1996 Ford Festiva

Sales of the second generation Festiva ended in Japan in 1996, where a badge engineered Mazda Demio took over as the Festiva Mini Wagon. Elsewhere the Kia built car carried on, as the Aspire in North America and a Festiva in Australia with either a SOHC or DOHC engine, depending on the market. The Festiva was a small Mazda designed hatchback that Ford sold in several markets, some of them under other names. Kia in South Korea built most of the cars sold under the Festiva and Aspire names, and sold the same design as the Pride and the Avella.