The Fiesta is Ford's made-in-Europe answer to consumer demand for subcompact cars in North America. Handsome styling is backed up by a solid chassis that belies the car's inexpensive price. Sharing a platform with the
Mazda2, the Fiesta is the more refined of the pair. It's one of the least-expensive cars to offer a dual-clutch transmission, and later models could be had with a turbo three-cylinder engine.