insideKENT Magazine Issue 37 - April 2015 | Page 134

MOTORS
MINI Cooper SD cont.

MINI Cooper SD 5-door Hatch 2.0L
Price as tested: £29,119.01
Top Speed: 139 MPH
0-62 MPH: 7.4 seconds
Economy: Combined 69 MPG
Performance: 168 BHP
Combined CO2: 112 G/KM

Driving the new MINI makes you aware of just
how much these cars have evolved since the
start of the millennium. The ride is incredible –
maintaining all the fun and feels, but with so much
more comfort and stability. The seats hold you
firmly in place lest you decide to hurtle, and both
driving position and visibility are excellent.
As is the MINI way, blatting around country lanes
is a sheer joy, but also driving through town, you
appreciate the nippy manoeuvrability, and on the
big fast roads, you can wind the car up as you
wind down and relax. With the SD’s ability to do
0-62mph in just 7.4 seconds, and a top speed
of 139mph, this car would be equally at home in
just about any scenario. Whether you’re being
dad the taxi driver, or out for a Sunday spin on
your own, one thing is for certain: you will have
a smile on your face while your hands are on the

wheel (and probably when you look over your
shoulder to lock it as you walk away too!).
If you're heading out and laden with more family
members in tow (mums and dads especially),
you will be pleased to know that the MINI 5-door
is available with all the latest safety features,
including front, side and window airbags, a stability
control system, and even collision detection
cameras that activate the brakes in an emergency
situation.
All of this from a very economical car that delivers
69mpg and emissions of just 112g/km – so
perhaps your kids will thank you later too!
The MINI is a car that seeks to inspire. It chooses
not to listen to people who sit on the sidelines
(or at a newspaper desk) and say things can’t
be done, but to just get on with doing what it
knows is right.

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The 5-door MINI works. It just does. I find it very
exciting that there are motoring manufacturers
still in the world who build cars that are not only
practical, but are actual works of art that can
move, inspire and motivate. Once again, MINI
has created a modern masterpiece.

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