There has been a lot of talk on other threads with regards competition to the Cooper S. However, there seems to be very little discussion as to the competition of the Cooper. I was just wondering what other cars Cooper owners considered buying before purchasing their Cooper.
I was originally going to buy a Lupo GTi in August of last year. I found the car to be great fun to drive, extremely well built and pretty good to look at. However, one day I happened to pass a BMW garage totally by chance and I saw that they were now selling the new Mini. I had read about it in the motoring press but to be honest it never really left a lasting thought in my mind.
I popped into the dealership and took a Mini One out for a test drive there and then and I fell in love with the car instantly. It just blew the Lupo out of the water, and that it saying something. I knew immediately that this was the car I wanted. So when I got home that day I logged onto the Internet to see if I could find more info about the car and that was when I stumbled upon this site. And well the rest is history
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