They may have had some strange ideas, but at least it was a good cheap, fun small car that could sell itself. Now look what they try to pass of as a Mini, good thing the new Mini has good advertising. Even though alot of it is just playing off the original car the proved itself. How else would they sell it? I've driven a couple new Cooper S's and although they are decent cars they are not Minis. It's just like driving a Civic or a VW Goof only a little more funky. For the price of these cars I would expect them to be alot better or at least not have a Chrysler based engine. And they really need more power. Hopefully the second generation Mini will have more power with it's BMW engine. Too bad it's going to be even bigger. I bet we can thank the americans for that they won't buy them if they are too small because they are scared. Meanwhile the rest of the earths population understands that small cars make sense and can be safe to drive if you pay attention while you are at the wheel.