New MINI MKII

The new updated MINI was fully introduced to the world this week, and it looks.....OK.
Cleverly, BMW have not changed much, because not much needed changing. It is an icon, and to change it too much would undo the work they did making it the car it is already.
They realised this, and most of the exterior changes were to comply with ridiculous Euro legislation - you know the sort of thing, if you hit a pedestrian at 75mph, the bumper should have honeycomb in it - because it's really going to help...

Most of the changes are to the interior. The Cooper S supercharger has been dropped in favour of a turbo-charger.

I'm not entirely convinced by it, but like the original, it will no doubt grow on people. To the untrained eye though, most people would not be able to spot the differences between a new one and a MKI if it drove past them, which will certainly help residual values of the current model.

So, there is unlikely to be much of a hit on the second hand prices of the current model. Good news. And if you're in the market for one, you need to visit www.onlyminis.com. A new site specialising in used MINIs for sale.