What the hell is a ford laser?

It's a little car that they drive in Australia and some other countries. Here's a link to a picture if you are that interested.

http://www.gtautostyle.com/ford/lasersedan1.jpg

Its a friggin escort

it's pretty much the same thing but here is an older version of the car.
http://autoweb.drive.com.au/cms/usedcars/make_Ford/model_LASER/ID_2320580/vehicle.html

here's a picture of a 2001
http://autoweb.drive.com.au/cms/usedcars/make_Ford/model_LASER/ID_2317254/vehicle.html
Australian people drive it so it doesn't need to make sense...