Going Green With The Mini Cooper
Going green does not mean you have to buy a car with little performance. You can go green with the Mini Cooper and have an absolute blast.
Kelly, of Kelly Blue Book fame, just came out with its list of the top 10 green cars for 2010. At the top of the list was the perennial winner – the Toyota Prius. The remainder of the list was littered with the usual suspects in the hybrid field. There was one car, however, that stood out because it was sitting in the number five position and had something very odd about it. It was the Mini Cooper, which is not a hybrid!
How can the Mini Cooper be in the top 10 of a green car list if it isn’t a hybrid? Well, the car is designed so well that it blows away most of the hybrids when all things are considered. Don’t believe me? Well, consider the car gets 28 city and 37 on the freeway. I’ve found in my occasional drives from San Diego to Las Vegas that the mileage is more like 40 on the freeway, but who am I to quibble?
Then there is the practical side of things. Driving a Mini Cooper is like driving a go-kart. You can go around a corner without even tapping the brakes. I’m talking 40 miles an hour around a 90 degree turn. Let’s see you try that in a Prius! Driving this car is an absolute blast. One test drive and you will be hooked.
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Okay, let’s get down to brass knuckles on this car – the price. As with most cars, you can go nuts and spend $40,000 or so with a fully loaded model. If this is your preference, knock yourself out. It really isn’t necessary. Instead, you can get a great model for $22,000 or so. I went a little crazy with mine and still got out the door for $25,000.
Going green doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice performance. The Mini Cooper more than proves that.