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Offline Ontariodriver

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2012 MINI Coupe
« on: June 22, 2011, 04:48:18 pm »
This seems more of self indulgent toy rather than a daily driver. who knows...Might appeal to MX5 or Solstice drivers perhaps...

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http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-mini-coupe-debuts-in-production.html



NORTH AMERICAN-SPEC

MINI John Cooper Works Coupe: 1.6-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with twin-scroll turbocharger and direct injection, plus numerous technological details carried over directly from motorsports.
Displacement: 1,598 cc
Output: 208 hp at 6,000 rpm
Max. torque: 192 lb-ft at 1,850 – 5,600 rpm (207 lb-ft with Overboost at 1,700 – 4,500 rpm)
Acceleration: 0–60 mph: 6.1 seconds
Top speed: 149 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 7.1 liters per 100 kilometers (US EPA estimates not yet available.)
CO2 emissions: 165 g/km

MINI Cooper S Coupe: 1.6-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with twin-scroll turbocharger, direct injection and fully variable valve management based on the BMW Group's VALVETRONIC technology.
Displacement: 1,598 cc
Output: 181 hp at 5,500 rpm
Max. torque: 177 lb-ft at 1,600 – 5,000 rpm (192 lb-ft with Overboost at 1,700 – 4,500 rpm)
Acceleration: 0–60 mph: 6.5 seconds
Top speed: 142 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 5.8 liters per 100 kilometers (US EPA estimates not yet available)
CO2 emissions: 136 g/km

MINI Cooper Coupe: 1.6-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with fully variable valve management based on the BMW Group's VALVETRONIC technology.
Displacement: 1,598 cc
Output: 121 hp at 6,000 rpm
Max. torque: 118 lb-ft at 4,250 rpm
Acceleration: 0–60 mph: 8.3 seconds
Top speed: 127 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 5.4 liters per 100 kilometers (US EPA estimates not yet available)
CO2 emissions: 127 g/km

Exterior dimensions:

Length: 146.8 inches / 3,728 millimeters (MINI Cooper S Coupe, MINI John Cooper Works Coupe: 147 inches / 3,734 millimeters)
Width: 66.3 inches / 1,683 millimeters
Height: 54.6 inches / 1,387millimeters (MINI Cooper S Coupe, MINI John Cooper Works Coupe: 54.5 inches / 1,384 millimeters)
Wheelbase: 97.1 inches / 2,467 millimeters
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2011, 05:52:23 pm »
You say "self indulgent toy" like it's a bad thing!
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 06:11:47 pm »
One fun toy , but I suspect the steering will be a little too gocarty for me .
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 06:33:18 pm »
As a "brick pilot" from the '60s I think I'd rather have the regular JCW Mini not the coupe nor the countryman and especially not a convertible.   To be honest I'd rather have the pre face-lifted one but with the newer engine.   One man's meat is another man's poison.

Ajay. Minis right from 1958 onwards are SUPPOSED to be gocarty... other wise they would just be small Buicks.
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 07:34:52 pm »
As an MX-5 driver it doesn't do a thing for me. It's probably still a front driver too. There's nothing wrong with go cart handling though. Come to think of it ,if it's a coupe it's not a roadster so why would it appeal to a solstice or miata owner. ???
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 08:33:54 pm »
It is perhaps the most hideously ugly design I have seen since the Juke debut.
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 08:57:41 pm »
I don't understand the point of a Mini coupe.
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 09:03:38 pm »
Quote from: Erik on June 22, 2011, 05:52:23 pm
You say "self indulgent toy" like it's a bad thing!

No...

Quote from: Julie on June 22, 2011, 08:57:41 pm
I don't understand the point of a Mini coupe.

Join the club.
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 10:48:15 pm »
Quote from: Julie on June 22, 2011, 08:57:41 pm
I don't understand the point of a Mini coupe.
hummmm what's more pointless?   having rear seats no one sane would try to sit in or having no seats to even try?   :P   
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2011, 11:01:40 pm »
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2011, 12:44:15 am »
Quote from: Julie on June 22, 2011, 08:57:41 pm
I don't understand the point of a Mini coupe.

+1  :think:
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2011, 09:09:46 pm »
Quote from: JSCC on June 22, 2011, 11:01:40 pm
Quote from: Julie on June 22, 2011, 08:57:41 pm
I don't understand the point of a Mini coupe.

Then how about a Mini Roadster?

How about No.  ;)
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2011, 10:27:28 pm »



Front view




And, from the rear...
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2012, 03:00:16 pm »
Quote from: Ontariodriver on June 22, 2011, 04:48:18 pm
This seems more of self indulgent toy rather than a daily driver. who knows...Might appeal to MX5 or Solstice drivers perhaps...

Quote from: carscoop

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-mini-coupe-debuts-in-production.html



NORTH AMERICAN-SPEC

MINI John Cooper Works Coupe: 1.6-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with twin-scroll turbocharger and direct injection, plus numerous technological details carried over directly from motorsports.
Displacement: 1,598 cc
Output: 208 hp at 6,000 rpm
Max. torque: 192 lb-ft at 1,850 – 5,600 rpm (207 lb-ft with Overboost at 1,700 – 4,500 rpm)
Acceleration: 0–60 mph: 6.1 seconds
Top speed: 149 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 7.1 liters per 100 kilometers (US EPA estimates not yet available.)
CO2 emissions: 165 g/km

MINI Cooper S Coupe: 1.6-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with twin-scroll turbocharger, direct injection and fully variable valve management based on the BMW Group's VALVETRONIC technology.
Displacement: 1,598 cc
Output: 181 hp at 5,500 rpm
Max. torque: 177 lb-ft at 1,600 – 5,000 rpm (192 lb-ft with Overboost at 1,700 – 4,500 rpm)
Acceleration: 0–60 mph: 6.5 seconds
Top speed: 142 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 5.8 liters per 100 kilometers (US EPA estimates not yet available)
CO2 emissions: 136 g/km

MINI Cooper Coupe: 1.6-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with fully variable valve management based on the BMW Group's VALVETRONIC technology.
Displacement: 1,598 cc
Output: 121 hp at 6,000 rpm
Max. torque: 118 lb-ft at 4,250 rpm
Acceleration: 0–60 mph: 8.3 seconds
Top speed: 127 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 5.4 liters per 100 kilometers (US EPA estimates not yet available)
CO2 emissions: 127 g/km

Exterior dimensions:

Length: 146.8 inches / 3,728 millimeters (MINI Cooper S Coupe, MINI John Cooper Works Coupe: 147 inches / 3,734 millimeters)
Width: 66.3 inches / 1,683 millimeters
Height: 54.6 inches / 1,387millimeters (MINI Cooper S Coupe, MINI John Cooper Works Coupe: 54.5 inches / 1,384 millimeters)
Wheelbase: 97.1 inches / 2,467 millimeters

Well my wife and I finally saw one of these cars the other day.  Her first comment was: "What happened to it's roof?"
I told her that it is supposed to look that way.
Her response: "My god it's ugly!"
And I agree.
I don't give a damn what's under the hood or whatever high tech suspension it has, it is still butt ugly.
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2012, 05:59:59 pm »
Mini, a beacon to others as what not to build in terms of reliability.
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Re: 2012 MINI Coupe
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2012, 01:55:35 pm »
Futtbucking ugly and unreliable.

What more do you want as a turn off?
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