So I did a little research and found out they were doing test drives today at the park downtown today so I went and checked the car out.

This is the one i drove today, with a 5 speed. I must say it is one of the best small cars that I have drove recently, which so far had been my girlfriends 2009 Mazda 3 and one of the Pontiac Vibes at work. I was a bit embarrassed backing up. The car was parked on a slope and when I was backing up I wasn't moving. I thought I missed the reverse gear but it turned out I wasn't giving it enought gas. . It's not 4.6 V8 but it felt like the car and a good amount of power for the size. Now it is bias but I put this car way ahead of the Yaris and Fit.

very cool! are all the Fiestas in the USA green? i think it's a great looking car-really moves the game on in that segment.

Nah if you look to the right you can see a tail end of a red one. They also had one in a darker red and in black. The green and red ones were manuals and I told them that is what I wanted to drive and didn't care about the color.

Do they have a 3 door option? I'd be interested in test driving some. The Yaris is might nimble, but sucks on the free way because of that. Did you try it out on the freeway at all?

I think they do on the Euro model so i figure we would get one here. I only got to drive it for about 5 minuetes in downtown, that part kinda sucked.

I really hope we get the 3 door. I'm curious what kind of suspension they have in the rear, Honda and Toyota kinda cheaped out in the rear for the Yaris and Fit I think.

I like this little car.

I think I'm going to check around to see if the Fiesta is available for test driving around here.

Did you also assault any beaches with the Royal Marines or engage in a car chase in a mall against baddies in a Corvette?

no but that would've been a lot of fun to do.

lol, that was a great episode.