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"The 2012 Mini Coupe is taking the brand back in the direction that made it famous. After years of cooking up bigger variants \u2013 such as the extended-wheelbase Clubman and the Countryman crossover \u2013 Mini has gone back to its roots with the 2-passenger Coupe. Granted, it&amp;#039;s not any shorter than the Mini Cooper hardtop, but the Coupe&amp;#039;s chopped roofline does make it roughly 1 in. lower than the standard car. Devilishly fun to drive, especially in performance-themed John Cooper Works trim, the Coupe has all of the nimble handling and punchy acceleration that have become synonymous with the Mini brand. There are roomier and more functional sport coupes out there, but few are as much fun on a twisty road as the Mini Coupe.   Top Five Pros for the 2012 Mini Coupe:   There is no mistaking the Mini Coupe for anything else on the road, including the original 3-door Mini hatchback. A lengthy options list allows you to customize your Coupe with a wide range of alloy wheels, paint schemes, stripes and decals. The base engine is a 121-bhp 1.6-liter 4-cylinder. That&amp;#039;s okay, but the real fun begins with the turbocharged 181-bhp 4-cylinder in the S trim level, and gets even better with the 208-bhp powerplant found in the John Cooper Works model. The Coupe JCW needs only 6.3 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph. The Coupe&amp;#039;s 7.0 cu. ft. trunk is actually 1.3 cu. ft. larger than the one found in the regular Mini Cooper. Mini took the stiffer chassis from the Cabrio and used it in the Coupe. That means the handling is extra sharp, and the Coupe absolutely shines when the road gets twisty. Even the range-topping Coupe JCW returns an impressive 25/33 mpg city/highway. That&amp;#039;s better fuel economy than what you&amp;#039;ll get in the new Scion FR-S (though not quite as frugal as the Fiat 500 Abarth).  And a few things we could live without...   The Mini Coupe&amp;#039;s design is very distinctive, to the point of being downright polarizing. The Coupe can look awfully strange from certain angles, and the lowered roofline isn&amp;#039;t exactly a boon for rear visibility. Load your Coupe with every available option and be prepared for a serious case of sticker shock. We love the performance of the John Cooper Works edition, but going crazy with the extras can push the price past $40,000. That&amp;#039;s a huge wad of cash for a car with Mini in its name.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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