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interior is less busy than a MINI countryman and better use of the space.

I owned the MB B-class for three years. A great alternative to minivans which I didn't really need with a newborn. The b-class drove like crap but a great turbo engine for it's time. Coming from the MINI Cooper it was tough to take the degrade in handling but kid duties ruled the day. now that the stroller is gone, I can go back to a sedan.

the thing that kills me isn't all the iterations of cars BMW puts out, it's the lack of a manual transmission. no matter how good the 8AT is, I'd drive a Mini countryman with a 6MT over the BMW if it's 8at only.

when you produce only automatics, you let me shop all the brands. MB lost my next sale after the B200T because they didn't sell another MT car I could want. That's when I went to BMW