Coupé/Roadster Offical: MINI Coupe Concept

[klier]

By the way, here in Stockholm, there are probably about 20 MINIs for every New Beetle... I actually had to check the VW website to see if they still sell the damned thing... (they do).

I believe I read somewhere that the New Beetle is going to be replaced by a new model in 2012....???

Intentionally BMW looked for a third manufacturer either via a renowned coach building company that would be ideal for production or a sharing exchange in which another manufacturer who was in talks for co-operation with BMW already has a manufacturing base in the UK.

BMW have now decided to go it alone with the MINI Coupe and Roadster.

That's probably because the coupé and roadster share 80% of the same stuff as the regular Mini, making them updates of existing models, and not brand new? Easier to do that yourself, and more cost effective...

 

[Mr Robert]

I believe I read somewhere that the New Beetle is going to be replaced by a new model in 2012....???

Are you sure? That model should have been replaced in the early 1940's..

 

[klier]

We should ask Phaeton! But I read it somewhere in the VW section...

 

[Deutsch]

Hoping there will be an "S" version and an optional A/T. Otherwise I'll have to cross this car off my list of potential "next wheels".

 

[Mr Robert]

I think we can pretty much count on that...

I would personally love a JCW with MT.

 

[PanterroR]

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BMW Confirms MINI Coupe Concept For Production

Fans of the Mini brand will soon get another vehicle to love, as today MINI's UK arm has confirmed that two new models, one of which is the MINI Coupe, will soon be headed to production. Both the Coupe and a yet-to-be-named model, both to be exhibited for the first time at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, will be built in the next few years.

"I think bringing these two new models to Oxford is a great sign to the Oxford area, to all the workers here at the plant, that the future for Mini and for this operation is very bright indeed," Graham Biggs, corporate communications manager for BMW UK, told the BBC.

The news came along with plans to hire an additional 1,000 workers to help build the new models. Whether the second model will be the still-secretive MINI Roadster we got a peek at last week, or the nearly-finished MINI Crossover (nee Crossman), is still not clear.

With its sleek looks and even smaller size - there is no back seat in the Coupe concept - the new car certainly fits with the 'MINI' moniker.
MINI had previously said it would ultimately be the public and press reaction to the concept that would guide Mini's plans on the matter, with its unveiling in Frankfurt and a possible U.S. showing at the Los Angeles Auto Show in December being the touchstones for that reaction. It seems the early reaction was so strong that MINI went ahead and made the decision to build it even before revealing it live.

Adding another pair of models to the Cooper/Convertible/Clubman range would move Mini closer to offering a full range of vehicles. Recent reports say the crossover won't be coming until 2010 at the earliest, meaning both the Coupe and whichever model that comes with it are still likely at least a year, and possibly as many as three years distant.


Source: BMW Confirms MINI Coupe Concept For Production - MotorAuthority

 

[Human]

MINI Coupe JCW spied revealing more

New spy shots of the upcoming 2012 Mini Coupe JCW show an open hatch and how the JCW body kit looks like on the car

Here is the latest set of spy shots of the upcoming MINI Coupe John Cooper Works.

In this group of photos we get to see more of the rear design of the new Coupe model with our spy photographer capturing the rear boot open. And we get to see what the JCW tuning kits looks like on the car, including that rear roof spoiler.

That shot of the open hatch at the back also gives us a better idea of how tall the Coupe will be at the rear pillar. The car also seems to have a more upright windscreen than on the concept model MINI introduced at the Frankfurt show back in 2009 (LINK).

The 2012 Mini Coupe will likely debut alongside its Roadster sibling at the Frankfurt motor show this September.

Read more: MINI Coupe JCW spied revealing more