Was this on a JCW or a 'normal' 1.5L or 2.0L Hardtop? As far as I know in 2016 in the US the default headline for the JCW continues to be anthracite and grey for the other Hardtops.

 

Cooper S 3-door hardtop.

The anthracite headliner popped up as a mandatory selection as soon as the sales guy selected the satellite grey lounge leather interior. He couldn't overwrite it. The interior color (door cards) option was already selected prior to this. To kick me while I was down the anthracite headliner shows as a $250 option on the spec sheet!

I'll sit down with them and try it again in a few weeks.

Btw, I love the pictures in this thread of the grey interiors. Especially those with the MINI Yours white trim!

 

Update! I sat down with my dealer again to build a '16 Cooper S 3-door and can confirm what I posted above; the anthracite headliner is mandatory with the satellite grey lounge leather interior, AND, the MINI Yours white trim is no longer available with the satellite grey interior color (door panels).

 

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Just reviewed the MINI Canada vs MINI USA configuration pages and it seems that Canadian offerings are very different from the USA's. Less items seem to be offered and in tighter/less flexible bundles. Do not know if this is driven by your government regs or if MINI wanted to 'minimalize' the offerings for cost/simplicity.