In the middle of a blizzard of environmental offer, which is added to most cars' moving seemingly on a daily basis, it is very refreshing to see a car that offers exceptional modesty does not make sense to add an extension of its stupid name like.
Mini One D is a lower powered version of its new 1.6-liter diesel engine, the former BMW-PSA sources replace oil burner in the Mini area 89bhp and £ 159 m of torque produced.
These outputs are competitive, but the new diesel engine is the most impressive statistics of its 74.3mpg combined fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of just 99g/km, a figure that rivals such as DS3, even Citroen, Audi A1, and the Fiat 500 could be measured. Interestingly, however, D'economy and CO2 emissions are no better than the 110 horsepower Cooper D Hatch - in fact they are identical.
Despite lower production, to D Fortunately, avoiding the frustrated driver and his character is much in line with all mini gasoline engine - which means that the vowel (usually a good way) and reassuringly linear in its power.
As a result, the D drive as much fun as one of the lower-powered petrol Minis -. And more comfortable than many due to a hotter version of a reasonable size 16 "wheel you can control with the same fervor as his brothers, but with the knowledge that they can cover 650 miles or more between fill.
Even this relatively modest spec, the Mini is not cheap at £ 14,175 and is expected to be more modest than Q. Cooper How can it be that the main reason for this choice more than Cooper D £ 1,555 you can save on costs. Regardless, you get the charm of the Mini (and all the traditional faults) with leading performance thrown in.
Allan Muir
Price: £ 14,175, top speed: 114 kmh 0-62 km / h: 11.4sec; Economy: 74.3mpg (combined) CO2: 99g/km; Empty Weight: 1090 kg Engine: 4 cyls, 1560cc, turbo diesel Power: 89bhp at 4,000 rpm, torque: 159 lbs ft at 1750rpm, 6-spd Manual Transmission