Mini, Maxi !

BMW Group has recently launched an all new MINI Countryman- a family four doors car that's 16 inched longer than the tiny original. The car has a base engine of 1.6 liter inline four-cylinder generating 121 horsepower. Sounds like a nice regular family car, only it does have one small difference- the car's price tag starts at a quarter of a million shekels, pretty much the same price for two new family cars. So what do you get for your money's worth? Well, the front dashboard of the car retains a distinctive mini look. And it is after all owned by BMW Group. At the end of the day, we can admit to ourselves that it will not be the first time, and probably not last time, that a brand name will have us, the consumers, spend the extra pennies for.