Take the last series of Fiesta, give it a brand new tail that turns it from the hatchback to a sedan, and you’ve got the perfect mass market car for the South American and South African markets.

As may be expected the vehicle is lacking in modernity, but it is durable, practicable and cheap to construct and run – all factors that count highly anywhere south of recent Mexico.

Suspension and drive-line are carried over in the European models which the Ikon is based, but which has its advantages in the type of lively performance and good, otherwise ultra-precise handling.

Nobody is ever going to come total emotional concerning the Ikon, but so long since it sells Ford isn’t bothered.