Posted on 01/21/2010 8:39:18 AM PST by wrrock
* The MINI Countryman will be Mini’s biggest model while retaining the brand’s personality. * The Mini Cooper has been a hit for parent company BMW, but there are still a lot of potential customers out there who can’t quite fit their families into a tiny subcompact. * A small SUV almost 16 inches longer than the Mini Cooper. *The brand’s first four-door model, it will go on sale in the U.S. early next year.
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I’m reminded of George Carlin’s take on oxymorons: “Jumbo Shrimp.”
there
are still a lot of potential customers out there who can’t quite fit their
families into a tiny subcompact.
Nor their luggage....keep it!
I sold my truck last year (she was getting a little long in the tooth) and need to add a basic pick-up to my garage as well.
They tested them with 6 foot midgets.
“Hand me that piano.”
Looks like something out of 1960’s Japan. Maybe paint it white and light yellow, or orange.
"A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness. "
(Repo Man)
The Cooper S is especially fun to drive. Too bad the proposed Cooper diesel version’s not coming over. When I was in Italy 10 years ago, I drove a friend’s diesel compact (a Renault) with a manual and got about 50 MPG.
I think a squared-off back, like the Clubman’s, would help with increasing cargo capacity.
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