I think this would be cool with a few mods.... can't wait till it hits the states.

Mini coupe

 

Agreed.

 

Maybe it's just the color selection but it kinda looks like a chopped JCW with a baseball hat on backwards....

 

You gotta make a wing for this car.

 

 

OK, two wings. One on the roof, one on the boot.

 

Ya'll are making fun of me.... I can tell.



I meant modification as if everything was black... I thought Sypderbret hit it right on the money about the baseball hat comment.

 

Ya know it's pretty much an R56 body with a new roof. Hardly an innovation!

 

I see it as a track junky's dream....probably not too hard on the budget, a ton of fun to drive, and decent power/weight ratio. If they get the suspension, steering and power right, it will sell. Think budget Elise.

 

Looks like it's wearing a toupe...

 

Well with the fact that it supposedly weighs 200lbs less then the standard Hard top it could potentially be a very very fast car

 

Actually, I'd like to see what you could do with a new roof wing, and having one on the tail as well, might look good--sort of a visual echo effect.

My first thought when seeing the photos in MotoringFile was that it should have a body-color roof to minimize the toupee effect, and visually tie it to the body.

This is a MINI. It is supposed to look like a MINI. What would be the point of making a MINI that didn't look like a MINI. That would be a BMW.

If the body height of the MINI is determined by EU regulation, not much else you could do and not have it become some other car. Also, I think BMW wants to expand the MINI line in as economical way as possible. MF mentioned something about them needing to expand to insure MINI's long-term viability.