KIA used to make the Ford Festiva. I owned 2 of them. Cost brand new as a strippie lost leader was 4997.00. Bought 1 new, drove the heck out of it! It was metalic red, we called it the ****-ant. A smog part went bad and the dealer wanted $600.00 for it!!!!!! Went to a pick-a-part, they were going to sell it to me for $30.00. When I got there, they had just driven it in two hours before my call. It was an impound. The guy asked if I wanted to test drive and buy the car.... I paid the guy within an hour. I had left a $100.00 deposit, got the receipt. When I came back he said he never should have agreed to the price he made! I took the car home and called my local charity to come pick up the broken car. They ended up giving me a $2500.00 donation receipt! Both cars were the same year and about 6 years old. I drove the new old car another three years before donating that one too.... only got a $500.00 tax credit for that one though. 9 years of driving 2 cars only cost me $3000.00. With the exception of the OUTRAGEOUS part 1/8th the cost of the entire car brand new...nothing else went wrong with either car. I was not nice to either car, drove em like they were Porche's...peppy as all get out.
I think the Koreans have done well with their brand. Styling is a little rough, but then again, way less money than most other brands new in class.
Sorry to see you sell the IDI, but no worries, it's like marrying off the daughter.... doesn't live at home but we're all still in the family.