Drive one you may change your views. Very rewarding and the quickest thing from A to B on UK roads. Well at that price anyway. Just have a look at the Stig Lap Times.
Everyone knows they are unbeatable on the roads , unfortunately they have come down to such a price level that the main customers for them seem to live on council sink estates.. call me a snob by all means but the image they have is untenable , unless I start dressing in a nylon shell suit that is
What was cutting edge just a few years ago seems very naff now...I hope the Zed doesn't suffer the same problem (cant see it yet though, as they are not as ubiquitous by any means as a Scooby )