my coleague has had 2, and broken them both.... he now has a cupra R.
its a FAKE... its not a mini, its a bmw.
its too heavy, its too expensive, its too big, (its deffinately not mini)
theres no boot, theyre ugly, erm....... the engines are made in spian
they are forever making funny noises..... and they have a mucho female gathering....(much like our micra's actualy)
and an evo6 + sierra 4x4 cossie + yamaha R1 together are cheaper...... and probely faster too..... (the R1 deffinately) :upside:
Oh yeh, being a BMW underneath really isnt going to stop me from replacing the micra with one in a few years.
You can rattle on about how they're not a real mini etc but until you've driven an original mini and driven the bmw mini you can't comment. Despite being larger and heavier it still drives and feels very much like the original mini. Just with a touch more luxury. A bit like a K11 SR vs K11 LX. My micra was a bit of an inbetween car. i would have loved a mini but they were too old and impractical for a daily driver. The bmw mini was too expensive. After driving the micra, I was in love. It was the perfect price/performance compromise.