John R Smith
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When I ordered my little Fiat 500 back in February, I had no inkling that the same bambino would be the basis for the new Ford Ka. I must admit that when I discovered that in due course (in a year or so, perhaps) my gorgeous little red whizzer would be just the same as a zillion base-model Fords under the skin, I felt a bit miffed. So how do you all feel about this? I suppose that in some way it seems that Fiat have de-valued their design effort by selling it to Ford. And perhaps they are shooting themselves in the foot, because if the Ka is cheaper (which it probably will be) then it may well impact on 500 sales. Also Ford are saying that the Ka will handle better than the 500, which if true, will really make me most annoyed.
I feel the same about the Peugeot 107 / Citroen C1 / Toyota Aygo. Whose car is it, really? And what brand loyalty does it build? The 500 has been promoted by Fiat as something really special, very Italian, and uniquely Fiat. I think they should have kept it that way.
John
I feel the same about the Peugeot 107 / Citroen C1 / Toyota Aygo. Whose car is it, really? And what brand loyalty does it build? The 500 has been promoted by Fiat as something really special, very Italian, and uniquely Fiat. I think they should have kept it that way.
John
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