Jun 17, 2009

Ford wins! You lose... offers cleanest car in Europe with over 40mpg

Automaker 'FAIL' 40+mpg, clean burning sub $20K - not yours.
Ford's cleanest and best MPG car will not hit U.S. shores...


The new Ford Fiesta is now being offered with a factory-installed LPG option in Europe.
This is the fourth Ford model that uses this technology and allows the car to run both with unleaded gasoline and LPG, similar to the new Golf Plus Bi-Fuel. The base model Fiesta uses a 1.4-liter gasoline engine. In the conversion, the spare tire is replaced with an additional 42-liter tank for the LPG. This model has an engine output of 92hp.

Since the gasoline tank is left untouched, the Fiesta LPG has a total range of 1,200 km when burning the both fuels.
Prices start at €15,490, which already includes the €1,990 conversion cost.

The conversions are performed at the Ford's brand new facilities.