Comments on: 2007 MINI Length Finally Revealed http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/ MotoringFile | MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lTZMTOR http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46444 lTZMTOR Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:44:16 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46444 <p>Timothy... Funny!</p> Timothy… Funny!

]]> By: Chris http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46394 Chris Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:40:13 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46394 <p>What I really like to see in a New MINI Mk II is a larger fueltank! 50 liters aren't enough at all. I hope they put in a 60 liter tank for the MCS...</p> What I really like to see in a New MINI Mk II is a larger fueltank! 50 liters aren’t enough at all. I hope they put in a 60 liter tank for the MCS…

]]> By: Timothy http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46305 Timothy Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:31:25 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46305 <p><em>If an extra two inches is going to make a huge diffrence in your life...</em></p> <p>Pfizer, Icos, and GlaxoSmithKline make billions off men who say otherwise.</p> If an extra two inches is going to make a huge diffrence in your life…

Pfizer, Icos, and GlaxoSmithKline make billions off men who say otherwise.

]]> By: Neil http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46301 Neil Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:16:30 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46301 <p>2 inches ruins the car? Porky? People. The car is still a tiny little car, and maybe we should wait until we actually see it in the flesh to make these huge pronouncements.</p> <p>If an extra two inches is going to make a huge diffrence in your life, well, um, that's just plain sad.</p> 2 inches ruins the car? Porky? People. The car is still a tiny little car, and maybe we should wait until we actually see it in the flesh to make these huge pronouncements.

If an extra two inches is going to make a huge diffrence in your life, well, um, that’s just plain sad.

]]> By: laverne http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46297 laverne Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:00:17 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46297 <p>Next we'll be hearing complaints of not enough Big Gulp holders.......</p> Next we’ll be hearing complaints of not enough Big Gulp holders…….

]]> By: Dave Mac Mini http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46288 Dave Mac Mini Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:11:43 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46288 <p>I took my wife and a couple of friends to dinner this past weekend in my 05 MCS. I am over 6 feet tall, and we all fit in the car with no complaints. In fact, the only comment from the back seat was "It feels like we're in a formula one car!" as I went through the gears. Music to my ears.</p> I took my wife and a couple of friends to dinner this past weekend in my 05 MCS. I am over 6 feet tall, and we all fit in the car with no complaints. In fact, the only comment from the back seat was “It feels like we’re in a formula one car!” as I went through the gears. Music to my ears.

]]> By: Paul http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46287 Paul Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:58:42 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46287 <p>I never had any complaints about rear leg room in my 02 MCS but its a joke that there are rear seats in the convertible, anyone bigger than 4 feet has to sit sideways. Even then I've never had anyone willing to travel with me in the back more than once.</p> I never had any complaints about rear leg room in my 02 MCS but its a joke that there are rear seats in the convertible, anyone bigger than 4 feet has to sit sideways. Even then I’ve never had anyone willing to travel with me in the back more than once.

]]> By: Frank http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46281 Frank Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:19:37 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46281 <p>Gabe, no problem at all. I just was expecting to see more detailed measuraments, that is all.</p> Gabe, no problem at all. I just was expecting to see more detailed measuraments, that is all.

]]> By: Frank http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46280 Frank Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:18:53 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46280 <p>I personally have no complaints about rear seat passenger room. My 6"2' 225 pound father in law travels very comfortably back there. No quibbles with cargo space either.</p> <p>I am just throwing out there what other people say...</p> I personally have no complaints about rear seat passenger room. My 6″2′ 225 pound father in law travels very comfortably back there. No quibbles with cargo space either.

I am just throwing out there what other people say…

]]> By: JohnPC http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46268 JohnPC Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:12:23 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46268 <p>I'm probably being my normal obtuse self, but I don't see much similarity between the new MINI and the '83 Civic.</p> I’m probably being my normal obtuse self, but I don’t see much similarity between the new MINI and the ’83 Civic.

]]> By: julie http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46265 julie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:49:37 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46265 <p>whoops, let's try that photo link again...</p> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/qxfjp" rel="nofollow">honda civic photo</a></p> whoops, let’s try that photo link again…

honda civic photo

]]> By: julie http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46264 julie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:48:24 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46264 <p>whoops, forgot to close something...</p> <p>wow - from that profile shot above, the new MINI looks frighteningly similar to my old '83 Honda Civic - just make the roof a tad less flat, and slope a little bit on the front and back, and it's a dead-ringer from the side. yikes.</p> <p>sample photo: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/qxfjp" rel="nofollow">honda civic</a></p> whoops, forgot to close something…

wow – from that profile shot above, the new MINI looks frighteningly similar to my old ’83 Honda Civic – just make the roof a tad less flat, and slope a little bit on the front and back, and it’s a dead-ringer from the side. yikes.

sample photo: honda civic

]]> By: julie http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46263 julie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:47:12 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46263 <p>wow - from that profile shot above, the new MINI looks frighteningly similar to my old '83 Honda Civic - just make the roof a tad less flat, and slope a little bit on the front and back, and it's a dead-ringer from the side. yikes.</p> <p>sample photo: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/qxfjp" rel="nofollow"></a></p> wow – from that profile shot above, the new MINI looks frighteningly similar to my old ’83 Honda Civic – just make the roof a tad less flat, and slope a little bit on the front and back, and it’s a dead-ringer from the side. yikes.

sample photo:

]]> By: lTZMTOR http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46262 lTZMTOR Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:46:21 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46262 <p>Wow such sparky debate!</p> <p>Seems less than it looked to me, front overhang wise, but I'm taking a WAS attitude.</p> <p>Gotta agree with the comments about the size of the car.I know Gabe's tall, 6' nosebleed somthing, and I have a friend who drives my car who is 6'4" with no complaints. seems there are other cars you could buy. I personally know of families in Europe that raised a family of 4 and drove a Mini as their only car.</p> Wow such sparky debate!

