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The new Ford Ka is set to be unveiled next week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but spy photogs there have already caught the new model motoring around with the current Ka. As you can see from the pic above, the Ka, at least for the Brazilian market, is ditching its current design for something a bit more mainstream. Whereas the current car is eclectic and full of round shapes and curvy lines, the new one is much more traditional with large headlamps and conventional fender flares at each corner. Unfortunately, we think the current Ka is infinitely cooler than this three-door hatch with its unique design. Though even if this car does debut in Sao Paulo next week, we may yet see a different design for the rest of Europe. This may be, however, the quickest way to get yourself into a Fiat 500, as Ford and the Italian automaker are reportedly sharing platforms for both vehicles.
[Source: autoestrada.uol.com.br]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Seth89 @ Dec 6th 2007 4:40PM
this is not the new ka...it's the next small world car.
the European ka will be completely different......
Benoit Cerrina @ Dec 6th 2007 4:43PM
"for the rest of Europe"! Did you know that Brezil is not yet in the EU?
Alpha Man @ Dec 7th 2007 3:11PM
'Yet'?! RTFLMAO!!! Brazil can never be a part of the EU as is is not in Europe!!!
Yaroukh @ Dec 6th 2007 4:47PM
WTF? Imagine this in the Euro-Ford line-up. No way this is the new Ka. PLZ say it is a joke.
Hamud @ Dec 6th 2007 4:51PM
This is the new Ka to Brazil. Europe will have a different one.
It will be sold in 2 and 4 doors models.
PassingAlong @ Dec 6th 2007 5:17PM
Ford Ka and Hyundai i30 are very similar.
http://carsguide.news.com.au/story/0,20384,22803575-21822,00.html
Yago Bal @ Dec 6th 2007 5:45PM
John Neff: you're really confused with this one.
The Ka we see on the pic is based on the previous Ka undepinnings, and it's built in Brasil (South-America) with zero relation with the Fiat 500. (Check the doors: they are still the same of the previous Ka.)
The European Ka is a completely different and unrelated car.
Karl @ Dec 6th 2007 5:52PM
Looks remarkably like a VW Golf/Rabbit to me.
Robert O @ Dec 6th 2007 6:22PM
Whatever it is, it isn't pretty. Not nearly as cool as the currrent Ka, wherever it resides.
Xcountryflyer @ Dec 6th 2007 6:59PM
The current Ka is much more interesting. This looks like Mazda3 meets Aveo meets Suzuki Aerio.
friko @ Dec 6th 2007 7:09PM
Fortunately, we won't have this in Mexico. Respectfully to our bretherns in Brazil, they "design" the most horrible cars down there.
1337 @ Dec 6th 2007 7:48PM
That front end isn't straight out of the '90s or anything...
stirlo @ Dec 6th 2007 11:16PM
looks like the current Fiesta with slightly different grille....
stirlo @ Dec 6th 2007 11:17PM
( http://www.pistonheads.com/pics/news/13544/ford_fiesta_freedom-L.jpg
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Nick @ Dec 7th 2007 3:47AM
This HAS to be the South America only model. The Euro Ka will look a lot better. This might even be their next Fiesta/Verve as it looks a big big to be a Ka.
The car in these photos has Fiesta alloys which suggests it is based on the current Fiesta not the New Fiat 500.
stang fan @ Dec 7th 2007 8:49AM
THIS is a new car? It kind of puts me in mind of the old Festiva/Aspire in that Mazda did a lot of the design work, Kia actually built it, and Ford USA sold it. In other words: it looks like a not too fresh design built in a country one step away from the 3rd world. This car also looks like it desperately needs a second set of doors as it has a long wheelbase, but the doors themselves aren't so long, making getting into the backseat a real feat of gymnastics.
Like a previous poster said: looks very similar to (any) small Hyundai.
rgseidl @ Dec 7th 2007 9:49AM
I seriously doubt this is the shape of the new Ka for the European market, if only because Ford wouldn't launch that at a show in Brazil.
The European new Ka will indeed roll off the same production line in Tychy, Poland, as the Fiat 500. The two models do share major parts such as the floorpan, but they will be quite different in many other respects. Buying one will not give you the experience of the other.
Guenther @ Dec 7th 2007 9:56AM
design-shmezign. Smack a 3-bar grill on it and bring the Fiesta here already. B-segment will only get bigger.
Rick @ Dec 7th 2007 7:17PM
Wow, give Ford a sweet Mazda2 as inspiration and look at the boring crap they come up with.
Gene @ Dec 10th 2007 9:02AM
ka系列算是毁了，新ka也太没个性了，无论是相对老ka更甚至于国产小车！！！