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Driving A Mini In An SUV World

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Transport-Policy Listserv
22 February 2005 - 5:00am

An American driver of the popular 'Mini' car relates how it feels to drive next to mamoth SUVs

"It's been a great week for the Mini, as BMW puts another £100m into its Oxford factory. Business has been buoyed by 36,000 sales in the US - but can it be comfortable driving a Mini on American roads where other cars are as big as tanks? Magazine reader and Mini driver Candace Sleeman, from New Jersey, here tells of the view from the kerbside."

Full Story: Confessions of a US Mini driver
Source: BBC News, February 18, 2005
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