i was ready to order one myself... until they dropped liquid yellow
I settled for red, wanted Electric Blue. Mini seems to have a bad habit of putting the most boring colors on the S. Look at the options for 06.
but it seems their reliability has been less than stellar, even compared to most of the BMW line.
Quality already has. There were a good number of new-platform teething pains, but from what I've read, it's mostly sorted.
I'm pulling for AWD, and brighter colors for 07.