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Mini Cooper S Review - Car Review (2011 Jan)
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What’s it like to live with? I wrote somewhere once that a Skoda Fabia, in the right paint combination, is trying to be an ‘own-brand’ Mini. I went on to say it was sort of, well nearly, succeeding too. Ish. That was not quite an ... Mini Cooper S Review
MINI Clubman Cooper - Car Review (2008 Apr)
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SINCE its launch in 2001 BMW has sold more than two million new MINIS and has now broadened the little car's appeal with the introduction of the Clubman.It's basically an estate version and adds a third door to help access to the rear.There are three... MINI Clubman Cooper
MINI Cooper - Car Review (2004 Dec)
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BMW is set to launch a MINI revolution with surprise plans to change its best-selling little marvel.The German motor giant will ditch the existing round single headlights of the Cooper in favour of flashier-looking twin lenses.And its trade-mark clam... MINI Cooper
MINI Cooper S - Car Review (2003 Mar)
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STAR of the MINI stable, the Cooper S joined the squad as a tribute to the glory days of British hot wheels.Although owned by BMW the Cooper S is still made in Britain and is a raceaway success.Cooper S comes with increased power and performance, a b... MINI Cooper S
Mini Cooper - Car Review (2005 Apr)
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FOR much the same reasons that I wasn't too impressed by the American remake of The Italian Job, I didn't become an immediate fan of the new Mini when it first rolled off the production lines in the summer of 2001.Like the original Mini, everything a... Mini Cooper
MINI Cooper - Car Review (2007 Feb)
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WHEN top selling cars metamorphose over several years, it is usually for the better.But often, what they gain in high tech bits and pieces, they can lose in spirit and charm.Not so the Mini Cooper - the latest generation model still has the feel and ... MINI Cooper
Mini Cooper - Car Review (2007 Dec)
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NOSTALGIA is big business and the UK continues to demonstrate its penchant for living in the past.Throughout Britain there are shops and web sites stacked with items from yesteryear guaranteed to provide memories of a bygone age to an ever-burgeoning... Mini Cooper
MINI Cooper Convertible - Car Review (2004 Oct)
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THE new MINI has been an unqualified success and the arrival of the convertible will underline its status for many young people.In keeping with the three-door hatchback, the convertible series is available in One, Cooper and Cooper S guises for  betw... MINI Cooper Convertible
MINI Cooper S Works - Car Review (2004 Sep)
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IN the world of MINI enthusiasts it's the icing on the cake. The one to aspire to. No, not the MINI Cooper S but the all-powerful MINI Cooper S Works.It will cost you an extra £3,000 - yet apart from a small badge on the front and one on the boot the... MINI Cooper S Works
MINI Cooper S - Car Review (2005 Aug)
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THE return of MINI mania has been among the great motoring phenomena of recent years and the best place to enjoy it is from the driver's seat of a Cooper S.There are miles of fun and thrills to be had behind the wheel of this MINI marvel.This is a su... MINI Cooper S
Mini Cooper Convertible - Car Review (2006 Aug)
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FOR the best part of half a century, the Mini has been a star player on the global motoring stage.From those early days of 1959, through the Swinging Sixties to the autumn of the year 2000, this Alec Issigonis creation became a motoring legend with m... Mini Cooper Convertible
MINI Cooper S - Car Review (2002 Oct)
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IT'S the Cooper Yes!One of the best known names in British motoring history has resurfaced at the top of a must-have range.The new MINI Cooper S is the flagship version of a model line up which has become a best seller both at home and abroad. It was... MINI Cooper S
MINI Cooper - Car Review (2002 Nov)
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IF you were fortunate enough to be around on the motoring scene back in August, 1959 when the British Motor Corporation introduced the legendary Mini, you would have had the choice of an Austin or Morris version for your money.For around £500 (includ... MINI Cooper
MINI Cooper Convertible - Car Review (2006 Sep)
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IF ever a car manufacturer got it right first time, then BMW did with the MINI.It has won award after award and all of them well deserved. But the MINI in all its forms has another string to its bow – it keeps it value.Only recently Lex Vehicl... MINI Cooper Convertible
MINI Cooper D - Car Review (2007 Jul)
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THEY are two words that you wouldn't expect to sit very comfortably together.Cooper and diesel, a bit like chalk and cheese perhaps.That would be to do the MINI Cooper D a great disservice however, because this is an oil-burner worthy of being associ... MINI Cooper D

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It's a diesel-powered Mini Cooper - honest! (2007 Jan)
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IT may seem like the ultimate contradiction but there will soon be a Cooper version of the Mini with a diesel engine.This will be the first time that the two badges have been put together on a Mini and will be the last thing that fans of the original... It's a diesel-powered Mini Cooper - honest!
Mini seat fault (2008 Mar)
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Have just bought a Mini One 2001 and the seats appear to be jamming and it is almost impossible to return them to their original position without brut force, when allowing someone in the back   Mini seat fault
Motoring Newsbriefs (2012 May)
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FASTEST MINI HITS THE ROADIT’S described as the sportiest road-registered MINI ever made and it will go on sale later this year in a limited run of 2,000 cars.The new MINI John Cooper Works GP model is currently completing a test programme, part of w... Motoring Newsbriefs
Insuring a new car (2009 May)
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Dear Matt, I am looking for a fun new or nearly new car, spending in the region of £15k but I may be selling the car in as little as a year so cost of ownership is an important factor. I think I have it down to two cars, a new 500 Abarth or a ... Insuring a new car
Peugeot 308 travels round M25 for less than a 'tenner' (2008 Feb)
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The Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 diesel travels all the way round M25 on £9.95 58.8mpg five door 308 shows you don’t have to compromise to reduce motoring costs The Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 exempt from London Congestion Charge The ... Peugeot 308 travels round M25 for less than a 'tenner'

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Used Mini Cooper Fault Guide

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