Re: ok bout time i annouced...

In article <6ob2q0F2np9oU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
jackhackettuk@xxxxxxxxxxx says...

The Ka is also a small car but it is made being a small car. Ford has
proven just to lack the expertise of BMW and don't grasp to meaning of
tradition, "freude am Fahren".

A KA costs a shitload less than a Mini - I don't think Ford ever intended
for the KA to be as pretentious as the Mini, with the Street KA only
introduced after it became apparent from the sales of the Mini etc, there
were plenty of ponces out there with more money than sense that would buy
'any old shit' if it was marketted right.

You overestimate marketting *a lot*



Getting back to the KAs original design brief, it wasn't so long ago that a
local dealer was offering brand new poverty spec KAs on the road for £5k -
I'd sooner have one of these than something comparable price wise such as a
Kia Piccolo or Daewoo Matiz.

Whatever, bar the tendency to rust in older age, they're a bloody excellent
car for the money - great fun to drive and they wear high miles very well
for something so cheap.


And Ford is in dire straits, on the brink of collapse. That surely must
count as how good their cars are. And no: it isn't just Ford USA: the
new Mondeo is said to be a hit but why are about 1000 people going to be
laid off at the plant who makes it?

As to the new Ka: designed by Ford (?), build in Poland, with shared
components of the Fiat 500 and with a GM-engine. Now that can't fail,
can it?

The Mini? BMW can't make them fast enough and they yield a nice profit
to the carmanufacturer. Quite ironic that British Leyland *never* made a
penny from its Mini...

Making something "so cheap" bites back even when it's succesfull.

Tom De Moor
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