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2007 MINI COOPER S
IN FLEET: March 22-April 5 AS-TESTED PRICE: $23,650 DRIVETRAIN: 1.6-liter turbocharged four; fwd; six-speed manual OUTPUT: 172 hp @ 5500 rpm; 177 lb-ft @ 1600 rpm CURB WEIGHT: 2668 lb FUEL ECONOMY (EPA): 31.7 mpg
Gritzinger: It's hard not to love a Mini, any Mini, but I'm not quite as smitten with the revised New Mini as I was with the first New Mini. First off, I don't like the huge center speedometer, which takes away much of the instrument panel's cuteness. Shouldn't everything about the Mini be, well, mini? You'd be hard-pressed to fit that speedometer into a Hummer.
I also found the shift into fifth gear was routinely ...