Comments on: MINI reveals the Countryman crossover

By: Nathaniel Salzman

Nathaniel Salzman — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:29:19 +0000

Thanks, JJ.

As for the Kymco Downtown, it’s not listed on Kymco’s USA website, so I had to look it up. It looks like a more aggressive version of the Xciting. Having never sat on or ridden one, I can’t comment one way or the other. In general, I’m not a fan of the styling on the Kymcos. They’re undoubtedly top quality bikes, but I have never been a fan of their looks. Ergonomics on scooters can be tricky, simply because everybody has a little bit different reach, height, inseem, etc.

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:51:31 +0000

Nice job with the Mini-crossover.

Your such a great reviewer, Nathaniel, can you do one on the KYMCO DOWNTOWN 300i-particularly regarding it’s ergos?

Thanks.

By: Nathaniel Salzman

Nathaniel Salzman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:48:24 +0000

Thanks, DB. I can definitely see how this isn’t the car for everybody’s needs and frankly, I think that’s fantastic. It might end up being a really good fit for me because if all goes as planned, my wife and I would like to become a one car household. If we can work that out, the Countryman could be absolutely perfect.

By: The R60 | dbmini.us

The R60 | dbmini.us — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:22:47 +0000

[...] go over and read what Nathaniel has to say. Equally interesting. Posted in MINI News, Op/Ed — by db on 01/20/10 (0) Comments [...]

By: db

db — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:57:00 +0000

First, all indications are that the high-performance 2.0L diesel powerplant available in Europe will not make it to our shores. I’m looking at you, California!

Yea, sorry about that. The thing is though, with the diesel, I’m pretty sure it would pass in CA, both for C02 (which we already know is lower than a Prius) and NOx. But, since nobody has hooked it up to a sniffer and published the results, we don’t know.

As far as this MINI is concerned, I like it. I don’t think I would buy one since it’s way to much car for my needs. I would like to see the interior improvements make their way into the R56/R55/R57 range though.

Nice write up!