But while the exteriors stay abreast with the retro styling, the interiors are let down. I won’t say they are ill designed or cheap; instead they are too modern and sophisticated for a car so retro and flamboyant. There is a small tube sticking out of the dashboard which acts a ‘flower holder’. This novel addition, a few roundish bulges over the A/C vents and body coloured exposed metal surrounds around the door switches, try their level best to add the retro touch to the interiors, but in vain. The dashboard and the seat fabric looks as if came straight out of a new generation Skoda Octavia or a Volkswagen Golf. Too bland for the Beetle but a perfect design for a continent that thinks fish-n-chips are TASTY!
There are some decent creature comforts in here – like a 6-CD changer (audio CDs only), a single-disc MP3 player, climate control, height adjustment for the front seats etc. But even with a six-speaker layout the audio quality is mediocre and the dashboard integration for the entertainment-unit will make aftermarket fitment a cumbersome affair.
will it be faster than the swift…….considering 84bhp and less weight to move unlike 1.4 Fiesta?????????