I remember the reviews of the cambiocorsa at the time. Summed up as mostly dogshit, apparently getting better in 2003.

Pfft. An MX5 is practically a Luton van compared to a MK3 MR2.

Automatic lotus = no.

We don’t generally have mailboxes and the postie will make each delivery on foot to the door. 

I’d say the pricing is about right. OKP.

I couldn’t get anyone to buy my grandmother’s car after she gave up driving- even at £500. So I gave it a better life instead

Is that anywhere near production?

It’s probably built by Renault. 

It is not a Minivan. Think Transit connect.

It’s a competitor for the transit connect, a work van. 

In the real world the actual price is around £12,000, nobody pays list price.

Hopefully it stays that way. 

I’ve been driving for 13 years, owned seven cars with a total spend of £4500. The most expensive car was my current MR2 which makes up a third of that total.

“Normal”

The Trooper with ‘handling by Lotus’

Where I live a number of manufacturers own dealers, to a greater or lesser extent. You absolutely can haggle with them. 

The main chassis  is steel and made by a local company that makes ROPS and other similar fabrications.

Their utterly shit diesel engines grenaded their reputation (as well as themselves) a few years ago as well. I live in an area that historically had strong Subaru sales,plenty of mid 2000s Legacys still about. The more recent stuff? I think there’s a couple of XVs, but I can’t recall seeing any of the other recent…

Wouldn’t you rather have a Fiesta ST?