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Old 10-31-2016, 01:12 PM
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Following this Mini I immediately pictured this! Nasty!
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Old 10-31-2016, 03:05 PM
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The new CrunchyMan isn't much better tbh,



The only Mini that looks half decent is the 3 door hatch. All the other variations are trying too hard and look a little forced or out of proportion.
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Originally Posted by j8mie
The new CrunchyMan isn't much better tbh,



The only Mini that looks half decent is the 3 door hatch. All the other variations are trying too hard and look a little forced or out of proportion.
I'm thinking handbrake off, shove backwards.
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WTF is going on with that grille? It looks like it's in grievous despair.

Mind you, I've noticed that I actually avert my eyes from modern M-Bs - especially those Allegro-class things.
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They ain't mini any more either!
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An abomination... should be a law against it.
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i concur, they are a cunts car, small (in their standard guise), expensive, unreliable and god awful inside
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The newest Fiat 500X or whatever it's called is morphing into a Mini lookalike ...

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IIRC it was Frank Stephenson, who developed the design for the first generation 'new' Mini, who also developed the concept/design for the first generation 'new' Fiat 500. He's at McLaren now...

It's a tie as to whether the Fiat 500XL or the Mercedes Benz A-Class take the accolade as the ugliest p.o.s. on the road.
They make one of my favourite 'quirky' cars appear really rather handsome...

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Mini.... I have seen smaller Landcruisers.


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