The final examples rolled off the production line in Germany on Friday 7th July 2023. The plant in Cologne is being re-tooled to produce EVs - a sign of the times... It marks the end of an era and a proud model line, and a car where so many of us started our driving lives.

Ford’s supermini was popular from the start, and went on to become the best-selling model in the UK before suddenly falling from grace for one reason or another in the early 2020s. Join us for the full story: