I’ve seen Echo’s running near or beyond 500k miles with little maintanence, they are basically unkillable little cars. And the fact that everything is so simple makes them easy to work on and spare parts are reasonably priced too.

Because in Brazil (where it was designed) it’s Echo-Sport.

The EcoSport was always a Brazilian product, it has no European influence whatsoever, that explains the poor reviews that it got in Europe as its a product for South America.

India makes it work with the sub 4-meter Mahindra Quanto:

What about the “Designed by” badges?

The Prius beeps when you go in reverse:

You’d be deaf by the time you arrive to your destination.

They would need to reduce the safety standards as you are lucky if you get one with airbags and even luckier if you find one with ESP.

But what would you buy? The Hilux and similar trucks are already the size of Colorado’s and the US already is getting Euro vans like the Promaster and Transit.

Pictured Renault-Samsung SM3 Zero Emissions.

He did get a Renault 4 though:

I think it’s the people that are far away and the car is on a platform, the Creta is even smaller than the Tucson:

In South America they do, VW has the Saveiro, Renault has the Oroch, Fiat has the Strada and Toro, Chevrolet has the Montana, etc... They are all car based trucks with tiny beds and they are all pretty popular.

Or... It could be a remake of their Felicia pick up, which was sold way before the mk4 Jetta:

My mom’s old Hyundai Matrix had storage under the rear seats which you had to fold and flip up to access, I don’t think many owners knew about them.

Well, the EcoSport is a South American product, not European, so they will have to make it better for it to sell in the NA market, as it has been bashed for the European media for having a low quality interior compared to the Fiesta.

You are correct, engines are the 1.0 turbo and 1.6 from the Fiesta but also an optional 2.0 (142 hp) awd with either a manual or a powershift automatic.

The current gen EcoSport has been on sale since 2012, so the US will get the facelifted version with probably an Escape looking front end.

I hope that they change the back door to a liftgate as it’s the opposite of practical: