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NeilBlanchard · 11-26-2013, 08:07 PM

This is a more fair comparison:

I agree that the taller (CUV?) models are antithetical to the original Mini. But, the new Mini is a hell of a lot safer than the original. I hope they downsize the Mini, closer to the original, but you can't make it modern and stay featherweight.

Here's a Fiat 500 comparison:

11-26-2013, 08:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
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