I saw this in greenbelt3 yesterday. wtf!!!...

 

This is a picture of???

 

It's a Suzuki Swift. Don't know if you have that there in Ca. though. It looks very similar to our MINI's but it isn't. They're even putting hood stripes on that car, and now....a white roof!!

John

 

Do you remember when Ford tried to market the Granada as "looks just like a Mercedes for many thousands less"?

In any case, I think it's a good development. Competition should force Mini to keep their eyes on product quality etc.

The picture isn't very good, but just from the tail-lights you can tell it retains a certain amount of rice-burner design to it.

 

http://www.daihatsu.com/catalogue/trevis/index_f.html
This is counterfeit MINI~ LOL~ Last time I went to Hong Kong (2006 summer), there were tonssssssssssssssss of these in Hong Kong. Very affordable and quite stylish, not to mention there are lots of aftermarket turbo kits for this "MINI"~ haha~

 

That's the best counterfeit MINI i've ever seen though

 

Not as good looking as the MINI, but it was a nice try. The car itself is pretty small, so it's pretty good in small countries like Hong Kong. They also have tons of mods for it apparently, I have seen checkered roof, bonnet stripes, mirror caps, etc. So if you can't afford a cooper in Hong Kong, which is like... 40k USD for the cooper S (forgot the price for a cooper)... This guy is the way to go~ LOL

 

picture was taken with phone camera. dang resolution very bad. anyways you can make out the shape...

 

Agreed!! Pretty cool.

 

Saw a Suzuki Swift with Mini-matching bonnet stripes who went to the extreme. Owner placed an "MCS" emblem in his car, exectly where the "MCS" emblem is located in an MCS. In effect, its a Suzuki Swift MCS.

I wonder how a "Swift" emblem would look in my MCSa? Would i be called a "Counterfeit Swift"?

 

omg, and is that a UJ sticker I see on the back of that car?