By American standards, the Ford Fiesta is quite a small car. But back in the heady days of the early teens, one owner thought that it could be even smaller and broke out the sawzall. Now, you could benefit from all of their work.
For sale in Richland, Washington, this is a 2011 Ford Fiesta whose rear doors and rear seats were removed to allow the owner to cut three feet, or roughly 20 percent of the original length, off the car. The result is as odd as it is wonderful.
Something of an internet celebrity with appearances on a variety of subreddits, the seller explains that the car was hacked up 11 years ago by an owner who wanted something they could tow behind their RV.
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Why not just buy something smaller, like a Smart Fortwo or a Fiat 500? Well, according to a Jalopnik comment (shared via The Autopian), the builder also owned a body shop and just liked shortened vehicles. Meanwhile, the vehicle towing it was a converted bus, so clearly the original owner was a man of distinctive tastes.
The car isn’t just some weird showpiece, though. When it was first assembled it had just 7,000 miles (11,265 km), and now it has 59,300 miles (95,435 km) on the odometer. Indeed, the seller says it’s a pretty good car for driving around town, and returns 31.7 MPG (7.4 L/100 km).
Equipped with Ford’s 1.6-liter engine and a five-speed manual, that’s a handy improvement over the original car, which was officially rated at 28 MPG (8.4 L/100 km) by the EPA. Likely the benefit of losing about 20 percent of its size by length, we would imagine that this is also pretty fun to drive.
Buyers beware, though. The car has a salvage title, no airbags, no ABS, and no traction control. More of a toy than a real car, this squished Fiesta likely wouldn’t be much help to people looking for a daily commuter. Offered on Craigslist for $5,100, it might just be cheap enough to tempt a few buyers, though.
