Check out some of the features not available in the US market like electronic heated front windshield and steering wheel mounted CVT shifting paddles. Also ASC+T is standard in all Coopers.

http://www.mini.ca/technology/tech.asp?lang=en

 

ASC is standard on all MINIs, not just in Canada.

 

>>ASC is standard on all MINIs, not just in Canada.

ASC+T is only standard in the US MCS and not even available in the US Cooper. The only type of traction/stability control offered in the US Cooper is the optional DSC.

I have never seen a standard Cooper with the ASC toggle switch. Ours certainly doesn't have it.

 

Did you also notice the link regarding the MINI convertible?

 

Does the US Cooper get the shift paddles on the steering wheel? I didn't see them on the Mini USA site.

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>>Does the US Cooper get the shift paddles on the steering wheel? I didn't see them on the Mini USA site.
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Nope. The Cooper CVT does not get the shift paddles for some unexplained reason. After all, the US is the biggest worlwide market for the CVT model.