Tbf the matiz was pretty bad though even at the time..1st cars always have that rose tint factor.
They were pretty terrible cars, I drove a far few in the early 2000s they had no character, they were purely functional, the fact they were so bland meant the public didn’t connect with them and didn’t buy them, shortly after Daewoo went bust which says it all really. But yes, everyone had a bit of nostalgia for their first car, even if it is a shed.
Like it or not the KA had the jelly mould shape and quirky interior, was a Ford (which lots of people like) and the endura engine was bomb proof having been around in one form or another for decades (I seem to thing it had its origins in the ford anglia)
The seciento had a terrible time following its 1 star n-cap rating and despite Fiat’s attempts to improve things the shell of the car couldn’t be upgraded to account for its paperbag structure so they binned it.
Hardly any Matiz about now, mainly due to Dawoo going bust and them being effectively worthless at only a few years old.