New Mini Coupé two-seater announced

Posted on 26 Sep 2011 at 09:58, by Gareth Halfacree

Supermini specialist Mini has announced the fifth unique entry in its range: the Mini Coupé, the first two-seater sports car in the company's line-up.

Designed to sit alongside the existing Mini Hatch, Convertible, Clubman and Countryman models, the Mini Coupé is a reworking of the classic performance car concept for a new audience.

Highlight features include go-cart handling which Mini claims is unmatched in the small car segment, offering the fastest acceleration and highest top speed of any volume-produced Mini to date in the Mini John Cooper Works Coupé model, DAB digital radio, air conditioning, park distance control, alloy wheels, three-spoke sport leather steering wheel, and sport stripes on the bodywork.

The Coupé is also the first modern Mini to opt for the traditional three-box body structure, splitting the vehicle up into engine compartment, cabin, and boot. The vehicle is also lower than its brethren, measuring 29mm less than the Mini Hatch despite near-identical dimensions in all other respects.

The company has confirmed the choice of of engines, which includes the BMW Group's latest four-cylinder petrol and diesel engine designs with outputs from 122hp in the Mini CooperCoupé

to 211hp in the top-end Mini John Cooper Works Coupé. Fuel economy on the combined cycle varies from 39.8mpg on the flagship model to a more impressive 65.7mpg on the Mini Cooper Coupé SD.

Orders for the new model are to be taken from the 1st of October, with prices starting at £16,640 on the road.

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