New New Mini??

[McSwerve II]

Afternoon

Is there a new Mini due any time soon, or any new engines?

As I’m toying with the idea of a Cooper as a cheap (on tax) company car.

It’s reasonable at the minute but its still 129 CO2’s.

Cheers

[ian_c_uk]

Not that I know of.

I have a Cooper Clubman <petrol> as a co car, highly recommend it. Have avg'd over 43mpg over 23k in 12months.

[900T-R]

As the new new Mini came on stream at the end of '06 and the old one was only replaced because of the pedestrian safety regulations or it would have got 2-3 more years according to BMW, I don't think we'll see a new new new Mini anytime soon. There's talk about a hot diesel version using the 2 litre BMW lump, though, and now that the Alfa Mito has the Multi-Air engines I think BMW may put the 150 or 156 bhp 1.6 THP engine in a Cooper some time, giving a good balance between performance and CO2 output/running costs (the Cooper S sits at 149 g/km; one of the reasons it's a whopping 200 euro/month dearer to lease for me and it falls outside the 116-140 g/km 'intermediate' company car tax band here, too)?

I'm running a Cooper company car (08) and it's bl00dy excellent.

Edited by 900T-R on Monday 19th October 12:14