I'll grant you efficient and that it's a great piece of engineering (Until you try to work on it. Snap-in plastic parts, inaccessable engine compartment...).

As for customizable, well, so is Mr. Potato Head: No matter what you do with it, it looks ridculous.

Affordable? Probably, but I maintain that there are still better deals out there for those who don't mind tried-and-true, large, comfortable, older vehicles - the kind that have enough trunk space to do away with the Campagnolo team van. Just perfect when you spot that '82 De Rosa thrown out on the kerb...

You'll take back the part about it being safe once some vintage Detroit steel (any '70s Mercury or Lincoln comes to mind) T-bones you on the driver's side of your customizable, affordable, and effecient tuna can.

Forgive me for nitpicking - I'm in one of those Grocho Marx moods today...

-Kurt