Clarkson fires a broadside at the new Ka

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Interesting, that. Almost every other motoring journo has liked the Ka better than the 500 (due to it having a slightly firmer ride and no Fiat badge). Typical of Clarkson to go against the grain.
 
not really,the ka has 2 engine options and they are both slow,the 500 has the abarth model so is a nice hothatch.thats why clarkson prefers the 500.i also prefer the 500,it has more flair and style than the ka
 
The 500 is Gorgeous in that powder Blue & the Red & White stripe is perfection, I Love that little car. The KA is a Blatant Meh!
 
The fact that other journalists have preferred the Ka over the 500 to me shows that they are just playing up the bigger player.

With clarkson prefering the 500 over the Ka (before knowing that the 500 = ka), this shows that Ford have either done something incredibly wrong to the 500/panda platform (other than make it look disghusting), or that he holds higher standards for Ford (or both).

Good review to be honest (minus the ranting dribble that he seems to fill the reviews with these days).
 
I like the way Clarkson's on the right page regarding oil depletion:

The upshot is that when the oil does start to run out, we as a species will be completely unprepared.
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If we don’t do this, we will emerge from the financial crisis only to discover that because of a lack of oil all the lights have gone out.
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I think it would be a better approach to say Are we not All Sick of being held ransom by the Arabs over fuel/oil prices myself but then that's just me.

O.T.
I just think the 500 is real stylish & have loved it since the first time I saw it.
 
Scuzi said:
Dear god, will you please change the record?
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A quick search back through my posts shows I haven't mentioned oil depletion/peak oil since 19th November. I do wonder why you're so touchy about something I haven't mentioned in more than two months until today.

I point it out as Clarkson's a influential chap with exactly the kind to people to often dismiss oil depletion arguments. That he's opening writing about it in the Sunday Times is more likely to sway public opinion then a 100 bloggers. It's a meme gradually gaining acceptance, thanks to people like Clarkson.
 
Agreed clv101, being told to 'change the record' is the head-in-sand attitude that amazingly even Clarkson is against.
 
clv101 said:
A quick search back through my posts shows I haven't mentioned oil depletion/peak oil since 19th November. I do wonder why you're so touchy about something I haven't mentioned in more than two months until today.

I point it out as Clarkson's a influential chap with exactly the kind to people to often dismiss oil depletion arguments. That he's opening writing about it in the Sunday Times is more likely to sway public opinion then a 100 bloggers. It's a meme gradually gaining acceptance, thanks to people like Clarkson.
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What exactly does your opinion on supposed oil depletion have to do with a Ford Ka? Regardless of when you last mentioned it, you have had a habit of bringing the subject up in completely unrelated threads.



flat-6 said:
Agreed clv101, being told to 'change the record' is the head-in-sand attitude that amazingly even Clarkson is against.
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No it isn't. My issue is not with his opinion on the subject of oil. It is with his seemingly random introduction of the topic into unrelated threads.
 
Scuzi - have you actually read the Clarkson article? It's not me bringing up oil depletion, it's him!

Excuse me for commenting on an article someone posted to a discussion forum. :rolleyes:
 
clv101 said:
Scuzi - have you actually read the Clarkson article? It's not me bringing up oil depletion, it's him!

Excuse me for commenting on an article someone posted to a discussion forum. :rolleyes:
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Evidently not. I have just discovered a page 2.

Apologies. I thought the article was about a Ford Ka.
 
I love reading JC's ability to co-mingle a review of a Ford Ka with the state of this economy. It's brilliant how he does it.

I bet when Ford read his review they are totally confused as to why half of it is about nothing, as such, to do with their car :D
 
No worries. :) Clarkson's car reviews have a habit of going off on some major tangents, sometimes only mentioning the car in a couple of paragraphs. This one had a fairly high car to other stuff ratio!
 
clv101 said:
No worries. :) Clarkson's car reviews have a habit of going of on some major tangents, sometimes only mentioning the car in a couple of paragraphs. This one had a fairly high car to other stuff ratio!
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Yeah.

He has basically used the Ford Ka as an example of everything that is wrong in the world at the moment. Outsourcing car production to Poland... yay! :(
 
Well that Ford Ka looks like someone squashed a Peugeot 207 and then beat it with the ugly stick (and sprayed it snot green)

That alone seems like a good enough reason not to buy it. It's not like we're short of small economical <=1.3 shopping trolleys so may as well at least get one that looks nice. It's not exactly cheap at just under 10 grand either. Isn't the Fiat Panda more like 6 grand?
 
NathanE said:
Yeah.

He has basically used the Ford Ka as an example of everything that is wrong in the world at the moment. Outsourcing car production to Poland... yay! :(
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yeh, moving production abroad to make products cheaper is an awful idea! :rolleyes:
especially when the tychy plant has been there for donkeys years, building the 126 among other things, moving onto the cinquecento and siecento, before starting with the new 500 and ka...

lots of cars have been built in eastern europe. the TT's production plant is in hungary..
 
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