Fiesta and Ka?

[nic3c]

I've been told that a Fiesta and a Ka are the same car underneath. Is this true? Fiestas have longer bonnets than Kas. I have driven both and the Fiesta is way better in many ways.

[sumpy]

same underpinnings but the suspension geometry is changed, in other words they took the shell off played with the suspension then designed a new top,

[tubeway]

No they both are built on different platforms - otherwise the Ka would have changed when the new shape fiesta came out. The old shape fiesta and puma had the same platform - as did the mondeo and cougar.

Re driving both - it depends what you have - my wife drives a SportKa 1.6 SE and that is a great car to drive.

[scrambler]

The company I used to work for made the Fiesta 'chasis' ( front and rear cross members) and the 4 suspension units and they are the same on Ka

[Coobeastie]

The KA is based on the shortened previous generation fiesta (and ergo the puma) chasis and is a great drive.

The sport car is based around the Fiesta Zetec-S setup with a widened track and revised suspension.