2015 Ford Fiesta Sedan and 2015 New Ford Focus in Russia

Re-posting this from my car spotting blog, Spotted...Cars in Moscow, in my Car Shows series of posts.

August 8, 2015 was the date of the All-Russia presentation of the 2015 Ford Fiesta Sedan and the new 2015 Ford Focus in the sedan and hatchback versions, and I went to the nearest Ford dealer to attend said presentation.

The Ford Fiesta Sedan, the Ford Focus sedan and hatchback (and the Mondeo sedan) are made locally in Russia at two venues, I think, and are very popular. 

For this presentation I went to a Ford dealer near me.

Photos turned out not too good this time especially, hey, but at least there are lots of them.

There weren't very many people (but there were some at least) at the presentation because it was August 8 and plus 30 Celsius so most were at their dachas or on vacations or otherwise out of town.

A test-drive unit Fiesta Sedan.

I think the sedan, or saloon, version is not sold in all the countries where the Fiesta is sold.

The Fiesta Sedan will be produced locally in Russia along with the Focus (minus the wagon version) and the Mondeo (only in the sedan version) which have been manufactured here for over 10 years already.

New Mondeo in Moscow

Went to have a look at the new Ford Mondeo (fourth-gen Mondeo / Mondeo Mk V) Saturday - local Ford dealer was throwing a party aka presentation.

Here are some cheap camera pics.

Test drive unit.

It was taken on a test drive quite soon.

A view on the passenger compartment through the front passenger window.

The rear end... some complain it looks too much like that of the Ford Focus III sedan.

Ford keyless keypad entry

For some reason I thought that Ford's keyless keypad entry system was a thing of the past... like on this Lincoln Town Car from my DIM series.

Turns out it is very much alive -- saw it today at my Ford dealer on a new Ford Edge.

DIM: Ford Crown Victoria

Detroit Iron in Moscow (DIM) is a series of posts where I do a bit of car spotting and photograph "Detroit iron" in Moscow -- i.e. full-size American automobiles that I see on Moscow streets, lanes but most often in the back yards of Moscow apartment houses for some reason.

From one of those back yards not far from my own place comes today's subject -- a Ford Crown Victoria.

I approached it stealthily from behind (Panther!) on a sunny August day.

In fact the sunny conditions interfered with my mobile phone photography.

But there is no mistaking it from this view anyway.

Ford Crown Victoria 1st Generation 1992-94 in kinda tan. No idea what the trim is. Probably the cheapest.

It's long...

... it sure is long but it's also very narrow by today's standards. Compare to the Benz next to it in the next picture. I think my Ford Focus is wider.

In fact in the picture below -- strictly from the front -- it looks like it is a (sub-)compact car... which obviously it is not. However being narrow is a bonus on narrow back yardie streets of Moscow.

Look, no-grille front fascia! Me, I like the no-grille of the early 90s much better than the ugly grilles that most cars have these days, as ugly as they are fake for the most part.

Ford Focus

Ford Focus 2 Re-Style 2008 Euro, 1.6l MT.

Side view - a good view in my opinion. Also, a 3 door! - a three-door hatch. The door is massive. And 3 door is no more either.

A 3/4 view from above, also good.

Tail lamps almost on the roof... which is a good thing if you drive like me, i.e. reversing occasionally into fences or someone catches up with you at an intersection -- they stay intact, even if the bumper + rear door don't. 

Front. Sometimes it seems not to be the best part.

Accoutrements. 

Essentially a base version but with separately ordered: a Sony radio CD player with a 6CD changer and 6 speakers, a winter package - heated front and rear windows, heated rear view mirrors, heated seats as well and a 220V electrical outlet on back of central armrest (never used it).

Junkyard Ford Tauruses

A 2011 post on TTAC by one Murilee Martin in his long-running Junkyard Find series.

Junkyard Find: Where Tired Tauruses Go To Die

Borrowed pic, courtesy TTAC

100+ pictures of junkyard Tauruses! Exterior shots mostly.