The @Ford Fiesta ST Tested: Here's hoping this isn't goodbye https://t.co/aKrFr4GhAX pic.twitter.com/uQWQ4cbWwB
— Car and Driver (@CARandDRIVER) August 1, 2017
The subcompact Ford Fiesta was first sold in the U.S. in the 1970s, when the nameplate first came into existence. The small, efficient model made sense in the wake of the OPEC oil embargo, but once it was over, Americans were back to driving gas-guzzlers.
After being sold for only three years in the U.S., the Fiesta left our shores, though it continued to be sold elsewhere in the world—particularly…