I did a search.. I realize it's not being built til December, but I can't get details on what you get for your $1300. It's also unclear whether you pay $1300 on top of $500 for Hifi or just $1300 total. It's also unclear whether the HiFi option is still there. I didn't mess with the configurator I figure somebody knows already.

 

Premium pkg for R56 and R55 = 403 Sunroof, 534 Auto A/C $1250
once HK comes back it's $1750 for the pkg. (including the HK)

Premium pkg for R57's = 302 alarm system
345 chromeline interior
346 Chromeline exterior
534 Auto A/C $1250
once HK comes back it's $1750 for the pkg including the HK.

This is taken directly from the memo titled:
"Mini Prodcut Planning & Strategy
YO VINNIE! Harman/Kardon Causes Panic At The Disco."

Or you can order the HK by itself for $750 as a solo option. But it won't build till Dec. 09.

 

Thanks for the info Third Wave...

 

Newt,
You gonna trade your 2007 in on a 2010?

 

Any info when will the retrofit be launched?

 

My MA told me HK's will be available week 39, just an FYI

 

Yup...Just ordered my 2010 today and told them I did not want the car built until H/K was available. They told me the same thing that MINI will begin building H/K's week 39. I took a week 41 build to be safe.

 

Oh, and confirmed $750.00, but I think that may have been said already.

 

A month or so ago, the MINI service manager was telling me it would probably be available around January. He was guessing around $1000, and said it would be a very slick drop-in for my 2009 MCS with hi/fi - mounting nearly the same, connectors, etc. (maybe there's more accurate detailed info floating around? if so, please point me there; I haven't been on the boards in a while)

I'm eagerly awaiting a demo unit I can listen to before deciding if I want the retrofit or an aftermarket solution to my muddy hi/fi.

 

Will the retrofit work for non-HIFI 09 mini coopers?

 

i doubt there will be a retrofit kit since form what i have heard the wiring harness is different. This would make it very difficult to retrofit if this is really the case.

 

What I heard from the service lead was that the retrofit was not exactly the same as what will come stock - as in, you couldn't just take a stock system and throw it in a 2009 or something. But that the retrofit kit was going to be drop-in, using the same harnesses and everything.

This was all just off-the-cuff "you know, I heard about this new stereo thing..." sort of a chat. I didn't see anything in writing, and (if I remember correctly) he was going off memory from a show-and-tell with a MINI rep. that was a week or two earlier.

I'll be very interested to see what comes of it all.

 

It would make sense that it could be drop-in for HIFI equipped MINIs, but not standard audio equipped. The harness and mounting for the HIFI amp in the rear and speaker wiring may be similar or the same as the new HK system.

 

bump this back up as people are reporting that week 41 MINI's have the new stereo...

 

MINI USA configurator has the new stereo listed...

 

Any news fort this retrofit?

 

haha! Good luck with that one FON... my personal guess is that you would be better off swapping cars!