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In my opinion, there's only one other car in the $20-$35K price range that might could top the MINI (Cooper or Clubman) in fun-to-driveness, and that's the Mazda Miata.
Even the MCS has more usable space then the Miata!
I looked at Mazda, Toyota, VW, Subaru, etc., etc. and nothing comes close to the usability and fun of owning a MCCS.