A mini BMW ? or a Mini (Mini Special)

Member Name: johnt

Product:	Mini Special
Date:	28/10/00 (243 review reads)
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Advantages: well designed, modern styling

Disadvantages: lacks the ideals of the original,expensive

There has been much coverage of the coming of the new Mini from undercover exclusive shots of pre production models to the vast amount of free publicity given on the news and motoring programmes.

This car has been much awaited by fans and car buyers alike but does it match up to the hype and is it worthy of being called a Mini ?

I saw it yesterday at the motorshow, the stand sited next door to the BMW one. It looks a very fine car, well proportioned, bigger than a Mini, smooth rounded lines and lots of nice little design touches all around the car.

It looks like a modern Mini, you can see the parentage of it yet whilst it appears to be a great little car it has lost the ideal of the original.

This car has gone the same way as the new VW Bettle, it is the original in badge only. The originals were great and successful as they were cheap, basic, durable and very useable every day. The successors seem to be just a modern design with a retro feel.

They are also far from cheap due to all the extra equipment now fitted, they are modern cars trying to cash in on the original's image. A good car no doubt but it won't be around for as long as the original.

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