[FiestaFaction-1]

Be on the lookout!

http://jalopnik.com/5256445/ford-fiesta-movement-car-stolen-in-new-york

 

[Thirty-Nine]

Just heard about this, too.

Reposted on Subcompact Culture:

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/05/breaking-fiesta-movement-car-stolen.html

Also re-tweeted on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Subcompact

I wonder how the heck this happened?

 

[Spatakula]

Hopefully it turns up soon.

-spatakula

 

[Rockefela]

Hopefully it turns up soon.

-spatakula

The car is being tracked by GPS so it shouldn't get far....

Buried within the noise that is Twitter this morning was a tiny tweet from Brooklyn-based Fiesta Movement Agent Jake Bronstein:

#fiestamovement car STOLEN. No, really. Police en route now. I almost couldve predicted this somehow.

Jake's Hot Magenta Fiesta (above is the model we drove in NYC during our First Drive) is one of 100 Euro-spec models that Ford has loaned to selected "agents" across the U.S. We don't have many details, but we have confirmed with Ford spokesman Alan Hall that the car has gone missing.

Scott Monty, head of social media at Ford, has also confirmed the crime's occurrence on his Twitter page. Not only does Ford know one of its Fiestas was swiped, it's also tracking the hot property. All of the cars given to Fiesta Movement agents apparently have real-time GPS tracking devices that allow Ford to keep tabs on their whereabouts. Thus, Ford knows exactly where the stolen Fiesta is right now, which is convenient, because the local police apparently can't even locate the vehicle in their crime databases because it isn't an official U.S. offering.

As this is written, we can tell you the Fiesta is heading south on I-95 near Port Chester, CT NY. Keep your eyes peeled if you're in the area... and maybe we'll have this wayward Fiesta back home before the street lights come on in Brooklyn.

 

[jakecarolan]

Oh snap! It'll be interesting to see how this gets resolved. What kind of idiot steals a car that there are only 100 closely tracked examples of in the whole country?

 

[FiestaFaction-1]

This is the car that was nicked:

http://zoomdoggle.com/2009/05/stand-on-this-car/

Maybe someone didn't enjoy seeing him stand on it?

 

[GhiaFan]

Ford on twitter update: the stolen car was found in the DC area. Condition & whereabouts of suspect unknown yet

 

[guitarseth]

I left a note!

Seriously, though, that is probably the best viral advertising Ford could ask for. My guess is that they find the car intact and the person who "borrowed" it just "disappears".

 

[SleepyJack]

Well, if it truly was a thief, it was a dumb thief. That's going to be a really hard car to move.

 

[Racetech0722]

Is there any word if the Fiesta has been found. I guess the original report that it had been found was wrong. If you read the blog from the agent who had the car, it says it is still gone. I will also say that if you do read his blog post, it might make you very upset. He really doesn't care about his car, he even says that if you find it, stand on it, take a picture and help me distroy the car, because its not mine and I don't care.

 

[PowerShift]

It was found: http://twitter.com/jakehimself

Impounded in New York.

 

[Rally Man]

Yet the impound lot is saying they don't have the car. That's what Autoblog said.

 

[Arireeexale]

thx

Submit in post or elsewhere?

 

[Boorchmen]

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[Boorchmen]

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