"The Novelty Wears Off"
Automobile Magazine finds this to be the case in its long term test of the 2014 MINI Cooper S:
There is no doubt that no other car in this price bracket offers those things, and that's a big part of why the revived Mini brand has taken the world by storm. Yet with so many more refined, better-driving, more affordable small hatchbacks on sale today, the 2014 Mini Cooper fails to excite this editor.