Seems less than it looked to me, front overhang wise, but I’m taking a WAS attitude.

Gotta agree with the comments about the size of the car.I know Gabe’s tall, 6′ nosebleed somthing, and I have a friend who drives my car who is 6’4″ with no complaints. seems there are other cars you could buy. I personally know of families in Europe that raised a family of 4 and drove a Mini as their only car.

]]> By: jeffng65 http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46248 jeffng65 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:10:47 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46248 <p>flyboy2160 and Matthew you guys are right on. How can people complain about rear legroom and luggage space when they bought a MINI. I actually wish the MINI was a little smaller in every dimension than it is currently to help keep part of its uniqueness. Two inches IS significant for this car and it does ruin the beautiful proportions that the current car has with short overhangs.</p> flyboy2160 and Matthew you guys are right on. How can people complain about rear legroom and luggage space when they bought a MINI. I actually wish the MINI was a little smaller in every dimension than it is currently to help keep part of its uniqueness. Two inches IS significant for this car and it does ruin the beautiful proportions that the current car has with short overhangs.

]]> By: MillieTheMini http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46247 MillieTheMini Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:57:24 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46247 <p>You know, there's one good thing coming out of all of this - if those two inches are just to meet pedestrian standards, there's a very good chance that the engine bay will remain basically the same - perhaps it may be possible to just 'drop' in the turbo engine into a R53 in the future?</p> <p>Oooh, the possibilities...............</p> You know, there’s one good thing coming out of all of this – if those two inches are just to meet pedestrian standards, there’s a very good chance that the engine bay will remain basically the same – perhaps it may be possible to just ‘drop’ in the turbo engine into a R53 in the future?

Oooh, the possibilities……………

]]> By: Matthew http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46246 Matthew Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:51:55 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46246 <p>I just don't get all the complaints about rear legroom. You bought a 2-door hatchback, what do you expect? If anything I was impressed that when I and my passengers have been in the back they weren't cramped. But that is with a driver under 6' tall.</p> I just don’t get all the complaints about rear legroom. You bought a 2-door hatchback, what do you expect? If anything I was impressed that when I and my passengers have been in the back they weren’t cramped. But that is with a driver under 6′ tall.

]]> By: flyboy2160 http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46244 flyboy2160 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:47:51 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46244 <p>and those 2 little inches act, to me, like a transistor tigger that moves the side view from the 'beatutiful lines' category to the porker category.</p> <p>the front, instead of having that great brutally short overhang and huuging the tires, now looks like every other hatch out there.</p> <p>c'mon, what's with that upright rear lower hatch and the bulge to the window? it looks exactly like a roll of fat. the current car has a smoooth elegant line that follows the window down. some marketing weeniw saying 'we have 20 more cubic inches of parcel space. the bozos don't care about good lines.'</p> <p>****and the sad part is, they're probably right. if i get one of these, i'll modify the front back to a short overhang and make a carbon rear hatch that matches the current deisgn.</p> and those 2 little inches act, to me, like a transistor tigger that moves the side view from the ‘beatutiful lines’ category to the porker category.

the front, instead of having that great brutally short overhang and huuging the tires, now looks like every other hatch out there.

c’mon, what’s with that upright rear lower hatch and the bulge to the window? it looks exactly like a roll of fat. the current car has a smoooth elegant line that follows the window down. some marketing weeniw saying ‘we have 20 more cubic inches of parcel space. the bozos don’t care about good lines.’

****and the sad part is, they’re probably right. if i get one of these, i’ll modify the front back to a short overhang and make a carbon rear hatch that matches the current deisgn.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46242 Gabe Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:43:43 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46242 <p>Frank - this post is only about the overall length of the R56. Nothing official has been announced about the full demensions but you can rest assured that this figure are correct. I just figured some of you might want to hear that the car isn't getting appreciably larger.</p> Frank – this post is only about the overall length of the R56. Nothing official has been announced about the full demensions but you can rest assured that this figure are correct. I just figured some of you might want to hear that the car isn’t getting appreciably larger.

]]> By: Frank http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/26/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-46240 Frank Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:39:07 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/27/the-2007-mini-gets-longer/#comment-46240 <p>Gabe, aside from the "extra 2 inches" I don't see any other "official" measuraments.</p> <p>May be you are jumping the gun a little too fast?</p> Gabe, aside from the “extra 2 inches” I don’t see any other “official” measuraments.

May be you are jumping the gun a little too fast?

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