Yeah, gonna have to leave this here....

Holy SHIT! I've been trying to find this for years! I remember it from a book or magazine and couldn't figure out what it was. Just as awesome as I remember.

Damn you for beating me to it. I wanted this car so badly, and I was bitterly disappointed it would never see production. I'd never have afforded one, but just to know it existed. And hell yes I'd drive one day.

I loathed this ad when it came out in the mid-nineties. Still do.

You must be one of the lucky ones. I know quite a few people with Mini's and none of them talk kindly about 'em when it comes to reliability. They still love them though, like the pet dog that tears shit up and wizzes on the carpet whenever your out the house.

Why, do the 'Murican built ones come with M16's?

YES. God yes, not least because you can buy it as a Chrysler in the UK & Ireland.

It's still the Cooper S variant, and the original Countryman was only ever sold with one engine option; the 850cc. A Cooper S, like the Cooper, was only ever sold as a 2 door.

Are you trolling? These are great cars! Just because GM mishandled selling them does not mean they didn't live up to the GTO name.

This is a Cooper S, apparently.

I'm sure that must have been fun for Pontiac, given an old Opel design respun by Daewoo, and then slapping one of their most iconic models names on it. Mmm, leftovers.

The very definition of a boondoggle; Edinburgh's idiotic tram project. Nobody in the city wants it, it's three years (and counting) over schedule, its budget has skyrocketed from 350 million to 770 million pounds (interest on loans will mean it'll top 1 billion before it's paid off) and the tram line will only be half…

Ha, ha, yes! Exactly what I was imagining. So stoked for you Jason!

Dang man, DANG. You are King of the Interwebs. I feel like Jalopnik should be presenting you with an oversized key to Kinja or something.

I (and probably most of the Jalopnik faithful) have been checking in every couple of hours the last two days in the hope the top article would just be titled 'FOUND IT!', and it sucks to know you don't have you car back yet. We live in hope Jason.

It's so sad that trolling is entertainment to you. Like I said, take it elsewhere.

Jason's lost something which has huge, HUGE sentimental value to him. Yours is a shitty opinion. Take it and your trolling elsewhere.

I really doubt that. Even if Proton were to give up on Lotus, between their history and engineering (they have fingers in many, many pies), there's no way Lotus are going anywhere.

Ummm, how's this thing gonna fit a US license plate?

So its another electric Elise. What's so different about it compared to the original Tesla? Or are they just picking up where Tesla left off?