RE: Not dead yet: new Mini Cooper S announced

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Was gonna say, looks like a Chinese clone. And that central screen A backward step, IMO.

[Olivera]

Lester H said:

Yep. They have been over milking the large central speedo look for so long that it has now moved on from cartoon ( for the young ones, you know) to absurdity.

The last decade of MINIs prior to this one didn't have a central speedo, including F56, F56 LCI, F56 LCI2, plus the myriad of other variants.

[biggbn]

Olivera said:

Lester H said:

Yep. They have been over milking the large central speedo look for so long that it has now moved on from cartoon ( for the young ones, you know) to absurdity.

The last decade of MINIs prior to this one didn't have a central speedo, including F56, F56 LCI, F56 LCI2, plus the myriad of other variants.

But they do have a central circle info screen Inc. Radio etc... I like it, and don't mind the interior on the new one pictured

[va1o]

Is there any word on when the higher powered JCW version will land?

[gary-tznge]

Motoringfile have the F66 JCW going into production November 24 that has not been confirmed, others are saying Summer 24.

Either way MINI will probably show the car pretty soon I would think.
JCW has got to be better in the metal than the F66 Cooper S pictures.

[swink]

I could not believe the photos of the prototypes I saw a couple of years ago. Awful.
Just flat, ordinary, cheap (which they’re not I know) and boring
I went to see them at a dealer’s today. It looks even worse. Like kids, from China, had designed it.
They’ve made a terrible mistake.
Citroèn or Hyundai here we come.

[BenS94]

swink said:

I could not believe the photos of the prototypes I saw a couple of years ago. Awful.
Just flat, ordinary, cheap (which they’re not I know) and boring
I went to see them at a dealer’s today. It looks even worse. Like kids, from China, had designed it.
They’ve made a terrible mistake.
Citroèn or Hyundai here we come.

Having had a good poke round at the dealers, I can confirm the following: the ICE cars still feel solid and well built as they're a reworked F56. The EV and Countryman feel very cheap and flimsy. An inferior product.