The smart forfour wishes it were a mini. And having Robbie Williams tout it doesn’t help in the coolness factor.

OT (as if there was a topic!):

Neiwert. Nail>Head

“It wasn’t, in other words, a Democratic administration that foolishly, through its own arrogance and incompetence, handed Al Qaeda leadership nearly everything it hoped for at nearly every step of the drama: a lax mindset regarding security, an escape through Pakistan, a gift invasion of Iraq that diverted precious resources from the serious work fighting terrorism, a mishandled occupation that provided a groundswell of recruitment.”

“Wrong leadership is not strong leadership.”

Actually, it doesn’t look all that different from my Civic SI, which I bought after looking into the Mini. Same horsepower, and about $5,000 cheaper than the Cooper S.

It is really nice to have a small car like that if you live in the city.

Any reason you went with the Si over the Acura RSX? I ask since I ended up with a 2004 RSX.

The A-Class isn’t at all new. At least not in the sane part of the world in which small cars aren’t taken to be a sign of effeminacy. Indeed, EasyCar had been renting them for years, though it’s now widened its fleet.

It’s always interesting to see Sacco-designed front ends. To me, everything from the Frieghtliner std cab down through the M-class and into the A-class (which is sort of like a Sprinter) looks strikingly similar. Not that that’s a bad thing…but will there be an (r)evolution?