[car fanatics]

Ford
Photo credit: Ford
June 21, 2012
By: CF staff

For the 2013 model year, Ford Fiesta offers a re-imagined lineup that now groups content and features into logical packages based on clear purchase patterns, simplifying the car-buying experience for both the customer and the dealer.

This more efficient approach, which is consistent across four-door and five-door models, also will save most customers potentially hundreds of dollars on the final purchase price of Ford’s no-compromises, 40-mpg, global small car.

Fiesta highlights

• Fiesta S caters to the value-minded consumer, with features from the popular Convenience Package, while keeping keyless entry, auto-locking doors and an upgraded audio system available as options
  

• Fiesta SE adds standard content such as the latest-generation SYNC® system, cruise control, premium sound, and other comfort and appearance features that have proven most popular with the heart of the market
  

• Fiesta Titanium includes premium features customers expect from the top-shelf model, such as heated leather seats, upgraded appearance items, perimeter alarm and push-button start
  

• All include Ford’s leading safety and security features, such as:
  

-AdvanceTrac® with electronic stability control
-Dual-stage first-row airbags
-Driver knee airbag
-Side-impact and side-curtain airbags
-Four-wheel anti-lock braking system
-LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tether Anchors for Children)
-Tire Pressure Monitoring System
-Anti-theft engine immobilizer

[Thed]

So they basically renamed the SEL/SES to the Titanium...

[jspookss]

[McLovin]

Thed;213777 Wrote:So they basically renamed the SEL/SES to the Titanium...

Sooooo.....aligning all their sedans to be consistent in trim levels, while also saving customers 'hundreds of dollars".......is something worth rolling your eyes at?

[Thed]

Yes it is, because that's what they should have done in the first place.

[McLovin]

^

[redsky]

Ford is on roll lately, overpricing every single pos....

[jspookss]

"hundreds of dollars"

[AlwaysSmooth]

Thed;213785 Wrote:Yes it is, because that's what they should have done in the first place.

They should have done what exactly in the first place? When the Fiesta came out, Ford was still using SEL/SES and Limited, etc. The Edge, Explorer and Taurus still have these trim levels. For sure they will all move over to Titanium. Don't see the problem with this at all. Just Ford keeping it in the family.

[McLovin]

AlwaysSmooth;213818 Wrote:

Thed;213785 Wrote:Yes it is, because that's what they should have done in the first place.

They should have done what exactly in the first place? When the Fiesta came out, Ford was still using SEL/SES and Limited, etc. The Edge, Explorer and Taurus still have these trim levels. For sure they will all move over to Titanium. Don't see the problem with this at all. Just Ford keeping it in the family.

Zactly.

LOL at "should have" in the first place.

[Thed]

AlwaysSmooth;213818 Wrote:

Thed;213785 Wrote:Yes it is, because that's what they should have done in the first place.

They should have done what exactly in the first place? When the Fiesta came out, Ford was still using SEL/SES and Limited, etc. The Edge, Explorer and Taurus still have these trim levels. For sure they will all move over to Titanium. Don't see the problem with this at all. Just Ford keeping it in the family.

Yeah, they were using it when the Fiesta came out. But this car was one of the first iterations of the "One Ford" cars. Since it was one of the first I think that they should have just called it "Titanium" instead so they could usher in the new name for their top trims.

[AlwaysSmooth]

Thed;213834 Wrote:

AlwaysSmooth;213818 Wrote:

Thed;213785 Wrote:Yes it is, because that's what they should have done in the first place.

They should have done what exactly in the first place? When the Fiesta came out, Ford was still using SEL/SES and Limited, etc. The Edge, Explorer and Taurus still have these trim levels. For sure they will all move over to Titanium. Don't see the problem with this at all. Just Ford keeping it in the family.

Yeah, they were using it when the Fiesta came out. But this car was one of the first iterations of the "One Ford" cars. Since it was one of the first I think that they should have just called it "Titanium" instead so they could usher in the new name for their top trims.

which Fords used Titanium when the Fiesta came out? I thought they were still on the older names.....

[Thed]

AlwaysSmooth;213841 Wrote:

Thed;213834 Wrote:

AlwaysSmooth;213818 Wrote:

Thed;213785 Wrote:Yes it is, because that's what they should have done in the first place.

They should have done what exactly in the first place? When the Fiesta came out, Ford was still using SEL/SES and Limited, etc. The Edge, Explorer and Taurus still have these trim levels. For sure they will all move over to Titanium. Don't see the problem with this at all. Just Ford keeping it in the family.

Yeah, they were using it when the Fiesta came out. But this car was one of the first iterations of the "One Ford" cars. Since it was one of the first I think that they should have just called it "Titanium" instead so they could usher in the new name for their top trims.

which Fords used Titanium when the Fiesta came out? I thought they were still on the older names.....

They were, but what I was saying was since they were starting out a new strategy, "One Ford", it seemed like the perfect time to unveil their new trim naming scheme thingy.

[AlwaysSmooth]

Oh ok. But they didn't since that trim wasn't in use at the time, so now they are. And it makes sense IMO.

[ncguy]

Fiesta is a sweet little car (hatch only! - Sedan is ), I've never driven one but had the opportunity to be a passenger which my only complaints were power and the DCT. I also feel its one of the reasons (along with the Focus) that Fords dependability has declined over the past year.

I love my Sonic and would choose it over all others in the subcompact segment :2thumbsup: