Fiesta time for Ford as model celebrates 40 years on the road

The Ford Fiesta - the ‘Feshty’ as it is known throughout rural Ireland - is celebrating 40 years on our roads, having first being introduced in 1976, Declan Colley

As part of the celebrations, Ford in Ireland is also hoping to uncover the oldest living example of the car.

Launched in the same year as Apple Computers and supersonic passenger flights on Concorde, few could have predicted the Fiesta’s phenomenal success story.