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    MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    Just say GNEAUX!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    I do kinda see a resemblance here...


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/28/09

    @FluffyPushbroom: ...with some of this abortion thrown in...


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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    You know what VW did with its GTI? They designed an attractive two-door hatch body for it, widened the track slightly, and sold it for slightly less money.


    Can you imagine if BMW did a Scirocco with the Mini?

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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    Hey look! It's the Mini Turd!
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    that fucking car hurts my head.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    It's giving me seizures... and not the fun kind.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    Oh¸ for fuck's sake¸ BMW. Give us another hideous failure¸ why don't you?
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    When I heard of a paisley mini

    My first thoughts turned to long legs in a skirt

    Now that I see it's a car

    I find that my feelings are hurt

    Ben says it's a toy SUV

    And that illation is backed up by Wert

    I wonder if there's a market for such

    or if BMW will lose their shirt

    Still a Mini with four doors

    looking all sporty and pert

    may not be such a bad thing as long

    as its Mini-esque essence it does not pervert
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    By the way I once had a pair of shorts with that camo pattern. My girlfriend threw them out when I wasn't looking.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    01/28/09

    @tonyola: I would probably buy a pair just for shock value.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    Wouldn't a large MINI just be a normal sized car? I keep looking at the pictures and all I see is a Focus with flair.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    That camouflage is like Ipecac for the eyes
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/28/09

    @Cognitive Friction: I was just thinking that I've seen that camo somewhere else recently. Then I realized my cat was very sick last week.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    It looks like a taxi cab having a seizure.
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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    As a Mini enthusiast I'm trying to dream up scenarios in which this might actually be a cool product.


    I'm still plugging away.

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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/28/09

    @Bumblebee: Yes...I'm looking at it and thinking they're a couple years late on the "Enthusiast Cute-Ute" (VW and Acura probably have that one sealed up now).


    I'm fairly certain this is just more CAFE diversification for BMW. Another "truck".

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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    01/28/09

    @Ash78: If they lowered it (back) down and deuglified it you'd have a cool little wagon.


    Bonus points if the tailgate glass opened independently: As a child in the summers I used to rejoice when my mom put all the windows down and left the rear glass open on her Olds Cutlass wagon.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    The side-view leaves much to be desired(COMMA!) and the wheels should probably be a tad bit more aggressive. I like the 3/4 view. Hopefully they will figure out their proportions before production. It could end up being a cool little off-roader(comma) it could end up being a disaster.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    01/28/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: I have no idea why you're writing "comma" instead of using them, but I do agree with you.


    The biggest problem I have (right now) with this is the wheels. If you're going to make a 4WD vehicle with rough-road aspirations (pretensions), you have to put some real tires on the thing, not those tiny and narrow ones. The only point to this Mini is to let people who live in climates that regularly get snow or people who do occasionally go off road (as a means, not an end) to enjoy it in the spunky comfort of a Mini. And I'm all for that. But if they're going to keep the brand legit, they need to make this a functional improvement, not just aesthetic one.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/28/09

    @weatherman: Wait, your commas work now?!
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/28/09

    @weatherman: The comma was on strike earlier. Functional improvement is the way to go.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/28/09

    In reply to MINI Crossover: Little SUV Caught Braving Snowy Weather
    That looks horrible. I like the camo though.
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