Super TestCar reviews - Ford - Festiva - 5-dr hatchFord modelsResearch Ford Overview7 May 2003 REMEMBER the original Mazda 121 Fun Top from the 1980s? That car lived on - minus the fun (as well as the Fun Top sunroof) when Kia picked it up from Mazda and started building it for Ford as the WA Festiva. Ford half-heartedly brought it in during the early '90s to counter the freefall in small car sales to light cars like the Holden Barina, Daihatsu Charade and - ironically enough - Mazda's excellent 121 "Bubble". Next to these rivals, the WA model didn't have a chance, with its lacklustre 46kW 1.3 engine, iffy build quality, ill-sorted steering and handling characteristics and very-'80s styling. Still, it proved to be a useful test-bed for when the bigger (but not necessarily better) and far-more fashionably designed WB Festiva burst onto the market during 1994. Looking back at the Festiva, only one word really springs to mind, but that's unpublishable here. So here's another: cheapness. There are much better baby cars around. Model release date: 1 October 1991 to 1 March 1994 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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