In an article written by Harry Pegg published on The Expositor website serving Brantford, Ontario, the 2011 MINI Clubman gets a favorable review. Pegg says,
Handling is crisp and the steering responds instantly to driver inputs. This little car practically begs you to find a twisty road and have a ball.
The ride is firm without being harsh, but this isn't the quietest cabin in the business. Road noise is always present and becomes annoying on an aggregate surface. It's a good thing you can crank the audio high enough to drown it out. Of course that makes conversation difficult so the choices are: road noise with music or road noise with slightly raised voices in conversation. Either way, it's a small price to pay for the fun.
Car companies talk about target market demographics, which in the case of Mini is the young, active crowd. At more than $30,000, the word "young" takes on a different meaning, because the audience that can afford it is well over 30 years old.
Not a problem, though, because it appeals to an extremely wide audience, from the very young (my grandson said it was cool), to a friend in a MUCH higher age group (who also thought it was cool).
