The official EPA (that's short for Environmental Protection Agency) numbers for Ford's highly anticipated new Fiesta are in.
According to the agency's calculations, the 2011 Fiesta with Ford's new six-speed PowerShift automatic transmission achieves an EPA certified 40mpg highway and 29mpg city (equal to 5.9lt and 8.1 lt/100km respectively).
The five-speed manual transmission model is EPA rated at 37 mpg highway and and 29 mpg city.