Originally posted by G51 NAV
Don't tell the owner of a *real* Mini that they drive a BMW for God's sake; you'll start WW3.
The car that BMW have the cheek to call a Mini is no more a Mini than is an 8-seater MPV. Just like every Golf since the Mk3, it's a bloated, overweight, obscenity which draws on the image of the original article to artificially bloat the sales of an otherwise innoffensive but ultimately uninspiring car. Yes, I've been in one. One word: yawn
And just about the only reason why British journalists like it is because it's made by BMW. If the exact same car was made by MG-R they'd slag it off bigstyle.