With the newly unveiled MINI Clubman, however, it feels like BMW paid attention to ruminations like mine and made the kind of car a family would find practical — okay, it is still a little low, but there are now six doors, much more boot space and really impressive under-the-bonnet action. So, the fun factor of the car is intact.
SINGAPORE (Mar 13): The latest incarnation of the MINI Clubman is more family-friendly, without compromising on the ride’s fun factor
By any measure, MINIs are not practical cars. For parents of young children, it seems especially unsuitable — it is too low to comfortably buckle a child into her car seat, the boot space is too small for a stroller and there is not much storage space in the car itself. I had once driven the MINI Cooper S and loved every second in the driver’s seat, but pragmatically speaking, this was not the car I would have opted for had I been shopping for one at the time.
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