The Ford Fiesta is a 3- and 5-door hatchback / 4-door sedan/saloon (some countries, Mk4-Mk6 only) / 3-door van (Europe only) from Ford, built from 1976 to 2023, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry.
Where it came from
The Ford Fiesta is a supermini car that was marketed by Ford from 1976 to 2023 over seven generations. Over the years, the Fiesta has mainly been developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and had been positioned below the Escort (later the Focus). Ford sold over 15 million Fiestas from 1976 to July 2011, making it one of the best-selling Ford nameplates behind the Escort and the F-Series.
It has been manufactured in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Taiwan, China, India, Thailand, and South Africa. By its discontinuation in 2023, Ford had already sold over 22 million units worldwide, making it one of the best-selling automobiles of all time. The final Ford Fiesta rolled off the production line on 7 July 2023. On 10 December 2025, Ford announced a return of the Fiesta in 2028 as an EV in partnership with Renault.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 3- and 5-door hatchback / 4-door sedan/saloon (some countries, Mk4-Mk6 only) / 3-door van (Europe only) — and the layout: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
In context
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the Ford Puma (electric; indirectly); assembly was at Valencia. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Lotus Esprit, the BMW 7 Series, the BMW 3 Series — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Ford catalogue sit the Ford 021C and the Ford Escort.
What it costs now
The money question first: $4,000–$11,700 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,072–$6,460 a year. Insurance sits around $900–$1,650 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.