They are crazy and handle very strange. When the length of your wheelbase reaches the realms of your track width then all sorts of things happen :shock:
If you got rear ended in that you would end up as sandwich filling where the 'Cut n Shut' welds fail... or not as they are proberbly stronger than the Ausin Rover welds.
an old vw camper of mine is currently sat in my mates garage having had the sliding door section cut out of it. looks good because it is big enough to still have decent proportions (and its still got a roof). shortened beetles and minis look stupid.
Saying that, in my kit car days, I did quite like the little conversions of Fiat 500s and 126s you saw! Much cuter than minis, never understood the attraction.