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Mini Cooper SD

Mini today finally went official with the high-performance diesels we scooped last year. The Cooper SD trim is available across the Mini range, on the hatch, convertible, Clubman estate and Countryman junior SUV.

It's a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel generating 141bhp and 225lb ft from 1750-2700rpm. The new Mini Cooper SD models should be quite punchy then; that's more muscle than a John Cooper Works petrol turbo.
How fast is the new 2011 Mini Cooper SD?

Mini quotes a 134mph and 0-62mph in 8.1sec. Rather more importantly in this age of austerity, common-rail direct injection, stop-start and intelligent auxiliary control that cuts off the alternator and other power-sapping accessories means that it's also admirably frugal.

Emissions and economy range from 114g/km and 65.7mpg on the SD hatchback, stretching up to 130g/km and 57.6mpg on the lardier Countryman SD.

The six-speed manual is the standard transmission on the Cooper SD Minis, but buyers can spec up to a six-speed auto. Mini quotes a 22.8kg weight for the manual, by the way.
How to spot a Mini Cooper SD

All sporty diesel Minis come with a bigger front air intake on the front apron, twin central exhausts and a roof spoiler. Overtones of the petrol Cooper S, in other words. There's also an SD motif on the side indicator.
The new Sport pack

Mini also today announced a new John Cooper Works inspired styling kit available on all hatchbacks and convertibles.

It brings new aprons front and rear, honeycomb mesh, more pronounced side skirts and an interior makeover: JCW leather wheel, sports seats, piano black trim and bonnet stripes are all bundled in.

Sport trim also includes handling aids, including Mini's Dynamic Traction Control and Electronic Differential Lock Control (it's not a real diff), plus 17in JCW cross-spoke alloy wheels.

Prices start at £2150, but vary between models.

Source from carmagazine

Mini Rocketman concept

The new Mini Rocketman is manna from heaven for critics who bemoan the new BMW Mini’s growth spurt from bijou city car to bloated supersized mini. The Rocketman, Mini’s 2011 Geneva motor show debutant, is a blueprint for a new kind of smaller Mini – and it’s within an inch or two of Alec Issignois’s 1959 original.

Don’t dismiss the Mini Rocketman as pie-in-the-sky concept. CAR has already reported how a mini Mini is coming around 2016, to join a newly expanded family of Minis which will grow to include the Mk3 hatchback in three- and five-door, a convertible, estate, Countryman, coupe, roadster and high-roof activity tourer.

Yep, Mini saturation is going to continue for a while yet.
How small is the new mini Mini?

The Rocketman is 3419mm long, trimming a good 304mm – or 12in – from today’s Mini hatch. In that space, there’s room for 3+1 seating in a shrunken three-door hatchback body style, whose double-hinged doors and split tailgate are designed to ease access to this munchkin Mini. The full stats are:

Length: 3419mm (current Mini hatch 3723mm)
Width: 1907mm (1683mm)
Height: 1398mm (1407mm)

We had to pick the photo of the Rocketman surrounded by strange, blurry people to give some context to its diminutive size. It’s clearly no great departure from the modern Mini norm, but there is a dash of comic detailing to make it stand out from the existing hordes of estate agents’ cars in the snobbier districts of London.
Mini Rocketman: the technical story

This Mini is pared back to the minimum. And before you get on the phone to your Mini dealership, remember this concept car has a very unfeasible carbonfibre spaceframe visible throughout the car’s footprint. And we somehow doubt the trick doors and 350mm-extending boot ‘drawer’ would survive into production.

That light weight contributes to a 94mpg economy figure, although BMW hasn’t yet spelled out the powertrain. That mpg figure would probably be less if the wheels weren’t 18in in diameter...
And that terrible Mini Rocketman name?

The less said about the name, the better. Let’s just say that the Germans have a long and terrible history of plucking inappropriate names from the arts world. Remember the Audi Steppenwolf?

Now they’re plundering the Elton John back catalogue.

Source from carmagazine

Paris Preview: 2010 MINI Crossover Concept

Click either image for a gallery of the MINI Crossover Concept

It's finally arrived folks... and it's not the coming apocalypse. MINI has released the first official images of the Crossover Concept, proving that BMW not only has a sense of humor, but that it's serious about bringing an all-wheel-drive MINI to market in 2010.

These initial images give us a clear indication of how future MINIs will be styled, and if BMW's reputation for making only a few revisions from concept to production hold true, this is very close to the finished product.

Measuring about six inches wider and taller than the Clubman, the Crossover Concept features a five-door body style, but that's where the similarities end. The right rear door has a conventional hinge, but the left door slides out and back, minivan-style. The rear hatch ditches the Clubman's dual doors and is instead fitted with a single panel that opens to the right. Sources suggest that the concept's door arrangement might be nixed in favor of something more traditional when it reaches production.

Power specifications and exact trim levels have yet to be revealed, but expect the Crossover to carry the same naturally aspirated and turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engines as its Cooper counterparts, BMW's Efficient Dynamics system (with start-stop tech) and naturally, all-wheel-drive.

It's likely that the Crossover won't be spending much time off road, but with a higher ride height, more space, a comfy interior and MINI's iconic styling, we're sure we'll see several on the highways and byways both here and abroad.

Read all the details in MINI's press release after the jump.

Gallery: MINI Crossover Concept