Thing is about teh ION...its what every 17 year old wants when they pass their test...(if it was a car)...something so rediculously cheap..looks teh part, and is capable of keeping up with others that cost 10 times as much (so £10000 Fiesta, to £100,000 Ferrari)....it's taht simple.
Also...the only bad bits about teh Ion, are the bits you can change...mind you..it is possible to build an ION replica, from all aftermarket parts now.
Bets thing about the car thing...it may LOOK like a stock or tarted Fiesta, but when it blows your Boxter off teh road....it's a different story.
My mate and I bulit a Skoda..propper, Skoda Rapide...black matt paint, tinted windows..alloys the lot...funniest thing in the world..Supercharged Fiat 2L twin cam in it 260BHP...nuff said