MINI Coupe Reveal -ish
MINI has revealed the 2012 MINI Coupe – complete with residual camouflage – ahead of a debut at Frankfurt.
We were going to say that the 2012 MINi Coupe had been revealed. But as MINI has decided, for reasons we fail to fathom, they should reveal it with camouflage we thought it would be a bit of an oxymoron.
Still, MINI has revealed more about the MINI Coupe ahead of an official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.
And camouflage or not, they obviously thought there was plenty to shout about visually. So they sent us almost 100 photos of the MINI Coupe which, with the best will in the world, seemed like overkill when all that’s on offer is the exterior with swirly disguise on the tail. So we compromised and stuck up a gallery of 50 MINI Coupe photos. Which is enough.
So what do we know about the MINI Coupe we didn’t know after MINI revealed the MINI Coupe on the 50th Anniversary of the original Mini? Actually, not a lot.
We always expected the MINI Coupe to be the properly sporty MINI, with a lowered suspension and more rigid setup. And it is.
We also expected that MINI would resist – at least initially – the temptation to put the less powerful of their engines in the Coupe, and would reserve the more powerful lumps for what should be a ‘Pocket Porsche’ (MINI’s words, not ours).
So we’re not surprised to learn that to start with all that will be on offer will be the MINI JCW Coupe, the MINI Cooper SD Coupe, the MINI Cooper S Coupe and MINI Cooper Coupe below that (and MINI Cooper Coupe could take over from Peter Piper and his peck of pickled peppers, especially if there’s a MINI Cooper Coupe Camden Limited Edition on the horizon – which there probably is).
Power outputs will kick off at 120bhp in the Cooper Coupe with a 0-62mph in 9 seconds, rising to 200bhp in the JCW Coupe which takes 6.4 seconds to 62mph.
No MINI Coupe price information yet – or even an on sale date – but with a reveal at Frankfurt we would expect the MINI Coupe to go on sale soon after.
And actually it looks like it could be a hoot, especially the MINI John Cooper Works Coupe.
MINI Coupe Photo Gallery
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MINI Coupe Model Detail
- MINI John Cooper Works Coupé:
Four-cylinder petrol engine with twin-scroll turbocharger and direct injection, plus numerous technological details carried over directly from motor sport.
Displacement: 1,598 cc,
output: 155 kW/211 hp at 6,000 rpm,
max. torque: 260 Nm/192 lb-ft at 1,850 – 5,600 rpm
(280 Nm/207 lb-ft with Overboost at 1,700 – 4,500 rpm).
Acceleration: 0–62 mph: 6.4 seconds,
Top speed: 149 mph.
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 39.8 mpg (7.1 litres per 100 kilometres),
CO2 emissions: 165 g/km. - MINI Cooper S Coupé:
Four-cylinder petrol 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: 135 kW/184 hp at 5,500 rpm,
max. torque: 240 Nm/177 lb-ft at 1,600 – 5,000 rpm
(260 Nm/192 lb-ft with Overboost at 1,700 – 4,500 rpm).
Acceleration: 0–62 mph: 6.9 seconds,
Top speed: 143 mph.
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 48.7 mpg (5.8 litres per 100 kilometres),
CO2 emissions: 136 g/km. - MINI Cooper Coupé:
Four-cylinder petrol engine with fully variable valve management based on the BMW Group’s VALVETRONIC technology.
Displacement: 1,598 cc,
output: 90 kW/122 hp at 6,000 rpm,
max. torque: 160 Nm/118 lb-ft at 4,250 rpm,
Acceleration: 0–62 mph: 9.0 seconds,
Top speed: 127 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 52.3 mpg (5.4 litres per 100 kilometres),
CO2 emissions: 127 g/km. - MINI Cooper SD Coupé:
Four-cylinder turbodiesel with aluminium crankcase, common-rail injection and variable turbine geometry.
Displacement: 1,995 cc,
output: 105 kW/143 hp at 4,000 rpm,
max. torque: 305 Nm/225 lb-ft at 1,750 – 2,700 rpm.
Acceleration: 0–62 mph: 7.9 seconds,
Top speed: 134 mph
Average fuel consumption according to EU standard: 65.7 mpg (4.3 litres per 100 kilometres)
CO2 emissions: 114 g/km.
Exterior dimensions:
Length: 3,728 millimetres (MINI Cooper S Coupé,
MINI John Cooper Works Coupé: 3,734 millimetres)
Width: 1,683 millimetres
Height: 1,378 millimetres (MINI Cooper S Coupé,
MINI John Cooper Works Coupé: 1,384 millimetres)
Wheelbase: 2,467 millimetres
PhilipJH says
This Mini Coupe could come close to recreating the Go-Kart abilities of the original Mini, and it looks good too.