Massive amount of ugly added to Mini
 

Enjoy the new Mini SUV.:td:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/...ex.html?hpt=T2

can this brand be ripped from bmw by force yet?

You have to be a real idiot (at least auto ignoramus) to call that an SUV.
You'd have to be deuchebag to call it a CUV.

I guess for the US they need to butch it up our market by calling it an SUV instead of just saying: Hey look, we now offer a Mini Cooper 4dr!!

That thing is going to run 30-40K

c-r-a-c-k--p-i-p-e

Not my idea of a Mini but then again I couldn't believe it when Porsche started producing SUV's either.

A girl at work came in to the office with a new Mini Vert the other day but I haven't checked it out yet.

Don't they already have a 4 -door called a Clubman or something ?

They have a power up version called the clubman but I think its a restyled 2 door with a hatch or larger back seat/wheelbase.
I think its cute but no way I am passing up a Camaro or '11 Mustang at the same price...

You can do that with a normal bodied Cooper S if you aren't careful with the options (including the John Cooper Works package). I really don't understand who buys them.

I agree.

Ok this is why I "thought" there was already a 4 door version but I now see it's not.

http://www.carphotos.org/wp-content/...er_clubman.jpg

The Clubman has a rear hinged half door similar to those on extended cab pickups. It also has an extended wheelbase.

This is accidentally ugly. They should have gone intentionally ugly and done something similar to the Mini Moke.

the hood boys are gonna love it. you can finally put 20's on a mini.

looks like a POS, useless as an SUV and now useless as a well handling small car too.

looks like a baby porsche cayenne to me. do not want.

No, the Mini Cooper S is the "power up" version.

The Clubman is indeed a bigger Mini (we call it the "Maxi"), with more room and barn doors out back. Seriously cute, IMO.

And that NEW Mini is flippin CUUUUUUUUTEEEE... not $40K worth of cute,but cute nonetheless!

I thought you could get a basic Mini in the low 20's, and an S model in the high 20's.

At the time when it originally came out, it had the smallest wheelbase around, for good handling and tossability. And the interior was very unique. And then you've got the whole nostalgia thing going on with middle-aged people who remember the original Mini.........So, the high price was understandable at the time.

And they ARE fun to drive. I love them. The S can be flung around like nobody's business... I remember going for test drive with a friend who wanted one, and the salesman took us offroad into some dirt and was doing itty bitty donuts with it... :lol I know Zoomie loves hers.

And they ARE a BMW, so the quality is very nice; I just can't see spending $40K for that Mini CUV.

You are correct on the prices.
Its the works package that takes it in the mid to high 40's.

What middle aged person in this country cares about the Mini?
Mini was never a big thing in American automotive landscape.

I very rarely see anyone under 35 in one.

It's basically the same types of people I see in Miatas.........Age 40-55 White people.

People younger than that usually want a more "macho" vehicle, because they're still in that whole "being hard/badass/gotta protect my masculinity" stage of their life.

They hae missed the mark with this new line. I just had a loaner Clubman from the dealer for a week... it is HORRIBLE. The handling is tragic - it "swims" as you drive it straight, I called it drunk driving trials. It seriously feels like the car is swimming down the freeway.

The transmission. Ugh, yikes. I had the step-tronic automatic with paddles. It was explained to me that it was the same transmission used in the BMWs. I don't believe it. No way. Not smooth, I could feel every up shift and down shift. If I locked it into use for the paddles it would revert to drive on it's own. It made OK power for a MiniS, but ick.

Not a fan.

And, what are they thinking, using the same motor for a larger vehicle? Power to weight is the advantage a MiniS has. [sarcasm]YAY, let's make it bigger!

Sounds like most GM sedans, lol

Maybe because for the young-ins...both Miata and Mini are a tad expensive and there is a lot of alternatives on the market. By the time those youngins hit mid to late 20's they are getting married and having kids so a tiny relatively expensive car looses out to something with more doors and more room for growing families.

Maybe its the simple reason that grownups with more disposable income and no need to hall kids around can splurge on a Mini or a little two seater.

That too, but mine was more fun to type

:lol:

we have 3 here at work all driven by over 40 people. one claims it is for his 17 year old daughter.

If Mini's were available at lower price points I would have picked one up....oh crap.
I'm over 35.

never mind

There's a guy in my office who has one with the whole British flag paint job........But he's got a Polish last name :scratch: :lol:

I agree. For me it comes down to two things, utility and value for money. If I were making this decision right now it would be impossible for me to pick a Mini over a Mazdaspeed 3.

This pretty much had been my argument through the years for owning a Vette when someone wanted to call it a "mid life crisis car". Some of the same principles apply. I couldn't afford a new Vette when I was 20 and single. :lol:

Get a little older...make more $$...no kids in the house and first thing someone says is oh "mid life crisis". :damn: :lol:

The lady here at work that drove up in the Vert the other day is around 60.

Men buy cars.
Women buy Jewelry and clothes (and in some cases...enhancements)

Yet it is the men who get mocked for mid crisis.

"Midlife crisis" is a phrase used by young people jealous of the material goods owned by older people.

Agree with both !!

If it makes you feel better, I mock women for their choices :lol:

Midlife Crisis is a term used by women who are pissed off that men would spend a large amount of time or money on something that is "just for him" and not "for us" or "the family".

It is also used by people who apparently can't understand the concept that maybe people bought a car because they like it, not because they are trying to appear younger.

Signature-worthy observation.

oh I thought men by cars and women get divorced and use his money to buy fake body parts and go on a diet and suddenly want to go out and be active. then they chase younger guys around. :lol

I liked it until I read that...

Looks like its going for the Kia Soul look on the front end.

Yeah, but you have a mini and a Ducati, so you must be going through a midlife crisis.;)

Clearly.

Now, I just need some boobs and the universe will spin in the right direction.