I have just been to our local nature reserve. As I was throwing a muddy pushchair into the boot of our Kangoo I glanced across at a Mum dithering doing the same thing with her Lexus 4x4. It struck me that the Kangoo and its Citroen and Fiat cousins are the ultimate non-aspirational cars. The Chavs won't touch them because they don't make you look as if you have money, the toffs won't touch them because they carry no status. This makes them the coolest cars in the world at the moment as money grubbing aspiration is obviously uncool. My partners new Suzuki Swift does a much better job of being a Mini than the BMW Mini ever could, over-egged, ubiquitous and over-priced as it is. The Swift is sharp looking, fun to drive, practical and cheap...just like the original Mini. The Renault 4 was similarly non-aspirational but obviously cool, a trick that Renault look as if they are going to miss with their latest Twingo.