YORK, England — What the world wants is extra Pininfarina-styled two-seat convertibles, proper? On the opposite facet of the Atlantic, Ford believed this to be the case and created a really small but very cool Pininfarina-designed convertible based mostly on the Ford Ka, itself based mostly on the Ford Fiesta Mk3. Throughout my latest journey to the scrapyards of Northern England, I discovered this 2006 StreetKa in a Yorkshire self-service knacker’s yard.
The StreetKa was accessible from the 2003 by means of 2006 mannequin years, with simply over 37,000 produced throughout that point.
Australian pop star Kylie Minogue was employed to pitch the StreetKa, and he or she did job.
The engine within the StreetKa automobile delivered simply 94 horsepower, however the automobile scaled in at a mere 2,339 kilos. It offered for lots lower than a brand new MX-5 Miata, too.
This one had a mere 42,375 miles on the odometer when it was forcibly retired by what seems to have been a reasonably minor fender-bender.
Although I feel I would fairly deliver over a Peugeot 307 CC to our facet of the ocean, neither automobile shall be authorized to import to america till 2028.
