 The Popular Ford Ka Car
The Ka Car was originally launched in
1996.
The car was
introduced on September 11, 1996 as a small
and low-cost addition to the Ford
range.
The Ka car is based on the same platform as the Mark III Ford
Fiesta, but with a radically different external design. Because the
Mark IV Fiesta was bigger than the Mark III, the Ka used the Mark III Fiesta's platform.
The vehicle was manufactured on the production
facility of Almussafes,
Valencia. When the Ka car was first introduced to the public it provoked mixed reactions due to
its original and striking New Edge
design, created by Jack
Telnack.
Besides the styling, the Ka car, like its sister cars Fiesta
and Puma, was lauded in the motoring press for
its nimble
handling.
Under Richard
Parry-Jones's supervision, the suspension and steering settings
allowed for spirited cornering and high levels of grip making it one of the best handling cars of the current generation super minis, not unlike
the original Mini.
Ka Car in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom model range consisted of
the standard version, the Ka
car, and the higher specification Ka².
The Ka³ was introduced later.
A 'Ka Blue' special edition was also launched in
the UK with dark blue
bumpers and a silvery-blue dashboard insert, rather than standard
models' silver.
Initially,
all Ka' s were delivered as the standard
model and upgraded to the higher variants
at Ford dealerships, saving on production costs.
However, this practice was dropped following the
renaming of the Ka² and Ka³ as the Ka
Collection and the Luxury Ka (later Ka
Luxury).
These
offered colour-coded bumpers for the first time, although this lost the designer's original intention of the black
plastic bumpers avoiding parking damage to paint work in city conditions.
The Luxury version came with
a Quick clear heated
windscreen, leather seats and interior
trim as well as standard air conditioning and Ka Sun
Collection with a full-length fabric folding roof was also
added to the range during the summer months.
A revised line-up
gives Ka car
the following trim levels in the United
Kingdom: Studio, Style, Style Climate, Zetec Climate, and
SportKa SE.
Furthermore, acknowledging
the car's impending
replacement, as of May 2008, a
Finale special edition was available with distinguishing
features.
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