Personally I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole, Coz when it comes to Minis I'm old school....
Only had a test drive of the first coopers out, and I wasn't really impressed, the winscreen was too far away, the clocks and dials are in the wrong place, I couldn't get a feel for the size of the car at all, which made me HATE it...
only good impression I got from that inital drive, was that I liked the feel of the engine and the gearbox, but bearing in mind I was driving a ford at the time, whilst awaiting my (proper) mini to get back on the road....