Ever considered buying a supermini on the grounds that they are cheap? Well, think again. Now you can get a Mini Cooper for a whopping 41,000, a price tag miles away from the cheapest listed supermini currently for sale in the UK, the Nissan Pixo, which will set you back a mere 6,995. The reason the Mini is so expensive? It is supposedly inspired by Goodwood and thus a lot more powerful than what you would expect from your average small car.
Other small cars going in the same direction is the new supermini from Citroen, the DS3 Racing which has a 1.6-litre turbo engine producing 207bhp. It reaches 62mph in 6.5 seconds and reportedly delivers a great and sharp ride capable of thrilling even the more ardent sceptics out there. And although it packs a punch it will still average 44.1 mpg on combined driving and top at around 57.6mpg if you are cruising. Its colours are black and orange which will not be to everybodys taste but if you want to try the car out why not visit one of the
Citroen dealers in Kent and take it for a spin.
Other pricey superminis are the Audi A2 1.6 sport which with all the added extras cost around 25,000. Or you could go electrical and pay a whopping 33,990 for a small Mitsubishi. The Mitsubishi MiEV is clearly economical and environmentally friendly and there is no road tax or London Congestion Charge to pay. Still it is a lot of money for a small four-seater car with a range of about 100 miles on soft driving. Although the government plug in grant knocks off 5,000 off the price of all electric vehicles, EVs are still an expensive intial outlay, costing siginficantly more than alot of petrol or diesel powered motors. Most EV owners can expect it to take more than 5 years to recoup the extra money spent on the car in fuel savings.
And then we are back to the Mini Inspired by Goodwood, which basically means that Rolls-Royce has contributed the black paint and the interior trims. But for people with money to burn, this might seem like a good investment.
