From what I've read so far, the critics overwhelmingly like the new Fiesta, and the public seems to like them, too (sales have been very strong since the car started to reach showrooms earlier this month). As such, this means the Fiesta--if Ford does a successful job translating it for the US market--could have a huge hit on its hands in the USA.
In the meantime I’ve read that GM will be pushing back it’s intro of the Cruze- it’s next attempt to break into the small car segment- until 2011, instead of 2010 as previously announced in order to save money. That’s assuming that there will be a GM in 2011.