65mpg, available in November & it's a Ford!!

Yeah, it breaks down so often it gets free mileage from the tow-trucks! :-D

Okay, bad joke. I go away now.
 
Yeah, it breaks down so often it gets free mileage from the tow-trucks! :-D

Okay, bad joke. I go away now.
 
Yeah, it breaks down so often it gets free mileage from the tow-trucks! :-D

Okay, bad joke. I go away now.
 
Yeah, it breaks down so often it gets free mileage from the tow-trucks! :-D

Okay, bad joke. I go away now.
 
Yeah, it breaks down so often it gets free mileage from the tow-trucks! :-D

Okay, bad joke. I go away now.
 
Yeah, it breaks down so often it gets free mileage from the tow-trucks! :-D

Okay, bad joke. I go away now.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
So, if you live in Europe you can get one.
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Ford and GM's European divisions have been producing cars like this for years. GM North America and GM Europe (Vauxhall/Opel) have been run as separate companies since for ever. I imagine it's the same at Ford. For this reason they can't easily assemble their Euro cars in North America, meaning expensive imports.

There is some integration going on now, but this new Ford Ka is not an example of such integration. The new Ford Ka uses the Fiat Panda platform, that Ford Europe pay Fiat a license for. The Ka is built in Poland, at a Fiat factory, by Fiat, alongside the 500, which also uses its Panda platform.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
So, if you live in Europe you can get one.
Click to expand...

Ford and GM's European divisions have been producing cars like this for years. GM North America and GM Europe (Vauxhall/Opel) have been run as separate companies since for ever. I imagine it's the same at Ford. For this reason they can't easily assemble their Euro cars in North America, meaning expensive imports.

There is some integration going on now, but this new Ford Ka is not an example of such integration. The new Ford Ka uses the Fiat Panda platform, that Ford Europe pay Fiat a license for. The Ka is built in Poland, at a Fiat factory, by Fiat, alongside the 500, which also uses its Panda platform.
 
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