Our trip to the Olympic Park in London today included a visit to the BMW Pavilion, which had MINI present too. Inside, along with the BMW i8 and i3 was the MINI Rcoketman Concept:
Meanwhile in the Olympic Stadium, smaller MINIs helped Return javelins …
Amusing, but hardly more efficient than just carrying them back!
If this was your car collection, which would you choose each morning?
(seen in Wimbledon, England – where the Countryman looks like quite a big car!)
In England for a month, we’ve got a Diesel powered VW Golf! Not big, our three cases precisely filled the boot (trunk):
But on the 100 miles so far, Heathrow to Bath, the car is claiming over 60mpg! Even considering UK gallons are 10% bigger, that’s an amazingly efficient engine (needs to be, with fuel double the price of USA) …
UPDATE: First tank of gas took us 529 miles, and 51 litres to refill. That converts to just under 13.5 US gallons, so almost 40mpg! It cost 69 pounds = $108, so $0.20/mile. Not bad.
M&I / GBMINI 