Finally, the fabled MINI Cooper Coupe made it’s way to Arizona after a brief stop in Sin City and a complete tour of California. Both of the dealers in the greater Phoenix area had it for display for a single day. Today it was at MINI of Tempe so I decided to check it out.

First and foremost, this car looks way better in person that any photo that I have seen. In person this MINI completely makes sense. The backwards-baseball cap roofline totally works. The spoilers make sense too. And the boot is amazingly large!

About the spoilers. Yes, there is an ‘s’ there because there are 2 of them. One of them is roof mounted and appears to be more than a spoiler. More like an air-flow channel that forces air down the rear window to be dealt with by the main spoiler mounted on the boot. After hearing Gabe talk about driving this car and how the spoiler works a a few shows back, I get it.

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