Mini's new-age diesels on test

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Published: 27 Aug 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Life

- For the first time, Mini is offering diesel engines in Thailand. Parent company BMW Thailand says the late arrival of such motors is due to the country only starting to introduce Euro 4 fuel quality this year.

- Although Mini is currently selling six models in the Thai market, just three have received the diesel options including the Hatch, Countryman and Coupe. The other three less popular ones _ the Roadster, Convertible and Clubman _ are only sold with petrol variants.

- Mini is using one engine with two outputs: the Cooper D with 111hp/270Nm and Cooper SD with 143hp/305Nm. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit is shared with those in the BMW 320d, 520d, X1 20d and X3 20d, albeit with different engine mappings.

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Discussion 1 : 27 Aug 2012 at 09.561
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It’s amazing, a Mini Diesel for more than 3 million bahts! In Europe, the price of this kind of car is about 20 000 €, more or less 800 000 bahts… Who can be interested to pay 4 times more in a country where people have an average salary 5 to 10 time less than in Europe? It is strange, because it exist here other imported car at the same price un Europe than the Mini, like the Citroën DS3, which is at least equal and may be better in terms of handling, comfort, quality, etc. But the Citroen is sold here for 1.5 million bahts (petrol model). It is from 30 to 50 % less expensive than the Mini. If you compare with a very good Diesel made in Thailand, the Ford Focus, the price is divided by at least 3… So what? Certainly a great part of snobbism.
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