

What was the three door to five door Focus SVT sales split for the years both were available?

I prefer the 3 door by a wide margin, but I am not going to claim this is a bad way to go for Ford without some data. My taste is rarely in line with the majority.

 

So in their last attempt at this market, the three door outsold the five door two to one. Yet even with the Focus ST being available to hold down the five door sector, they are leaving the USA without a three door. That makes no sense to me.

 

Personally, I don't see what all the hand-wringing is about. If you don't like a car, don't buy it. Let market forces do what they do naturally.

I've NEVER seen ANY car that people agree 100% on, even exotics that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and can accelerate and stop faster than most people have the talent to exploit. But, people want what they can't have. It's just human nature.

Buy what you want. Drive it. Forget about everything else.

 

You know what the hand wringing is about Ron, it's about the North American market getting stiffed once again.

It's not like we're asking them to build us a special car, we're just asking for access to the same thing that's already going to be built and offered in Europe.




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might come here = wont come here. Ford gave us that exploring other potential markets when the first RS came out, we know how that went lol. I hope im wrong though

 

Sure. Let's use an example that is several years old rather than a more current one that actually shows them following through > Focus ST.

 

3 door for me as well, please, otherwise I'm with Steve and I'll be looking for a low mile 2003/2004 Focus SVT #3, Or I'll rebuild mine from the ground up.

 

I called Ford headquarters today, and spoke to a marketing representative by the name of "Ben". By the sounds of it, Ben was aware of FocalJet and the small car sector from a Ford enthusiast's standpoint. When I explained my frustration and the frustrations of thousands of my cohorts, he assured me that he understood; and let me know that our collective voice was, in fact, being heard at Ford. He frankly seemed a bit frustrated himself. Now, this could have been a bunch of skillful crap, but he did give me some good tips on how to put a bug in Ford's corporate ear.

What he urged me to do was to contact Ford through the following two outlets:
http://social.ford.com/
http://media.ford.com/

When I mentioned to Ben that I knew the key reason that the '94 Mustang ever made it into existence was fan mailing, he immediately knew what was up. While he did not have the authority to pass on personal email addresses, Ben assured me that the social and media sites are very closely followed by the company's marketing and product development team. I personally suggest that anyone who wishes for a 3-door variant of the Fiesta here in America contact Ford through those two sites. I think the most prudent move at this juncture would be to appeal to Ford from not only a personal standpoint, but also from a more pragmatic, broad marketing-centric veiwpoint. Let them know that it's not only the enthusiasts that would want the car.

I really think that if we concentrate our frustrations on being collectively productive in the quest for a 3-door hot hatch offering here in the States, we could have a legitimate shot at moving the waters. It's still early in Fiesta's game, folks; and we're not dealing with the same people who pulled this ten years ago. The higher-ups at Ford are a sharper, younger group than the ladies and gents who were calling the shots a decade ago, and I think a fresh, new approach to appealing to their sensitivities will yield much better results this time around.

 

Just to reiterate...

 

Are my posts invisible? We could try concentrating our energies we use to argue over whether or not this is a pressing matter on actually trying to get the car here. I just posted the idea on social.ford.com. When it makes it onto the site, I will post a link to the idea in this thread and ask everyone to vote for it an comment on it.

 

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