This disgusts me

[pimento]

It's so much better than the original! Except that you probably won't die in a low-speed collision with a small tree. I own an original mini, and the only reason they're so small is that there's no saftey, no luxury.. nothing. It's a little tin box with seats and a steering wheel.. that'll impale you in a frontal impact. Sure the new one is bigger, but that's mainly due to passing safety laws and such. I'm sure they could have made it smaller, but it woulda been worse to drive and worse to live with. Also the bulges on the front of the new new mini aren't just for the slightly bigger (and better) engines, but also to pass the pedestrian safely laws that'll come into effect. A novelty car can only last so long, in order for it to live a long life, it needs to be livable also.

[drakkie]

It is just a rich people's toy

[Suka]

Actually I think the reason why you guys hate it so much is because all the body tape crud is still on it. If they removed it you guys probably wouldn't be so negative about the MINI. Funny thing is that I saw the original Italian Job yesterday. Good movie.

Taking the disguise tape away would annoy me even more. Not only is it now far to big for it to be called a mini but it doesn't even look like one anymore. Plus to top it of the Cooper S wont even be supercharged, but it will be called the S because then it "stays with its roots" (WTF!).

[clutch-monkey]

i'm 95% sure you'll hate this more.

[Suka]

i'm 95% sure you'll hate this more.

lol
Thats true i do hate that quite a lot.

[clutch-monkey]

and i didn't even show you the fartcans

[Suka]

Awsome..
Someone obviously has good taste in car upgrades...

[cmcpokey]

Taking the disguise tape away would annoy me even more. Not only is it now far to big for it to be called a mini but it doesn't even look like one anymore. Plus to top it of the Cooper S wont even be supercharged, but it will be called the S because then it "stays with its roots" (WTF!).

youre right that it wont be supercharged, but it will be turbocharged, and it will still make similar amounts, in fact a slight bit more, horsepower.

i prefer superchargers to turbos, so i am not thrilled about this move, but in every other way i am excited.

[Suka]

youre right that it wont be supercharged, but it will be turbocharged, and it will still make similar amounts, in fact a slight bit more, horsepower.

i prefer superchargers to turbos, so i am not thrilled about this move, but in every other way i am excited.

Yeah, its not the worst thing in the world. It just annoys me how it is a Cooper S because it is supercharged. Now it wont even be supercharged.

[cmcpokey]

the original S was not supercharged. its was just a bigger engine with better plumbing. the MINI S was supercharged version of the same engine, just to make it quicker than the cooper. the new one will follow the same pattern, just replacing the sc with a tc.

[VtecMini]

Yeah, its not the worst thing in the world. It just annoys me how it is a Cooper S because it is supercharged. Now it wont even be supercharged.

The S in the proper cooper S stood for 'special'. Seriously.

[Equinox]

As long as we're maxing out the mini, let's make an SUV out of it!!!

well i hope it wont be as hard on fuel as the other SUV's

[cmcpokey]

The S in the proper cooper S stood for 'special'. Seriously.

to be even more specific, there was a debarte between Sir Alec Issigonis and John Cooper as to what it stood for, one said Special while the other said Sport. Don't remember which one said which though.

[Suka]

Maybe i should have done a bit more research...

[Quiggs]

Name a car that hasn't gained weight and size over the last 20 years. The Mini is still a small car.