Comments on: Mini Cooper D Review & Road Test

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:16:25 +0000

Will this diesel be able to run on bio-diesel?

By: John Leal

John Leal — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:36:12 +0000

I’d purchase a Mini on both looks and performance. Great review apart from the American spelling (caliber?).

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:15:25 +0000

Hey CA, how about a comp between this the the Fiesta econetic(when it comes out)?
light car + diesel + manual = common sense economy

By: Al

Al — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:41:53 +0000

I prefer the Mazda 3 diesel, as it has more grunt.
It’s a shame they don’t make them at the moment.
You could buy a Mazda6 Diesel for the same price as the ‘Chilli’ model.

By: Alborz Fallah

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:43:03 +0000

Average consumption was 3.9L/100km, I took a photo of it and its included half way in the review :D

By: C

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:19:19 +0000

Alborz, you should have listened to her (Monique?) when she spoke to you! Having said that though, the MINI diesel is not exactly new and you should have already read or known about the start-stop function. I want one now!

By: Richo

Richo — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:09:30 +0000

Call me crazy but I cant see the average fuel consumption for the test..?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:56 +0000

Minis are the best superminis and this is the best diesel supermini by far. This really is a great car. I think drawing any more than a fuel comparison to the Prius is unfair considering size differences, but it is amazing that the Prius needs the ugly aerodynamic body and all of that tech just to achieve the same consumption figure as this.
Great job Mini.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:49:22 +0000

Alborz, this line is brilliant

“it won’t make you feel like you’ve sold your soul just to save a few trees.”

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:47:16 +0000

Nice, but as Alborz said – a tad overpriced.