Tropicana Magazine Nov-Dec 2018 #121: Festive Frivolities
Tropicana Magazine Nov_Dec issue#121 is all about the festive season's cheer and joy. Tis' also the time to travel and make time for your family, as everyday is an adventure if we choose to see it that way. Be jolly, to one & all!
Tropicana Magazine Nov_Dec issue#121 is all about the festive season's cheer and joy. Tis' also the time to travel and make time for your family, as everyday is an adventure if we choose to see it that way. Be jolly, to one & all!
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THE DRIVE<br />
You can’t hold a good idea down.<br />
First created on August 26, 1959<br />
in Great Britain, the MINI was<br />
more than just a car. It became<br />
an icon. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis,<br />
the MINI was in its purest form a car that<br />
was creative, focused, agile and appealing<br />
to everyone. It soon took on celebrity-like<br />
appeal in the history of pop culture. It<br />
was a performer, and grabbed attention<br />
for its world-class performances at the<br />
Monte Carlo rallies, sealing its place in<br />
the pages of automotive and motorsports<br />
history.<br />
With its deeply human appeal in its<br />
looks and visceral driving experience,<br />
Malaysian drivers were just as beguiled<br />
by this nifty compact car as the rest of the<br />
world. Since the introduction of the third<br />
generation MINI in 2014, more than<br />
1,500 units were delivered in Malaysia,<br />
Kidd Yam, Head of MINI Malaysia,<br />
revealed at the launch of MINI’s latest<br />
permutations.<br />
MINI fans will be pleased to know<br />
that the new MINI Cooper S 3 Door, 5<br />
Door and John Cooper Works versions<br />
stay faithful to the car’s legendary roots,<br />
but have set even loftier ambitions with<br />
new benchmarks for emotive design,<br />
clever functionality and signature gokart<br />
handling. Design elements including<br />
some surprising use of the MINI logo and<br />
Union Jack, and for the first time LED<br />
headlamps with daytime running lights,<br />
distinguish the latest alliterations from<br />
those of the past.<br />
Redesigned for greater brightness,<br />
all headlights have been enhanced with<br />
full LED technology. The front beams<br />
are powered by Bi-LED lights, and at<br />
a flick of the indicator will switch the<br />
LED daytime running lights to the LED<br />
indicators. The kicker is the energysaving<br />
rear lights, which – wait for it<br />
– light up to sport a stylised Union Jack.<br />
No mistaking the heritage of the MINI<br />
with those. Inspired additions like the<br />
MINI Logo Projection, which beams<br />
MINI’s new streamlined “flat design” logo on<br />
the ground every time the driver steps in and<br />
out of the vehicle is an unnecessary but nice<br />
touch.<br />
That quirky approach to its aesthetic<br />
heritage and inherent expectation that a<br />
car isn’t just an object that transports you<br />
from A to B but an extension of its owner’s<br />
personality has been a hallmark of MINI.<br />
A champion of personalisation, here in<br />
Malaysia MINI has upped the ante with the<br />
introduction of the award-winning MINI<br />
Yours Customised Accessories. A first for<br />
Southeast Asia, MINI buyers in Malaysia can<br />
now retrofit components such as side scuttles,<br />
cockpit facia, LED Door Sills Finishers<br />
and LED Door Projector to specifications.<br />
At the click of the mouse (the MINI Yours<br />
Customised Services can be designed and<br />
ordered at www.yours-customised.mini),<br />
a new MINI owner can select between<br />
various colours, patterns, surfaces, icons<br />
and even incorporate their own text – a<br />
sonnet perhaps? – into the final design. That<br />
near limitless potential for unique design<br />
outcomes has already grabbed the attention<br />
of the German Design Council.<br />
If all that sounds superficial, then fasten<br />
your seatbelts. MINI hasn’t forgotten the<br />
thrill of its go-kart driving capabilities. The<br />
new MINI Cooper S 3 Door, 5 Door and John<br />
Cooper Works come with the latest engines<br />
and transmissions from the BMW Group<br />
inside.<br />
Both the new MINI Cooper S 3 Door<br />
and MINI Cooper S 5 Door are powered by a<br />
2.0-litre 4-Cylinder MINI TwinPower Turbo<br />
Engine and deliver up to 192HP and 280Nm<br />
of torque with a top speed of 235km/h. This<br />
allows the new MINI 3 Door to go from 0<br />
to 100km/h in 6.7 seconds with a combined<br />
CO2 emission of 125 g/km and combined<br />
fuel consumption of 5.5l/100km. The new<br />
5 Door is only 0.1 second slower at 6.8<br />
seconds. Its combined CO2 emission is 128<br />
g/km and its combined fuel consumption<br />
is 5.6l/100km. The two variants are also the<br />
first MINIs in the family to be equipped with<br />
the 7-Speed Dual Clutch transmission and an<br />
electronic gear shifter.<br />
This 7-Speed Dual Clutch Steptronic<br />
Sports transmission consists of two subtransmissions<br />
to ensure no delays and<br />
more comfort in shifting gears. With subtransmission<br />
1 aligned for gears 2, 4, 6 and<br />
the reverse, and sub-transmission 2 for gears<br />
1, 3, 5 and 7, this means that the next gear<br />
will always have been pre-engaged on the<br />
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