Japan Used Ford Festiva for Sale

The Ford Festiva was manufactured and marketed by Ford between 1986 and 2002. The Ford Festiva is a subcompact car that was sold in Japan, the Americas, and Australasia. The name "Festiva" is taken from the Spanish word for "festive". Designed by Mazda using the DA platform and B series inline-four engines, the Festiva continued the trend of Fords manufactured and designed by Mazda for the Asia-Pacific market such as the Laser and Telstar.

The first generation(1986-1993) Ford Festiva was designed by Mazda in Japan at the request of parent company Ford. The Mazda-designed and manufactured three-door hatchback was introduced in Japan in February 1986 under the name "Ford Festiva", with the 1.1 and 1.3-liter engines. Festiva utilized the front-wheel drive layout, and its mechanicals consisted of rack and pinion steering, independent front suspension with struts, coil springs and sway bar, and a torsion beam rear suspension.

The second generation(1993-2000) model Ford Festiva was jointly built between Kia and Ford. This new Festiva was slightly longer, wider, more aerodynamic, and suspended by MacPherson struts in the front and a torsion bar axle in the rear.

The third generation(1996-2002) model Ford Festiva was a badge engineered Mazda Demio (DW). Known as the "Ford Festiva Mini Wagon", the Japanese-only model range consisted of a single five-door hatchback body style available with either a 1.3- or 1.5-liter engine. Transmission options were a three-speed or four-speed automatic and a five-speed manual transmission.