Holy crap! festiva wreck

[doylerl]

I saw this and was shocked to see the damage... I don't think our cars are crash rated very high...

http://www.kidsolo.com/three-killed-in-car-crash/1030/

more on the story

http://topnews.net.nz/content/24356-baby-injured-car-crash-three-killed

[1988festivazoom]

remind me not to aim my festiva at a semi.... it will win!

[doylerl]

It may sound crude of me when they were killed and everything, but I like those wheels... or wheel I guess I should say...

[sasquatch]

i dont think thats a festiva... i think its an old fiesta that they called a festiva...

[1988festivazoom]

its a festiva, save the first pic and zoom in on the front bumper.

[walth]

doyler, yeah, our beloved festiva's are pretty much on a death list. lol.

as far as the accidents go, from what I can tell the two pics are of different cars...

on the first pic, the 99.9% positive ID'd festiva is ... beyond destroyed and in the middle of a two lane street.

in the second website (which is in New Zealand btw), they're at a major intersection and the entire car is mangled but is still mostly a complete car. hold control and tap "+" like 20 times and scroll over to the left and you'll see that they're not the same car. in fact, I'm almost willing to say that the second one is a festiva (US = aspire). holding control and * will reset your window.

or click here: http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/p...sty/wreck2.png

[Charlie1717]

In the article they say 3 of 5 passengers in the Festiva didn't make it. That might explain a bit of the situation. Regardless that car is destroyed. Very sad for that family.

[Safety Guy]

If you look at the first picture just above the wheel arch, you'll notice a crease in the fender that is not on our Festivas. The hood also appears to fold forward, but that could be a result of dismantling and the hood is hanging on by the front latch. Looks to me like hinges, though, and why would they peel back the hood to get anyone out?

I'm unsure of the car type myself. Could be the "Aspire" Festiva or a Fiesta, I suppose.

Just found this "Justin's" Cardomain page. Have a good look:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2246955/1985-ford-fiesta

Those wheels probably were a factory option in the UK as well as NZ. Again, look at the hood folded forward in Justin's picture after his crash. Similar look, eh?

I say it's around a 1986 Fiesta, and the different looks between the two fatal crash articles reflect "before" and "after" versions of the same car after power tools were used to get the bodies out.

Karl

[Safety Guy]

On a different, brighter note, I really like these wheels on older "XR2" Fiestas:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47381765@N04/5298835252/

A better side view:

http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Pictures-c9322-pi20949265-1988-Fiesta.html

Check out that interesting rear "wrap around spoiler" in the first picture, too.

Karl

[deathegg]

Karl, I think you're right, that's not a Festiva, it's a Fiesta. The wrecked car definitely has a rear-opening hood (hinged at the front in other words), and the fenders match the other Fiesta pic. Good find.

[walth]

http://www.greylizard.net/smashedupcar.php

It's pretty obvious to me that they posted the wrong picture in the first story. Both stories are identical and if you look at the second story it actually shows the vehicles in the wreck. The guys Fiesta (85 Mark II -- Good job guys!) was wrecked when he passed a car and hit head on with another and he actually survived.

and karl, nice find on the guys website. I just dug a little deeper and he wrote himself about the wreck in the link I provided.

very tragic, any updates on the baby and...there was a woman too correct?

[mattman]

i think is a 1st gen fiesta they made tons of them overseas an most are still on the road an alot of people mistake the names festiva fiesta ....it is sad for the family of those who passed but as a truck driver there arent any cars on the road that would take a good hit from 80 thousand lbs at 60mph

[sasquatch]

i knew a festiva wouldnt let anyone down that bad

[fastivaca]

Never mind.... the link I was going to post was posted an hour ago.

[rockin86ranger]

http://www.greylizard.net/smashedupcar.php

It's pretty obvious to me that they posted the wrong picture in the first story. Both stories are identical and if you look at the second story it actually shows the vehicles in the wreck. The guys Fiesta (85 Mark II -- Good job guys!) was wrecked when he passed a car and hit head on with another and he actually survived.

that doesnt look like a head on wreck to me, the front end is in almost perfect shape, it looks like he got partially sideways in the road and got hit by the other car, resulting in the passenger door back being ripped off.