I think since the new Fiesta has only 2 airbags there is little interest anymore.

dtna7 is right, numbers don't lie, in fact thats what they have look at when planning future products, not sentiments on the forums. The same reason why Toyota and Honda keep giving us poor spec cars despite incessant bashing on the forums. They still sell well, so what if a few disgruntled forumers disagree, 5000 pre-bookings of the new Vios even before launch speaks for itself.

The pre-facelift 2 airbags hatchback trim sold the highest number, so it made business sense to use back that number of airbags and add on a few goodies most Malaysians care most - keyless entry and start stop, puddle lights, Selectshift, auto climate / wipers / headlamps, Ford SYNC etc. etc.

Ford probably figured it worked for Toyota, why not them. I hope the market proves them wrong, I was originally convinced that they would put 7 airbags across all trims. How disappointing.

As for attractiveness, the rims on the facelift is really horrific. Somehow they reminds me of Viva rims 

New car, no promo I think.