Luv ya, MINI: Newest hardtops win over 2012 owner - Florida Times-Union

Like many MINI motorers, I love the brand because of its abnormality. I bought my first new car — a 2012 Chili Red MINI Cooper Hardtop — three years ago and haven’t looked back. But better (and bigger) things have happened with MINI since 2012. To get a feel for the new models, I spent some time with a 2014 White Silver Metallic MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 Door and a 2015 Deep Blue Metallic MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 Door from Tom... After spending three days with the MINIs, boy, was I impressed. MINI has replaced anything that was inconvenient in the older models with sleeker, user-friendly alternatives, and it makes for one heck of a driving experience. The theme for the new generation of MINI Cooper Hardtops seems to be increasing space and making things a little less quirky, while retaining all the classic features that make a MINI a MINI. In 2013, MINI unleashed a marketing campaign declaring it was “the most not normal car in the universe. Many of the changes in the new models put MINI further into the mainstream, making it more competitive with other compact hatchbacks on the market. Here are some impressions of the Hardtop and Hardtop 4 Door compared to my 2012 Hardtop:. Source: jacksonville.com