Expert Evaluations
2008 MINI Cooper
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- More passenger and cargo room
- Great handling
- Fuel economy
- Storing the cargo floor panel
- Manipulating and storing the cargo cover
- Understeer on slippery surfaces
- none
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- Easier Access
- Very good handling
- Sporty attitude
- Sport mode on transmission (engine mamnagement)
- ABS & Stability control standard
- Flat floor paltform storage
- Handlling and storage of trunk cover
- Price
- understeer on wet surfaces
- None
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- Come on now, it's a Mini. It offers some of the best handling for the money of any vehicle on the planet!
- Rear legroom is not the greatest, but then again read the green light!
- Dealerships are few and far between, but then again, read the green light!!
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- It's all Mini, just bigger!
- The twin rear doors hamper vision slightly, but you get used to it, and they look amazing.
- I can't honestly think of one!
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- Handling causes fits of laughter
- Very efficient performance
- Stare-at-me styling
- More comfortable and roomy than it looks
- Barn doors reduce rearward visibility
- Some fussy controls inside
- None
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- Remarkable styling
- Precise manual gearbox
- Rear passenger room
- Engine harshness
- Seat firmness
- Price
- Rearward visibility
- Splitdoor squeal
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