You just hate anything that has been externally modified Tristan.
I find CobraDrifter's Civic to be the best damn Civic, I have ever seen. It suits my taste down to the ground, and even though it's not a Volkswagen or an Audi, I love it.
I think that Jeeps look outdated. Even new ones! I never said Jeeps were not good looking anyway, you mentioned that Minis sound rubbish when in my opinion they sound gorgeous. So I was just commenting on your beloved 4x4. Now that you mention it though, I do think Jeeps look crap. So nevermind. Oh and I like the new minis aswell, not as much as the old ones but I still do like them. The new ones are also German FYI. So there goes your argument about them only being liked because they are british.
I love porsches, they are german. I love ferraris, they are Italian.
Quite a bold assumption to make really. Saying that all british people only love british cars because they are british. I love the old minis because I think they still look great and fit in fine with other modern cars. They handle fantastic and are great to drive. So sorry if you do not agree.
Apart from loving the BMW M3 and using it as a benchmark for all sports saloons, voting the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG Black edition as the most exciting car in his most recent DVD, and hating Rover? Actually we don't have many car manufacturers, and Jeremy dislikes most of them, hates a few, and is banned from buying some.
The British cannot make volume production cars. Triumphs? Fail. Rovers? Fail. MGs? Fail. Austin? Fail. Healy? Fail. Landrover? Fail. BMC? Fail.
Now and again they fluke a good car - the Mini is a prime example (not the horrible German monstrosity). But in the main Britain can only do small volume production - Lotus, Noble, Ariel, TVR, Ginetta etc.
The Mito is a really good looking car. It doesn't look like a chavs car - which most small hatches look like - and, from what I heard, It drives very well for an Alfa.
Also, if you notice, It seems to be quite big which means space. That's always a plus for small car drivers.