| Posted on 11.11.2013 13:30 by Simona |
Mini has already announced big plans for the future: new models, an expanded line-up, and new engines are just a few of the targets set by the company. And as a proof that Mini engineers are hard working to keep these promises, our spy photographers have caught the new generation Cooper testing. The new Mini Cooper is set to be released in 2013.
Despite the heavy camouflage, we can see that the new Mini will grow in all directions in order to make room for the production version of the Rocketman concept announced at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The new Cooper will also receive a more aggressive design language, a more sharply steeped A-pillar, and a wider front grille. It will be built on an all-new UKL platform that will also be shared with the next generation BMW 1 Series and will be offered in both FWD and AWD versions.
As for the engine line-up, Mini will offer a new three-cylinder engine family next to the conventional four-cylinder engines. These three-cylinder engines will first make their debut in the new BMW 3 Series as the 316i.
Mini has promised that the 2013 Cooper will be offered in up to ten body versions, including a van.
Updated 07/04/2013: A few days ago the new generation Mini Cooper was caught at a private event and revealed in all its glory. Of course Mini was not to happy about it and said in an official confirmation that the production version looks in fact far better than the model revealed in those pictures. Next to this promise, Mini unveiled a very strange teaser image and announced we will have the official details "soon."
Updated 08/07/2013: Mini unveiled today a new teaser image and the confirmation that the new generation Cooper will be unveiled on November 18th, 2013, both at the Tokyo Motor Show and the Los Angeles Motor Show. Coincidentally, this dates marks 107 years since the man who started an automobile revolution, Sir Alec Issigonis was born. The new Mini Cooper will go on sale in the first quarter of 2014.
Updated 11/11/2013: Today, Mini unveiled a new teaser video for the new generation Cooper that will be officially unveiled on November 18th at the Oxford plant in England, just two days before it will be displayed simultaneously at the LA Auto Show and Tokyo Motor Show.
Mini Cooper originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 11 November 2013 13:30 EST.
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