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eight of the most adorable cars in history. Click through and see if you can decide which one’s cheeks you most want to pinch.

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I kind of knew there'd be the Nisan Figaro in there.  There are about three I've seen round my area. The prices on them are a bit silly, not that I'd want a car based on a very old Micra chassis though they seem to be popular with the ladies. :)


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Strange that the Mini wasn't on the list, that would have been my pick... old or new




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The article must have the wrong photos. I didn't see any cute cars :undecided:
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The article must have the wrong photos. I didn't see any cute cars :undecided:

You are a bloke, so your idea of 'cute' is probably very different to the one held by the female of the species.

I'm not sure I'd use the term 'cute' for any car, preferring to call some of them a bit 'girly'.  :mrgreen:


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I don't agree with most of those. Half of them are ugly as heck. But that's just me.
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It's not just you mate  :sicky:
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@ Craig, that little red mini is a "cracking" example  :goodjob:

I thought the original Mazda 2 bubble car was pretty cute.. Don't agree with the combi or beetle  :fum:
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The original shape Beetle was cute. But the modern version?  :disapp:

What? No Renault R8?  :blubber:
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@ Craig, that little red mini is a "cracking" example  :goodjob:
I thought so too, I used to have a little Green cooper just like it but without the spotties and a 1430 stroker stuck in it  :cool: it went like the clappers and I always wished I'd kept it, it would have been worth a pretty penny nowadays ( sold it to a young girl to use for mobile hairdressing ) :)



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The original mini's are pretty cool. Too bad I'm 6'3 and 120kg lol.
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The original mini's are pretty cool. Too bad I'm 6'3 and 120kg lol.
My father drove mine a few times and he's 6'3, my brother liked to have a squirt in it as well and he's 6'5 :)


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@ Craig, that little red mini is a "cracking" example  :goodjob:
I thought so too, I used to have a little Green cooper just like it but without the spotties and a 1430 stroker stuck in it  :cool: it went like the clappers and I always wished I'd kept it, it would have been worth a pretty penny nowadays ( sold it to a young girl to use for mobile hairdressing ) :)
1430???????
Wow.
I was happy slotting a basic(?) 1275 engine into my Cooper body.
Full fiberglass front (one piece). You could never call it cute though. The white signifies I had replaced the original fibreglass front after I ran over it because I forgot to refit the pins after checking the oil and water between motorkhana runs.  :-[
And the rack carried my two (front) wintertread tyres on Cooper "S" rims and two rear (buffed smooth, 520x10 cross ply rears) to and from events.





Oh. And I'm 6'2½". Never had a head or leg room problem in Minis.
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Neither Minis or Beetles could ever be described as 'cute', they just ain't.  Beetle is fuggin ugly if you ask me. :)

I'm 6'1 and the original Minis had more than enough room for me. Though I ain't ever been near 120 kg though.  :mrgreen:


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1430???????
Wow.
I was happy slotting a basic(?) 1275 engine into my Cooper body.

It started off as a 1275, didn't take long before I had it stroked and topped it off with a very nice Side Draft Webber that sounded awesome under load running BP100 - then the A+ box with limited slip was added - then the guards were professionally cut back and new flares fitted for the 13" rims and offset ball joints - upgraded front brakes and disc's and converted the rear to disc - and finally installed Recaro's to hold me in place :)

It embarrassed many V8 owners :D


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1430???????
Wow.
I was happy slotting a basic(?) 1275 engine into my Cooper body.

It started off as a 1275, didn't take long before I had it stroked and topped it off with a very nice Side Draft Webber that sounded awesome under load running BP100 - then the A+ box with limited slip was added - then the guards were professionally cut back and new flares fitted for the 13" rims and offset ball joints - upgraded front brakes and disc's and converted the rear to disc - and finally installed Recaro's to hold me in place :)

It embarrassed many V8 owners :D

I'd like to have seen that go around Mt Panorama a few times.  :happydance:
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1430???????
Wow.
I was happy slotting a basic(?) 1275 engine into my Cooper body.

It started off as a 1275, didn't take long before I had it stroked and topped it off with a very nice Side Draft Webber that sounded awesome under load running BP100 - then the A+ box with limited slip was added - then the guards were professionally cut back and new flares fitted for the 13" rims and offset ball joints - upgraded front brakes and disc's and converted the rear to disc - and finally installed Recaro's to hold me in place :)

It embarrassed many V8 owners :D

I'd like to have seen that go around Mt Panorama a few times.  :happydance:
Me too...She had more herbs than the Bathurst Mini's and they did really well for a few years there, I would of had to come up with another 6-7 G's for the roll cage though.


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The old mini.  :goodjob2:
I often see one on road when I go home from work.


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1430???????
Wow.
I was happy slotting a basic(?) 1275 engine into my Cooper body.

It started off as a 1275, didn't take long before I had it stroked and topped it off with a very nice Side Draft Webber that sounded awesome under load running BP100 - then the A+ box with limited slip was added - then the guards were professionally cut back and new flares fitted for the 13" rims and offset ball joints - upgraded front brakes and disc's and converted the rear to disc - and finally installed Recaro's to hold me in place :)

It embarrassed many V8 owners :D

I'd like to have seen that go around Mt Panorama a few times.  :happydance:
Me too...She had more herbs than the Bathurst Mini's and they did really well for a few years there, I would of had to come up with another 6-7 G's for the roll cage though.


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Only one I thought was cute was the Fiat,didn't mind the midget and how the hell do you call a combi bloody cute   :wacko:
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