[oldtamiyaphile]

In Australia there's always someone importing some cheap developing market car, by the time they land here, they're still cheap, but never cheap enough.

One recent attempt was the Chinese Cherry J1, it sold for 10K new (Mirage is 12K), hardly anyone bought them and you can now pick up a three year old example for as little as $3K.

As long as decent cars like the Mirage exist, there won't be a market for anything below that.

Also that Marelli gearbox control unit is know to fail at less than 60K miles and cost $2000+ to replace.