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Really does especially in this Heavy Metal color!

My bad. Years ago when I was buying a car I was looking at getting a JCW Knight Edition but ended up getting an X2 M35i which I regretted it because the Coopers feel more fun to drive

@@soflojoshautoreviewOh! Very interesting. I’ve always loved the look of M2s but haven’t yet driven one. Now I definitely want to compare them. Thanks for the video.

I actually forgot to mention those two things. I’ll state that disprove that the Hood vent is gone and exhaust outlet. They seem to be keeping those for the JCW models unfortunately.

No worries…seems like a lot of people didn’t notice they were gone! ✌️

Very much like the Cooper EV that will come out soon in Europe. I’ve noticed that non performance models for the BMW group will have the exhaust hidden while JCW or M performance models will get the Exhaust outlet

So weird

That’s going to be a dealbreaker for some. I think if they did All4 on that it would eat into Countryman SE Sales.

Completely valid points. I know for a fact that the Cooper JCW will have the hood scoop, Rear spoiler, one center tailpipe and paddle shifters.

More comfortable with the new seat design that mini has

On the top option pack.

It wasn’t to bad like what a loud after market exhaust would sound like. I liked the raw feeling of hearing the exhaust into the cabin.

Victim 😢

Well, there is the 15 year payment you can opt for...

Thank you! That would explain the lever on the side of the headrest. That actually really really cool though! Congratulations on your new 4Runner!

Thank you!!

You probably drove a JCW because this Countryman S doesn’t feel stiff what so ever. The ride feels great. The only level of stiffness is that the 20” rims eat into the sidewall. Seats are insanely comfortable in my opinion. Also if I’m driving a mini I want to feel the road imperfections through the steering wheel instead of being less connected.

Get the Sport trim as the adaptive suspension with 19" alloys will help in that regard.

One thing I’m noticing that a trend right now with vehicles from any brand is less round more boxy. Boxy is the new styling for brands I.e. Mini, Kia, Toyota etc.

I think it looks amazing!

Thank you so much I appreciate it! I’m happy you were able to order one. I’m sure you’ll be ecstatic to own it. I personally think it’s the best looking out of the new generation of Mini’s.

Completely understandable. Last gen is still a great model all in all. I know that JCW one is sought after.

I appreciate it! That was one thing I’m still wondering. What if certain liquids get into the material? Dust is another factor to consider. I love the overall interior and think it’s impressive but a part of me is wondering if the American market should of gotten a different dash and door material difference from Europe

@@soflojoshautoreview Why? Are you so much dirtier than us Europeans?

I know I stated the previous gen Tacoma had the 4.0L V6 and it was linked to a 5 speed was wrong and I forgot to correct that.

LMAO 65 inch touchscreen. I feel like those who want the smaller screen will opt for it.

I feel that Toyota has done a tone of testing to ensure that this engine is reliable. Not only that, this is one of Toyota’s strongest selling trucks and I don’t think they would skimp on reliability or even compromise that.

@soflojoshautoreview A simple google search proves they're already having turbo issues. Every car with a turbo has more problems than a naturally aspirated engine. They do not last, have more parts to fail, and modern cars with turbos have more electronic/computer parts to fail. They have had bullet proof V6 engines that will consistently go 300k miles and changed to turbo charged junk. They're already seeing a massive uptick in service calls and it isn't even hard to find the complaints people are having for overpriced turbocharged junk. Stop defending this. Hybrids are better and more reliable than EVs and there is no replacement for displacement unless you're fine with seeing a mechanic more than you used to.

I can understand that. For me and the seating position that I use I can see perfectly out the car even with the large 14” touchscreen. Interior cabin is nice as well and you can option in different trims that aren’t the blue color.

It looks similar to the just refreshed Carnival

@@soflojoshautoreview exactly

We will start to see all Kia’s get the face from the EV9

@@soflojoshautoreview I guess we will start looking at other brands then

It’s the Kia brand identity known as “Tiger Face”. It’s hard to say it will look exactly the same as this. I would say maybe the next gen telluride will get a much different design

I agree to disagree. I owned a 2016 Elantra GT and it was the only car that I had that had no issues whatsoever over the course of owning it for 3 years. These new models are great as well.

@@soflojoshautoreview 1 in every 100k Hyundai products. You should play the lotto.

Shoot hopefully I win it if I do play it 😂

@soflojoshautoreview You kind of already did, if you have a Hyundai with no problems.

Fair enough haha

I am but hey it is what it is. Planning on getting ride of it soon though.

The HR-V doesn’t notify you when your Wiper Fluid is low. On top of that, the tank for it is actually small. The only input of reminder is when you got to spray it and all it does is a sound when it’s empty. I tried looking throughout the manual to see if I can enable such a reminder and nothing is listed. As for the video as a whole, it was an update after owning it for a year and with the amount of miles I put on it was expected to have paint chips here and there. The Video is also to give prospective buyers a heads up and a third opinion about ownership. Many videos out there just show the review of the car but not the overall ownership of a vehicle and that’s what I wanted to deliver to the audience. Last note is that the Safety features once the windshield was replaced was recalibrated which is required in order for the features to work. I actually had to get it replaced again recently because of another crack in the windshield. They did the recalibration again and the safety features want to work when they want to. Only thing that works is when a car brakes it’ll notify me but lane departure warning works when it wants to.

There isn't one for this generation yet. If you want gas powered the 540xi is the top of the line for now

@@MoNeYMaKiNg921 well duh, i’m buying a 2021 m550i for that reason

I personally feel that we won’t see that till maybe the facelift model.. that’s even if Honda wants to do that given the Civic just got the Hybrid model

wont happen they want you in the crv for hybrid and soon the civic. Making this hybrid would kill their crv sales.

When I said it originally I was like “ahhh man I’m going to get comments on that” 😂.

So this isn’t the 550e that will be coming to the US at some point. That one uses the same Inline 6 Turbo with a plug in at the front fender. This one does have a mild hybrid system

I ordered mine last July jere in Seattle … i feel your pain lmao

@@beamerandmercedesthebully3111 for some reason I think they start giving the cars on east coast in Canada slowly going to west coast I m in Alberta so midway