The Mini we know today has had many transformations and BMWs assistance along the way has been enormous. BMW has had a profound impact on the production, design, and engineering of the Mini Cooper. From humble beginnings, to the height of popularity, the Mini Cooper has outlasted the test of time.

The “Pre-BMW”, Austin Mini, was a beautiful and unique piece of British ingenuity. On August 26, 1959, The Austin Mini was first debuted in The United Kingdom.(History) The 1959 Mini had a blistering 34 horsepower engine, and a torque number to match. The Austin Mini was debuted in , in 1961(Mini). In 1961 the Mini was given in increased horse power rating of 55 horsepower, as oppose to just 34 horsepower. The 0-60 time on this compact British car was around 17-18 seconds, and the top speed was around 85 miles per hour.(Nicholls) Soon after John Cooper, a British car builder(Mini), ran the Monty Carlo, a European cross country race, in 1959, in the original Mini, he fell in love with the car. He is so moved by the car, in fact, that he began to play a major role in the production of the Mini. He was even paid a two pound royalty for each car sold with the “Cooper” name on it,(Nicholls) hence the Mini Cooper was born. Although the original Mini Cooper was a weak performer, once the Cooper S was born, the engine of the S was substantially larger than the base Cooper. The original base Cooper with a 850cc. The Cooper S was a 1071cc engine.(Mini) The latest engine in the 2000 model was a 1275cc engine. The 1996 Mini Rover has the highest torque in a classic Mini, ever achieved, though with a poorly engineered gear ratio it had extremely poor acceleration.(History)

During 1994 the astoundingly successful BMW bought the whole rover company, consisting of Rover, Austin Mini, and much more, for a re-vamping of the Mini. In 2001 BMW launched the new MINI, which has 115 horsepower and 110 ft/lbs of torque.(Stats) The Cooper weighed in at 2524 lbs. with a manual and 2557 with a CVT automatic transmission.(Stats) The curb weight of the Cooper s was 2678 lbs. with a six-speed Gretag Manual transmission, and 2723 lbs with an auto Agritronic transmission.(Stats) The car was widely successful because of its small stature and extremely impressive handling. Originally the car came in the base Mini Cooper, and Mini Cooper One. The Mini Cooper One is a built diesel powered 1.4 litre gas-saver, bringing in around 50 miles to the gallon. The changes to the exterior and interior styling were unprecedented. Everything was changed. With the Classic Mini spirit in mind the engineers at BMW plowed ahead. The Mini Cooper S, which had at the time of release 163 horsepower, and now has 168 horsepower(Stats), was introduced in 2002. All engines used in the Mini, excluding the tritec 1.4 litre diesels, were created by Chrysler, right here in America. Then the outlines and plans were sent to. While in the outlines were made in to a tangible engine. The 1.6 litre gas-powered engine was then sent to the Mini plant in. Upon arrival to the Mini plant the engines are put in the purely European body. The latest model, the 2006 Cooper, uses the same products as the 2001 Mini. The Mini has changed very little from the release to present day. The lower gear ratios have been changed for better acceleration. The 2001 had a few electrical issues, but in 2006, those issues have been worked out. The current model is almost flawless. In the years 2001 through 2006 are considered the first generation. BMW has positively impacted the Mini. The body became longer, the lights became larger and put at an angle, and it isn’t even the same car in any respect other than the spirit. The supercharger used solely on the Mini S is a compact supercharger with a top mounted intercooler, with the air intake coming through a hood scoop. Some might call the scoop a bit excessive, but it looks much better with a hood scoop, then a front-mounted intercooler, that is located behind the front bumper, rather than under the hood. As BMW’s impact on the progresses into the future, the Mini changes more and more. Though the BMW we know is an especially expensive car, the Mini Cooper and the Mini Cooper S are priced extremely low for being in the same class as smaller Porsches and BMWs.

