Speaking of environmental movement, the Mini Cooper will not be the first car to be associated with this. But with its frugal four cylinder engines and the new Mini E battery-operated version, the Cooper’s green credentials are quite impressive.
At present, Mini is polishing the inexpensive, high miler Cooper that sells in Europe to be the Mini One; the new Mini One D has a special 90hp (67kW) version of a BMW Group oil-burner that turns in the equivalent of 6mg fuel economy. It also includes stop-start functionality to save gas in traffic and city driving at the same time it has regenerative braking that supplies juice for accessory power.
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