Saturday, September 30, 2006

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Mr. Paukert our compatriot at Winding Road was able to abduct a few BMW execs in Paris and beat them with stale baguettes until they finally put to rest rumors of an iDrive-like interface finding its way into the new MINI.

Since a touch screen setup was nixed due to design and placement issues the joystick you see south of the shifter is there to control all facets of the new MINI's sat-nav. Furthermore the crumb-encrusted execs made it clear that no aspect of iDrive's architecture will find its way into the iconic hatch citing MINI owner's affection towards a (somewhat) simple uncluttered motoring experience.

 

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