Fifth Gear Drives the 2007 MCS

“It rides better. It handles better. It’s built better and it’s more efficient.”

Yeah, I think it’s going to get my money, too! I CAN’T WAIT!!!

Wow I can’t wait to get mine. Good heavens can time go any slower? If I see any more of these reviews I’m going to go nuts, I just know it. I haven’t heard a single concern of any real value yet!

Favorite parts:

The doting camera work. The clear love the reviewer has for the car. The highlighting on the engine roar. The wrap-up.

“Brilliant” indeed…

glad he made mention of some of the interior bits too. i like his “meh” response for the center console.

the exhaust note sounds good to me. now, let’s see an R56 MCS JCW in pepper white please…

I have to say it’s grown on me. It took a bit but I think the design is much more thought out and refined. I love my 05, but I need an 07 S. I didn’t like the center console at first but with the nav system I love it. Just the way the interior is laid out seems more thought out and refined than the current model which seems cheaper and kid of slaped together by compairison. I think the car as a whole is more complete now (ie no gaps in design). If you go to mini.com and click on the international website link at the top they give you a really great 3d model that you can really pick at. When looking at the JCW section you can look at the current interior with the carbon fiber dash and then the new one back to back and you’ll see what I mean by more put together and thought out. I just can’t wait for the JCW version to come out!!

-Matt Korr

Big Lebowski is really making me wish my money wasn’t reserved for other big purchases. Now I REALLY want to make a deposit on an S. The red and black is really starting to grow on me to. I’ll probably stick with the Lightning Blue and white like everyone else though!

It the DUDE, Man! haha.

Now that was quite effective at making me want a new MINI.

Love his comment on the climate controls too.

Drool.

oh hell yes. checkerboard dashboard. how did i miss that before?

http://www.newmini2006.co.uk/

i’m there.

Ohhh..that exhaust note….shiver

Matt, I’ll take your 05 off your hands.

hey, O(=^=)OCapn

The specs on my 05 mini are as follows, but I wouldn’t want to see it untill I order my new one. Not sure if my wife would let it go but if your serious I can always find out. The car cost over $26,000 after tax and instalition fees (ie sec system, aux input, etc..).

My 2005 MINI Cooper:

Astro Black Body Color Body Color Roof White Bonnet Stripes Chrome Line Exterior Chrome Mirror Caps Cold Weather Package Heated Front Seats
Heated Side Mirrors and Washer Jets
Premium Package Automatic AC
Dual Pane Panoramic Sunroof
On-Board Computer
3-Spoke w/Cruise and Multifunction
Sport Package Dynamic Stability Control
Spoiler
16″ 5-Stars (Performance Run Flats)
Front Fog Lamps
Sport Seats
Sport Suspension Plus CVT Automatic Xenon Headlamps w/Power Wash Rear Fog Lamp Leatherette: Black Chrome Line Interior Int. Surface Anthracite Cockpit Chrono Pack On-Board Computer 8-Spkr. Harman Kardon Sound System Anthracite Headliner Auxiliary Audio Input Security System 7″ removable DVD screen with remote, folds ove center console when in use (attached to the cup holder bracket).

I Liky!…

Accent? Wot accent?

i…. LOVE… it!!!!

HELP… need money =(

I know you wouldn’t have been able to share this with us if it wasn’t for kind people sharing poor quality video illegally on a site soon to very un-fun because all of that copywritten material will be gone. But I’m frustrated because 2 different guys placed it on there and in both cases multiple attempts (20) to load the videos craps out at between 15 and 100 seconds. DAMN YOU TUBE. Hope that we can get back to good video feeds from servers with bandwidth and maybe even legally. I know that’s not Motoring File’s issue, and I do want to thank you guys for sharing it.

BTW – Tom is twice the man Jeremy arrogant Clarkson is. Miss seeing this stuff on TV. We got 2 year old run of it for a while here on cable.

I really am still not a fan of the engine. Everyone keeps on saying how “refined” and smooth it feels, but thats not what I want; I want my raw grunty low tech supercharged beast up the front. I love the way she whines and makes all the right noises. To me losing the supercharger has lost a lot of the character of the Mini. This is shown in the drive by shots where you hear… not much apart from a bit of wheelspin.

Going onto the gearbox.. again, comments of sophistication. It almost feels like she’s slowly turning more and more into a small BMW.

another great review…but not enough to sway me from my ’06.

My future second car, though, will definately be a MINI.