text: spring-based instead of acceleration-based seatbelt retraction mechanisms
  no seatbelt height or seat height adjustment
  no anti-lock braking systems or airbags, except where required by law
  no steering wheel adjustments
  cheaper paint processes
  facelifted models instead of new generations such as Volkswagen Santana, Fiat Palio, Fiat Uno, Volkswagen Kombi, Volkswagen Citi Golf, Chevrolet Corsa
  cast iron cylinder heads and engine blocks
  no lambda sensor
  retrofitting old generation components (older, less efficient engines, platforms, dashboard components) on a European designed vehicle: Ford Fiesta, Fiat Idea, Fiat Punto, Vauxhall Meriva, Volkswagen Polo
  no lamps on the lateral direction lights or remotion of the lateral direction lights at all (meaningless)
  single-piece plastic bumpers; any grills are designed by placing indentations on the plastic
  low-quality springs on the suspension, compensated by a taller and harder adjustment
  less maintenance on the tools used to build the vehicles
  smaller and more restrictive catalytic converters
  In some markets, often in the developing world, very aggressive forms of no-frills cars may be available. For example, the supermini and city cars sold in the Mercosur markets, such as the Chevrolet Celta, Chevrolet Corsa, Fiat Uno, Fiat Palio, Ford Ka and Volkswagen Gol tend to be noisy and feature cost cuttings like: