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A new front with angular headlights aligned the Fiesta design with its New Edge stablemates Ka, Puma and Focus. The safety provision was extended further with driver, passenger and now side airbags as well as electronic four-channel ABS. Power steering, aluminium alloy wheels, air conditioning...

Other features included a fresh new more rounded exterior style, with soft angles between panels and feature lines, a low nose, deep backlight and large lamp clusters. Re-engineered front suspension used a sub-frame to stiffen the front-end structure and isolate the powertrain more effectively...

For the first time in a car in this class, features included an SCS (Stop Control System) anti-lock braking system, optional on all manual transmission Fiestas. The new, third-generation Fiesta also offered an electrically heated windscreen de-icing system, CTX automatic transmission on...

These included a turned down hood, narrow air vents, rounded edges and new headlight shape. Not only did these elements give Fiesta a family resemblance with its bigger sibling, but it also improved aerodynamics. The drag coefficient was reduced from 0.42 Cd to 0.40 Cd and, with it, wind noise...

Fuel economy was a key element in the Fiesta's success, but not its only strength. Through remarkable technological innovation, the Fiesta proved that the measure of a car is not only in its dimensions. Weighing just 700 kg, it was among the lightest in its class, yet its 1.2 cubic metre load...