I don't drink the ford koolaid, owned a mustang gt in 2006 and it was nothing but a piece of shit but you have to realize how well liked ford is in the uk, for some reason they have a hard on for ford there. For an island country ford has a marketing budget that is close to what it uses for the US. Ford always tops the lists especially in compacts like the fiesta and focus over the vw golf, mini cooper, bmw 1 series etc.

Hell the ford mondeo http://www.ford.co.uk/Cars/Mondeo
has been a top family car pick in the uk for a decade or more. Back in 2000 when it looked like this http://static.cargurus.com/images/si...pic-20341.jpeg
it was still a top selling car. I personally think it is one of the most boring cars on earth but hey different strokes.

Clarkson was on and on for a year and a half before he got his ford GT about how it was going to be the greatest car ever and ford this and ford that. Got it, drove it for a few months, it spent more time at the dealership than on the road and in the end ford refunded his 120k and hauled the car away. And this from the guy that made fun of hammond for buying a car with a wooden frame lol.

And hey what's wrong with the dacia sandero lol.

The GTI was #2! :bellyroll: :bellyroll: