Solid and chunky-looking, Fiesta feels like an even more substantial car than its size suggests.

Offered with three or five doors, with a variety of engines and transmissions which cover most customer expectations or requirements in this sector, Fiesta’s rigid body shell helps to ensure that the handling and ride remain well-controlled.

New in the end of 2004 is a pocket hot-shot, the 150PS 2.0-litre Fiesta ST. This promises a mix of accessible performance and driving dynamics for which Ford call rewarding, everyday fun.

Only in the three door form, the vehicle revisits the legend which was XR2, but brings it even date. There are also ideas being bounced around that suggest a hotter-still variant might be on the way, in the form of the Fiesta RS.