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New Mini design.
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09-03-2009, 05:10 PM
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It looks like it was raped by the '80's.
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09-03-2009, 05:13 PM
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i'm just a cook
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shhhh, don't tell sniper.
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09-03-2009, 05:17 PM
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I dont like it, it just doesn't do it for me.
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09-03-2009, 06:12 PM
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Wow, an updated design out of BMW w/o the requisite scowling LED hi-lited headlights.
 -I like it.
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09-03-2009, 06:20 PM
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That looks like ass.
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09-03-2009, 08:25 PM
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Terrible. Why can't the stick to the classic Mini look?
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09-03-2009, 09:02 PM
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Because they want attention and to sell cars. Just look at the crazy stuff BMW puts out there. ...cars that look like clown shoes, cars made of canvas....
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09-03-2009, 09:12 PM
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09-03-2009, 09:13 PM
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I think I kinda like it too.
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09-03-2009, 09:56 PM
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Just to clarify i didn't say i liked it. Just that i like it way way better then the current mini.
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09-03-2009, 10:01 PM
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Ok, then it's just me. I think I kinda like it. (but hey, I'm a weirdo, so I guess that explains a lot...)
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09-03-2009, 10:03 PM
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I'd go so far as to say i "kinda" like it. You're not alone bro.
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09-03-2009, 10:04 PM
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See, Snipe, my man, you're making progress. Pretty soon we can let you loose on the world...
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09-03-2009, 10:20 PM
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The 2nd gen. Mini was hard enough to like - i.e. wider, lower roof. The concept pictured above is just plain atrocious.
So much for BMW leaving well enough alone. 
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09-03-2009, 10:30 PM
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See now i'm of the opposite thinking. The wider stance and lower roof of the 2nd gen mini reduced it's econo-boxedness quotient to me, and made it better looking.
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09-04-2009, 07:36 AM
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Now it's just another small car.
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09-04-2009, 07:40 AM
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I think it looks like a joke. I don't really understand how MINI is commercially viable, they build overpriced parodies of real cars with interiors lifted from old Power-Wheels toys. This one looks like a MINI convertible wearing a cycling cap. Hipsters rejoice.
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09-04-2009, 07:40 AM
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the fact that the mini was a box was it's allure. this, well... this is a failure.
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09-04-2009, 08:38 AM
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drag racing the short bus
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This goes away from the entire principle of the Mini: a small square fun commuter car.
The Brits with any memory of the original must be ratcheting up their ire toward the Germans. Expect war? Who knows? The Mini is/was one of the most distinguished brands in automotive history, even after the early stages of BMW's takeover of the brand. Mini and (the) Porsche 911 are actually 1 and 2 in popularity, IIRC. Now, as far as keeping its original lines, only the 911 exists.
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09-04-2009, 08:50 AM
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Only Porsche
Only bike
