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wanted the hassle and security risk of (hat fabric


roof, then the Ford Ka Sun Collection may be the one for


you. A full-length fabric top,


opening up the entire upper part of the car, seems to be a pretty good compromise. Par­ ticularly when the car in ques­ tion is already recognised as one of the best in its class. Ford’s Ka is still Britain’s


best budget car, according at least to What Car magazine, which has named it so for the


second year running. Over 160,000 have been


sold in the UK since launch, some 47,300 last year. Those once arresting looks no longer make passers by stop and stare: the little Ford has become an accepted part of


High Strcetlifc. But familiarity brings with


sales, something that the peo­ ple at Ford are understand­ ably keen to avoid, given that Britain is virtually the only


theBlue Oval is making any serious money right at pre-


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will be the wncky-looking StrcctKa, a proper convertible


with an Audi TT-slyle look and a proposed £12,000 price


tag. That is a little way off, how­


ever, so for the time being interest will need to be kept bubbling by the Sun Collec­ tion model featured here. Around 600 of these mid­


range Collection models will be produced for the British


market. All will have the full- length, power-operated canvas roof we alluded to earlier. This adds £500 to the Col­


lection model’s asking price, creating a £8,560 tag that stacks up quite well against tin-top rivals like SEAT’S Arosa 1.4S (£8,480) and Volk­ swagen’s Lupo 1.4S (£8,620). As part of the Collection


deal, you also get metallic paint, power steering, electric windows, stereo radio/cas­ sette, leather-covered steer­ ing wheel and the inevitable


driver’s airbag. In addition, to ensure


nobody makes off with your pride and joy, there are high- security door locks and a


Safeguard immobiliser. If all this kit is not enough,


you can also specify any of a selection of extras at an addi­ tional cost. These include alloy wheels, air conditioning or a passenger airbag.


Otherwise, the recipe is


pure Ka, this one of (he few truly innovative vehicles to be


produced since the Mini. Customers come from so


many walks of life—and so many other types of car: 4x4s, coupes, roadsters - you name


it. In spite of its size, the Ka


is as safe as any family car on the road today, meeting ail current and future safety leg­ islation for front and side impacts. It comes with a driver’s


airbag, seat belt grabbers and optional passenger airbags. Under the bonnet, the


Endura-E 1.3-litre engine is (lie same as that yon would


find in an entry-level Fiesta. Even though it was fresh­


ened up for use in the Ka, this old-fashioned 1.3-litre power '


plant is hardly the last word in engine design. It runs out of puff very soon after you begin to rev it and takes 13.8 seconds to reach 60 m.p.h. on the way


to 96 m.p.h. True, it performs its job


adequately, but this is a far cry from Ford’s potent and sweet-sounding little 1.25- litre Zetcc powertrain. I Still, you cannot have


everything. Ka Sun Collection


buyers will, in any case, almost certainly have another, larger car in the family.


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last year’s Formula One World Championship, the company wanted some way of trumpeting the fact. Hence the Seicento Michael Schumacher spe­ cial edition model. But hold on. This is a


city car is it not? And have not city cars about as much to do with Fer- rari’s lead driver as a superbike has with a moped? You could say that,


although this is based on the Sporting version,


which actually feels great to drive given the right


twisty road. • Anyway, Herr Schu­


macher’s first car was a Fiat Cinquecento, the car that this Seicento is based on. Michael has come a long way since then, of course — and so has this


baby Fiat. Not quite as far as some


of its city car competitors. I '


IAT just could not


resist it. Having bankrolled Michael


you might argue. This still is not something in which you would happily under­ take a very long journey. Still, its sheer joie de


vivre overcomes much of this: it is not going to be an only car for most users anyway. Let us start with the


Schumacher bits and pieces. We need, after all, to justify the extra £1,100 that this version costs over the standard £6,790


Sporting model. For £7,894, you get the


normally optional Abarth styling kit. This includes


side skirts with the Michael Schumacher logo, which also appears (along with his signature) on the rear hatch. There are also Schu­ macher-branded kick plates, a leather steering wheel and gear lever with red stitching, 14in. alloy wheels (featuring new


Fiat wheel centres) shod with low profile tyres, anti-lock brakes, alumini­ um sports pedals and a


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Schumacher car is a Seicento iH tSIp


special limited edition plate to identify the car. Standard equipment


runs to a driver’s airbag, a manual sunroof, electronic


power steering, electric windows, central locking, a Sony single CD player and an engine immobilis­


er. Only two colour choices


— Tiziano Red and Broom Yellow - are available. And you can buy the


car on 0% finance over three years with a 30%


deposit. ; As with all the latest


Seicento models, this car gets Fiat’s new 1.1-litre FIRE engine. Like the


previous 1.1-litre unit, this develops 54 b.h.p., but does so 500 r.p.m. ear­ lier in the rev range. There is also a bit more


pulling power (65 lb ft of torque) which again you have access to at lower speeds. This means that the car should feel more responsive with fewer gear changes needed around


town. To differentiate this


flagship Sporting model, shorter gear ratios have been installed. As a result, the rest to 60 sprint time has been reduced from 14.5 to 13.5 seconds, with the top speed still a mod-


est 93 m.p.h. Here is a car that, on


paper at least, should only be one step above a shop­ ping trolley. Yet once you settle into the deeply con­ toured, if a little slim, dri­ ver’s seat and grasp the chunky little steering wheel, something very strange happens. Even the most staid drivers are gripped with a sudden


sense of enthusiasm. In its basic guise the


Seicento may well be a car designed originally for shopping trips and school runs, but in Sporting form, it becomes a real pocket rocket.


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