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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

The Truth About Cars

When BMW bought the Rover Group in 1994, the original Mini (which began production by the British Motor Corporation in 1959) was still being built. A six-speed manual was standard equipment. Here's an '07 Cooper S model in a Colorado yard. New for 2007 was this 1.6-liter and its Chrysler/Rover ancestry.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That it wont be exceptional and, without being unkind to existing electric vehicles, they wont be slightly odd, they will be cars that conform to appropriate safety standards and we can use on an everyday basis." "What weve got to get people used to is the idea that electric cars will become quite normal, quite usual," said Hoon.