They LOVE it in Mexico City. I wasn’t there long enough to really get a feel for it (I had never seen one, and I did not drive one), but it must have a pretty good power/weight ratio, because my friends there kept talking about how powerful it was.
Gotta remember, now, lots of cars in Mexico city are tiny, and traffic is often so bad it takes an hour to go twenty miles on the divided highways/roads. Motor scooters and motorcycles are a popular choice there, too.
Several small models and makes (from Europe) I had never heard of before...
The folks at Thrifty next to Heathrow upgraded me to a turbo-diesel 4WD Montero (Brit version) on one of my trips over there. I felt like I was King of the Road, at least until I had to find a parking place. Just couldn’t bring myself to rent one of those very small autos - I drive an F-150 here.