[Autoblog] Followup: Mini Cooper Goodwood to get maximal sticker shock



We've run through the basic Mini Goodwood proposition with you since before its debut at this year's Shanghai Motor Show. Mini intends to build limited runs – 1,000 units total worldwide of the basic Cooper hatchback (at least for starters) of the Goodwood trim under the selectable Mini You area of their branding mothership. This is all to honor the BMW Group's other hallowed brand, Rolls-Royce, which resides on the Goodwood estate in southern England.

So, any Goodwood Mini should be pretty chic-chic, right? You have no idea.

In Europe, our sources tell us the 'base' Mini Cooper Goodwood edition will cost 46,900 euro when it starts deliveries in March of 2012. Seeing as one euro dollar is worth pretty consistently around $1.45 U.S. these days, that could be $68,000 to us. Be still our beating hearts.

In reality, the dumbed-down U.S. price ought to arrive at about $48,000. That's roughly 2.4 times the price of the base hatchback.

Worth it to you? The Rolls-spec leather and woody parts are sumptuous, we must say.

And everything from Al Capone's vault is in the trunk – standard!

Original article and peanut gallery comments at Autoblog...

 

Another toy for the "Beautiful People".

 

I like the black tach and speedo, other than that meh.

 

I think that is an "S" though. I remember reading how they wanted a scoopless hood (bonnet) and are using a "D" model hood (bonnet.) Not that it is any more affordable or cost worthy, just not a "base model" Cooper. There are also two exhausts in the rear view photo...

 

Seems expensive given that you get an MCS with (except for the leather seats) some really inexpensive trim bits.

Maybe a wealthy person will buy one and store it for 25 years.

Limited production assures exclusivity but speculating on the future, the goodwood won't be as desirable as a GP.