OT new 2017 Mini Countryman styling??? - Page 1
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author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 10:28:11 pm
content: I know this is subjective but seriously?? This was actually approved?

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 10:30:07 pm
content: I don't see anything wrong with it.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 07:07:11 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on November 13, 2016, 10:30:07 pm... for being a mini cooperObscene. They're all this obscene

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 07:22:33 am
content: They're great fun to drive (the supercharged one is, anyway), but just not my cup of tea. I still prefer to have the drive wheels at the stern.-Pat

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 10:33:12 am
content: I suspect that the major typo in the title was not a mistake...

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 10:40:29 am
content: I have always hated the dashboards on Minis. This one ain't any better.

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 10:54:40 am
content: Every one i have so far come across has a giant speedo in the center dash, and on the later ones, a small digital speedo infront of the driver (where it should actually be...)The purple i would take them to task on, late at night ultraviolet and high purples really messes up your night vision,It looks like most of it used to be produced by the UK division of Nippon Seiki, but now they have re branded someone else under "BMW Parts", so i cant pin down who made that fugly mistake.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 12:44:24 pm
content: Looks fine to me too, as someone else said, the supercharged one is a lot of fun to drive and RWD is much more fun.The central speedo is an echo back to the original Issigonis mini which had the same arrangement, it's not a recent design decision.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 03:18:42 pm
content: The whole concept of a modern "Mini" is ridiculous.A "Mini" which is larger than an Austin 1800!

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 03:39:28 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on November 14, 2016, 03:18:42 pmTotally agree, it's a BMW 1 series with a Mini badge on it, but they are fun to drive even if they're not as much fun as the original.If speed is your thing not much beats the feeling of doing 80MPH with your arse a few inches from the floor

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 04:16:28 pm
content: A couple of models in the 2-series and the X1 mini SUV thing use the same platform as the Mini.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_UKL_platform1-series like my 135 are RWD. At least all the models sold in the US. We don't yet get those 2-series models using that platform.Germans - direct about everything. UKL stands for Untere Klasse (lower class)

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 04:38:47 pm
content: Quote from: rrinker on November 14, 2016, 04:16:28 pmI'm confused now, I was fairly convinced there were FWD 1 Series, maybe the lower engine capacity ones so now I'm wondering which BMW the chassis is shared with, the 2 series is predated by the Mini...Unless there were different configurations of the same chassis?Just to satisfy my curiosity now.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 05:42:19 pm
content: Maybe, in other markets. We get a 2-series in the US but it's RWD and not based on that platform.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 10:27:21 pm
content: Not sure about the 114 or 116 but the ones with the 2.0 engine are RWD.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 12:51:01 am
content: We didn't get those in the US, just the 128 with the NA 3.0 motor and the 135 with the 3.0 turbo motor (originally twin turbo, 2012 on is a twin entry single turbo).

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 07:06:26 am
content: No where near as foul as the new Mitsubishi Pajero Sport. I'd even say this car out-does some of the French and Chinese designs in terms of its ugliness.

author: japasetelagoas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 09:59:36 am
content: Man, that dashboard. It can't get any worse than that.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 10:10:48 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on November 15, 2016, 07:06:26 amOh, so it's not just me then. At first sight I thought someone had bought a car off Alibaba, then I saw the Mitsubishi badge and just figured they'd jumped the shark.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 10:33:56 am
content: Quote from: rrinker on November 15, 2016, 12:51:01 amProbably too small an engine for the USA!We now have the 125, 135 and 140, previously was the 123 and 135

author: Zucca
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 10:52:54 am
content: Well, a post on the EEVBlog about my company I have to write something...did you guys checked the next 100 thing???

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 12:41:54 pm
content: That however is clearly a 3d Concept artists wet dream, vs an actually soon to be produced car.Now i am not saying something "Similar" could not be made, i think the OLED idea is being taken a tad too far down the rabbit hole for something that could still be on the road in 20 years. and would question the idea of the bug splatter window down front when the windscreen already comes down so far. instead of say some material for a crumple zone.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 12:47:36 pm
content: WTF is that thing?! It looks hideous!

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 01:10:16 pm
content: Quote from: Wilksey on November 15, 2016, 10:33:56 amIndeed. But they are doing the 320 here, I had one a couple of times as a loaner car, and I really think they are hurting the brand perception in the US, because it's as dull and lifeless as a Toyota Camry. That was the basic model, with the Sport package and, sadly, an automatic transmission, but hampered by the additional weight and drag of all wheel drive, but really - there's exactly 0 % chance I'd ever buy that model, I'd save the extra cost and just get a Camry if I wanted a boring appliance car.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 06:27:48 pm
content: We have a 316 and 318, as well as the 320, 325, used to have a 328 not sure if we still have that, 330, M3 etcThere are a few old (circa 1992/1993) 850 CSi with the 5 litre V12 going around, they seem like fun.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 07:18:22 pm
content: WHen they don;t have busted motors, those V12's are something else.I don;t think BMW will do a 318 in the US for at least a few more years, until the bad taste of the E36 318 is thoroughly eradicated from US buyers' memories. I actually kind of liked the 318Ti hatchback, it was faster than the 318 sedan, and it was the best handling car in the price range in a Car and Driver magazine comparison. Coincidently, the best handling car below that price point was what I had at the time, a 1998 Honda Prelude. However, not too many people liked the idea of paying over $30,000 USD for a BMW that looks like an economy car.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 08:13:02 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on November 14, 2016, 12:44:24 pmActually, the central spedo dates back even further to the Morris Minor. Also Issigonis of course.Quote from: CJay on November 14, 2016, 03:39:28 pm... and wheels so small that they went round three times faster than anything else on the road, especially when you take into account the extra distance travelled falling into into and climbing out of every pothole.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 09:40:17 pm
content: I had a 1992 Honda Prelude 2.2 Vtec, had 4 wheel steering, and probably more toys than most of my later cars!