MOTOR Magazine Australia

DOLLARS AND SENSE

MINI COOPER JCW

1998cc I4T, FWD, 170kW/320Nm, 8-speed auto, 1210kg, $54,850

MONTH 03

THIS MONTH 10.58L/100KM

AVERAGE 9.69L/100KM

THIS MONTH 915KM

TOTAL 1873KM

RELATIONSHIP GRAPH

MY GIRLFRIEND IS not a car person. Where you or I might judge a car based on its power outputs, or the way it feels to drive, my better half simply judges cars on their cuteness.

I had kept the Mini’s impending arrival secret,

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