Never let it be said that the Fiesta-owning rambling boys of pleasure and ladies of easy leisure don’t love their assorted doohickies and gewgaws. In fact, Ford says its sold 26,000 bits from the Ford Custom Accessories line since the car’s launch last year. The top picks? An upper-rear hatch spoiler, custom shift-knobs for manual-equipped cars and a questionably bro-dacious “tattoo” vinyl graphic package.
Citing a SEMA survey that finds the availability of custom accessories drives vehicle sales (and no doubt pulling pages from the gospels of Mini and Scion), Dearborn’s launching new packages and accessories. Of most interest to us is the premium sport appearance package, not so much for its blacked out trim or polished 16” wheels, but for the 4.25:1 axle ratio—available only on manual-transmission cars—which should drop 0-60 times a smidge over the base models using a 4.07:1 final drive.
For the econo people’s sybaritic subset, Ford’s offering deluxe interior options on the upper-end SEL and SES Fiestas. The center stack, the seating surfaces, door panels and steering wheel all receive a two-tone scheme with your choice of either Oxford White or Race Red accents. Ford blames fashion designer Stella McCartney for this. No, we have not called her people for comment.
Other bright, shiny things to buy and apply: a color-adjustable LED interior light kit for the footwells and cupholder, a lighted shift knob, and sill plates with an illuminated Fiesta logo. Finally, if the aforementioned tattoo graphic isn’t to your taste, Ford informs us that there are over 22 more designs available, including bubbles and ominous-sounding “ninja blades.” We’ll be holding out for an above-the-bumper tramp stamp decal, thank you very much.
by blog.caranddriver.com
