I'll assume you haven't seen the Starlet GT Turbo's then.. the little grandad versions look wank, but the jap pocket rockets are much nicer :(
And I wasn't just comparing his car, look at my other comparison... I'm sure they have improved recently but so far I havn't found one joe average could afford. I earn 12k, and in my price range there is nothing.
If I was to pay 20,000 then maybe yeah, but the Starlet was 3,800. See my point?