Showing posts with label mini cooper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mini cooper. Show all posts
Friday, February 25, 2011
Mini Rocketman Concept takes off ahead of Geneva debut
Mini's latest production car - the Countryman - to the automaker's largest offering to date, but now the brand for its pint-sized fighter known to his roots with his latest concept. But this is not a preview of the next generation Cooper - oh no, no, no - it is the Rocketman (Elton John keyword) is. In just over 11 feet long, the error-eyed little Luke a little shorter than a base Cooper hardtop and uses a unique three-plus-one seating inside. It is not gonna be a long, long time before we see the Rocketman in person, either - the concept makes its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week.
In compiling the Rocketman Mini focus of his petite body was kept as light as possible. A carbon space frame forms reduce the most significant works, and things such as weight-efficient wheels with a closed surface structure drag to improve fuel economy. Speaking of marketing, says that the Mini Rocketman by "a system to further improve combined sprinting ability with average fuel consumption of only three liters per 100 kilometers (94 miles per gallon Imperial)" is turned on - about 78 mpg on the U.S. cycle. We do not have any details on exactly what powers the mini-concept, but we would take our poison that it involved some electrification.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Spy Shots: 2012 Mini Coupe nears production
The Mini Coupe is on sale this fall and that means the hatchless Cooper test has begun. Caught running around by our spies outside BMW headquarters in Germany, uses the 2012 Mini coupe Bayern standard psychedelic camo, but it was not able to hide a new retractable spoiler located in the trunk - something that is not appropriate concept shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009.Power should come from the entire range of mini-aspirated and turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder mills, although our spies fight that the prototype you see here a Works model, by braking revalue proved that barely fit in the wheels and red brake calipers front and rear. We suspect that the production version will make an appearance in Frankfurt this fall with sales beginning in Europe and the USA before the end of the year.
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