small is set to axe its slow-selling Coupe as well as Roadster as well as replace them with a much more aggressive standalone sports vehicle that will handle the prominent Mazda MX-5.
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MINI has plans for an onslaught of new designs over the next six years, as well as sources state the new sports vehicle – which will sit on the next MINI’s front-wheel-drive design – will be provided as a soft-top (shown in our images) as well as a hard-top.
Plus, unlike the present Roadster as well as Coupe, the new, sleeker sports vehicles will share practically no body panels with the rest of the small line-up. However, the 2015 small will keep essential styling cues from the rest of the new range, including round headlights with LED rings, larger tail-lamps as well as muscular curves along the sides.
The newcomers are believed to be codenamed the small F58 (hard-top) as well as small F59 (soft-top) as well as are because of go on sale in late 2015 or 2016.
Engines
As with the rest of the small range, new 1.5-litre, three-cylinder petrol as well as diesel engines will be provided on entry-level models. However, it’s the range-topping Cooper S as well as JCW versions, powered by a new 2.0-litre turbo engine, that performance fans will prefer. BMW’s new modular engine household is stated to be capable of creating between 40bhp as well as 74bhp per cylinder for the petrol engines, as well as between 26bhp as well as 60bhp for the diesels. expect the sports vehicle to create around 220bhp in JCW tune.
