Gadgetory

well here we are the revised Mini Cooper and this is a big deal this cars been out about what 12 years and they've only revised it once before since launch so here's the third generation car look at it you could walk right by it and think it's the last generation car very subtle differences because that's the name of the game when you're in the retro icon business little different taillights are one spotters trick they're a little bigger with some LED modules it's also got optional LED headlights which is pretty unusual in this price category your base car is a one and a half liter three-cylinder I'm that's something new your s car is a four cylinder 2-liter turbo used to be the turbo was the esket now they both have turbo chargers that's how they make up for the missing cylinder on the three difference in performance about a second to 60 separates them there's a giant mock-up of the new mini touch controller so it's not quite this big but it's much bigger than it used to be they've now got a large central knob that has the turn click and kick functionality common in so many cars plus you got a bunch of you you know home run buttons here they'll take you directly to certain functions like audio telephone on the main menu this is also dialing into a revives mini interface on the LCD but what's really new is they've got a head-up display a HUD available for the first time that's also I think a first in their class okay minor revisions to the overall layout of the dash is where a lot of the icon part happens as well you got the big old pie plate central gauge which is optional with the LCD multimedia screen and the mini touch controller we just looked at all of them have a little different knee bolster shaping here the way this inverted T comes down together and they've also redone this binnacle where the tack and the speedo live minor differences over all the car prints about the way it was except for these new technology interfaces one thing I hope they can address with this new mini are there either meant to in the cellar reliability ratings on these cars in the exuberance around their style and kookiness sometimes that doesn't get noticed by buyers it's an important issue though