In the Motorsport section of todays Telegraph theres an article about the classic Mini during the Monte Carlo Rally.. They talk a bit about the New Mini and drove here is the last paragraph:
"Which takes us back to Turini. We drove the classic Mini Cooper up and the new Mini Cooper S down, and it was magical, both ways. Nostalgic and still chuckable going up - ludierously fast, usually sideways and tyre shreddingly, brake smokingly grin-cracking on the way down. BMW has done an honourable trick in celebrating the Mini heritage without hijacking it, and there wasn't an original driver who didn't think the MINI has captured at least the spirit of the Mini. Me, too."