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Picture courtesy of Davie Bertram.
| Performance | 7.6/10  |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 6.6/10 |
| Reliability | 8.8/10 |
| Value for Money | 8.6/10 |
| Overall rating | 7.4/10 |
By northwest
on 30th Sep 2008
| Year Manufactured | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Length of ownership | 4yrs |
| Doors | 2 |
| Performance | 8/10 |
| Practicality | 7/10 |
| Reliability | 10/10 |
| Value for money | 10/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 northwest's recommendation | |
Great to drive, reliable, economic, easy maintenance.
Small boot, dashboard plastic glove compartment, weird radio.
My wife wanted a Ka and we've had it from new for 4 years. I have a big car and the Ka is like driving a dodgem. Great for local use and tight parking. It seems to go well and on the motorway and never ceases to surprise that it's stable and comfortable at well above the legal speed. We've had 4 in ours and it seemed roomy enough and went well. If there are 2 in it the seats go back and there's ample room. The boot is very small so you need to drop the rear seats for a largish case. We use ours for moving garden stuff about and it is usually adequate. I think it's quite a design statement and having test driven most of the alternatives before buying it we decided it had the best all round match to my wifes need, her being a long term 'green' but still wanting a car. I've read that the brakes aren't as good as many cars and because my own car has stop dead brakes the Ka does appear more difficult to stop. The domed plastic glove compartment on the dashboard is the worst thing I've seen in a car and we never touch it. There is another compartment though in the back. Also the radio is a strange design, although it does work well enough. We got polish on the bare black plastic bumpers and it made a number of light coloured marks that we can't get off. The windscreen washer pump stopped working after 4 years and I got a second hand one and changed it myself for £10. A new one is £50 with £20 to fit. One of the appeals of Fords is that there are plenty of spares and people around who know about them. It's only done 13,000 miles and has never caused any worries. Ours is the most basic model but has the later more powerful 1.3 engine. When we bought it there was nothing to compete with the price of £5300 inc metallic. We previously had a Metro which we thought was pretty good but when we got this we thought it seemed a different league.
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