Europe Crowns The Ford Fiesta As The Best-Selling Supermini For The First Half Of 2015

Ford is proud to announce that the Fiesta has been crowned Europe’s best-selling supermini for the first half of 2015.

Although we would love to think that the success was driven by petrolheads buying the superb Fiesta ST, truth is that, Ford is selling the turbo 1.0-litre EcoBoost and 1.5-litre TDCi diesel models like hot cakes at the moment, with June’s sales being 22.3 per cent higher than in June 2014 as 33,646 Fiestas were bought this month alone.

Ford sold 173,999 Fiestas between January and June 2015, a 3.6 per cent increase compared with the same period of 2014.

“Europeans love small cars and they have extremely high standards – so we are proud Fiesta remains at the top of the rank,” said Roelant de Waard, vice president, Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford of Europe. “Customers now have the widest ever choice of Fiesta models including the enhanced Fiesta ECOnetic and fashionable new color options such as Silver Silk.”

Ford has recently updated the Fiesta range by adding more colors, trim levels and available engines with the Fiesta ECOnetic model being the most fuel-efficient choice as it returns 3.2lt/100km (88.2mpg UK / 73.5mpg US) and 82g/km of CO2 emissions, thanks to its 95hp 1.5-litre TDCi diesel engine.

Overall, the Ford Fiesta ranked second best-seller in Europe with the VW Golf holding the lead in the sales charts.