Ford Fiesta production is to cease by the end of July 2023, the company has officially confirmed today.
The long-running British best-seller was first launched in 1976 and has since developed across 47 years and nine generations.
However, there will not be a 10th generation Ford Fiesta, as the company accelerates its electrification strategy.
Watch: It’s time to say #FarewellFiesta
Ford says all its passenger vehicles will be purely electric by 2030 – and all Fords, including commercial vehicles such as the Transit van range – will be EVs by 2035.
As well as Ford Fiesta production ending at the factory in Cologne, Germany next summer, the Ford S-Max and Ford Galaxy people carriers will also cease production in April 2023.
“We will introduce three new exciting electric passenger vehicles and four new electric commercial vehicles in Europe by 2024,” says Ford. “We plan to sell more than 600,000 electric vehicles in the region by 2026.
“The electric passenger vehicle production at the Cologne Electrification Centre will reach 1.2 million vehicles over a six-year timeframe.”
‘End of an era’
Ford Model e general manager Martin Sander said that, although the Ford Fiesta era ends next summer, “another is just starting”.
He continued: “Farewell Fiesta, it’s time to say goodbye to the little car that has touched us all – thanks for the memories. But honestly, I can’t wait to show you what we’ve got coming… stay tuned!”
Used Ford Fiesta facts
On Auto Trader, the UK’s largest used car marketplace, the Ford Fiesta is the most advertised car of all, with 108k separate listings. Next up is the Volkswagn Golf, way back on 86k ads.
This underlines how much Britain loves the Ford Fiesta – at any one time, says Auto Trader, there are on average well over 10,000 Ford Fiestas for sale.
In the year to September 2022, Auto Trader visitors have fiewed more than 43 million individual used Ford Fiesta adverts.
And the average price of a used Ford Fiesta? Just under £11,000.
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