hi,,,,the whole idea of this car at the time was to make an very affordable car and at the same time a very drivable car in almost any type of condicions of rally races......all over europe they had trophy races for amateurs and beguiners,,,this car has a very light chassis and at the same time very strong,,,,very fun car to drive ,,,,,,,,,,,,,it´s sucsess came to the street´s and was the first car choice of many people,,,,cheap fast small engine nice mile consumage,,and so on ,,,,,,obcourse i´m from europe,,portugal,,,,,