Clutch bite point on 2015 Cooper D

[kith]

Mrs is looking for a new car so I test drove a Cooper D from one of those car supermarkets today. It was lovely apart from the clutch which seemed to have a high bite point and therefore a bit of a pain in traffic. Salesman did the usual “they all do that, Sir” but I’m not convinced. Is it indeed a ‘feature’ of this model?

The car has done 45,000 miles and my guess is that the clutch is on its way out.