Starting in 2007 the new Mini line will have a new body, engine, and interior. Though the body and interior stay basically the same, except for small changes to the tail lights and interior gauges, the engine is made by a different company. Though the present generation is using a Brazilian engine, the future generation will use a 1.6 litre engine made jointly by BMW and Peugeot. Also, instead of using the classic supercharger which is the defining point of many a European sports car, it will use a less-refined, though higher out-put twin-torbocharger. The new Mini hasn’t been released yet, but much information has. There will be three different types of Mini. There will be: The classic Cooper, the usual 115 horsepower model, a 140 horsepower Cooper, and The Mini Cooper S, which will push anywhere from 190 horsepower to 210 horsepower, with room for improvement. As well as much-anticipated Mini Traveller, that should debut in 2008. The Mini Traveller will be an SUV. It should be one of the smallest SUV released to date. It will have a similar body to the New Mini Cooper, but much longer. It will share it interior with the 2007 Mini Cooper, and seat 5-7 people. It will have four doors disguised as two. The two rear doors are handle-less and open from the inside. It will soon be replacing the most avid Mini-fans Mini-vans. This highly-anticipated Compact Sports Utility Vehicle, is to be released at the Detroit Auto Show.
The Impacts and improvements are enormous and the Mini is one of the best vehicles on the market for the price


Please tell me what it needs and what you think. The topic is the impact of bwm of the mini cooper. Dont mind most of the parenthesis, its some documentation crap.

 

the Mini Cooper and the Mini Cooper S are priced extremely low for being in the same class as smaller Porsches

Same class as the smaller Porsches?

1. What class is that?
2. What smaller porsches?
3. Your making this up .... right?

The rest is cool. this part is a reach How are you going to back up these "claims?"

 

Honestly I have to BS a little bit, its english class, I have to embellish and make it sound like I really know what im talking about.

 

But that is just the point ... If this is english class, I would imagine they want footnotes, references, etc.

What you have written there is known as "Proof by assertion". In other words ... "it is true because I say it is true" which is BS.

If you really believe what you wrote, you need to back it up ... or take it out.

 

What do the stats of the MINIs have to do with BMWs impact on MINI?

 

Well, The teacher said that you pick a topic and then tell what it was like before impact, during impact, and after impact. In other words Austin Mini, 2001-2006 Mini, and 2007-on

 

What I'm saying is that it seems you put a bunch of numbers about weight just to take up space because you didn't know what to write. Are you saying BMW just added weight to MINIs? I don't get it.

You can go the path of saying that BMW made a 1960s British institution more accessible to the rest of the world by making it a bit more practical and safer while trying to keep the MINI spirit. At that point, I think you could bring in weight. But you're spewing facts about the weight of the CVT and 6-gear transmission. I just don't see how any of those facts build your paper. Maybe I just have different standards. I forget what high school was like...

 

HAHA! Dude, you remind me of...me! I'll leave my opinion later once i finish reading it...BTW are you in college, university level?

 

high school

 

I can't wait until a student tries to BS me on a paper about BMW and MINI! You're lucky I'm not your engl. teacher.

As far as the composition of the paper goes: the first thing I'd ask is how you're going to break up those gargantuan paragraphs.

mb

 

Alright, so i just read it, i though it was okay but nothing more. I do think you went a little off-topic when you came in and spoke about what it carries than why it carries, i would think your english paper should focus more on the history of the MINI and how BMW had re-introduced it back into the market.

1) i like the thesis...good enough, but stick to it.
2) talk about the history and the impact it gave to consumers...the small, quick, "cute" (haha...NOT TRUE!)...and so on
3) Introduce the new-age MINI's...by mentioning what BMW has done to bring the old version feeling into our new world...hence the retro feeling and look of the MINI...retro is big a word in MINI society...and i guess you can talk about weight, because MINI revolves around "Weight Reduction tech"
4) the impacts of the next gen of MINI should include about the Traveller and the concepts...and how it should come about onto consumers.

When you say..."...the before impact, during impact, and after impact...", i would think that the essay should focus on how BMW has had an impact on MINI's new seat in the 21st century (is it the 21st...yea it should be...no?).

Good luck on the paper

Giancarlo

 

All gas burners are Tritec engines built in Brazil by a joint venture of BMW and Chrysler (now Daimler-Chrysler). The Diesel is a Toyota engine. The Diesel car is called a MINI One D. There is also a gas burning MINI One with a detuned Cooper engine. It makes about 90 HP instead of the 115 of the Cooper. The Cooper is higher in the model hierarchy than the One. One and Cooper are both distinct models. Only Coopers and Cooper S's are imported into the US.

The transmissions used in the Cooper S, One D, and Cooper(2005 and later) are made by Getrag, not Gertag.

Sounds like an interesting idea for a paper, but it also sounds like a difficult paper to write well. Best of luck with it, and let us know how you do on it.

Rawhyde

 

Thank you all rough copy due tomorrow. Will take all suggestions and work them into my essay, and have a hopefully really good final copy.