Similar incident on a Fiat 500 which has been widely reported. I'm sure the manufacturers are using inferior wiring on the smaller cars to save the pennies, yet we land up being inconvenienced and they hold onto their precious pennies.

Think twice when thinking that you saving by getting a little car... they can't stand up to having everything working at the same time, and the load on their little batteries is too much for the battery amps to hold. You will replace many batteries so think again... and again.