Ford Fiesta’s UK Fans Celebrate 40th Birthday With A Special Convoy

It’s been four decades since the first Ford Fiesta rolled off the

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by Michael Karkafiris

July 18, 2016 at 14:31

It’s been four decades since the first Ford Fiesta rolled off the production line in Valencia, Spain, with British fans driving 40 of them in a cavalcade.

The 40 Ford Fiestas covered models from all seven generations, including the 1976 MkI, MkI-III XR2, MkII Popular and MkI Van.

This special convoy started from the Ford Engine Plant in Dagenham to Brighton Race Course for the 2016 Ford Summer Festival, with an extra 160 of Ford’s other models also participating.

The compact Ford Fiesta is UK’s best-selling car of all time, with sales exceeding the four-million mark for a total of 4,339,149 units sold. European sales of the Ford Fiesta are expected to surpass 18 million before the end of this year.

The Dagenham to Brighton drive was open to all Ford vehicles, with the company allocating numbers 1 through 40 to Fiestas from all generations. “The opportunity to have these wonderful heritage vehicles lined up next to our latest Fiestas, such as the ST200, is very rare and was fully appreciated by the Ford fans that made the 69-mile journey down to the festival”, said Andy Barratt, Ford of Britain Chairman.