The Ford Fiesta Super 1600 officially debuted in the JWRC in 2004, as part of a junior drivers program that Ford promoted with M-Sport. It was a front-wheel drive car with a 1.6-liter naturally aspirated engine and around 215 horsepower, a direct rival to the Citroën C2 S1600, Renault Clio S1600, and Suzuki Ignis S1600. At the 2004 Acropolis Rally, Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila drove a Ford Fiesta S1600, having to retire from the event in special stage SS 12 due to a clutch failure. Tecnotoys reproduced this car in their model reference 6162.