LEAKED: all New Mini Spider 2 From Euro patent register
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If that thing goes into production, that would be EPIC.
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- NewAesthetic
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If it's smaller than the current Maxi, fairly light, and spritely, this is the closest we'll get to a modern bug-eye Sprite. I think it's an excellent approach for Mini to take, but I'm not sure how many they'd actually sell...
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Those tail lights look bad.
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- mustafur
They are ment to resemble the Union Jack from what I can see, probably wouldn't be on the production version if they make it though.
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Pretty cool! I especially love the obnoxiously aggressive rear diffuser. Not sure about the tail fin though. It looked better on Dodge's Copperhead concept from back in the day.
EDIT: Speaking of which, I think an opportunity exists for Dodge to make a new Copperhead based on the original concept to compete with the Miata and BRZFRS.
EDIT: Speaking of which, I think an opportunity exists for Dodge to make a new Copperhead based on the original concept to compete with the Miata and BRZFRS.
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I can already see it now:
"Our new roadster designed to compete with the Mazda Miata; it can't do anything a Miata does, but it's 5 grand cheaper and it's got 707hp! We'll also be releasing shortly our Caravan replacement, which is going to be smaller, less efficient and less practical than its competitors, but it'll be cheaper, and it's got 707hp!"
And besides, the Copperhead design is kind of dated, so I would hope they don't base it on that.
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- carracerptp
I would buy it if I could. Beautiful car.
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It seems like the majority of the concept design is going into the production version if those patents will be the production car.
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Front wheel drive though. Bummer huh.
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If it fits in with BMW's product and engine strategy as expected, I doubt it will come with anything more than 240hp from a 2 litre 4 cylinder BMW B series engine.
Probably assembled at the Oxford plant in the UK. The Magna Steyr deal was for Hatches and Countrymans.
It will be underpinned by BMW's UKL platform, which is FWD, or AWD. There has been one rumour about adapting it for RWD.. but the general idea is BMW will mirror it's baby Mini roadster with a BMW Z1 or Z2, which is also expected to be FWD.
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Ah. So the righthand mirror won't squeak on gray models (but only on Mondays)?
That's a comfort.
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Never been anything wrong with the MINI being FWD. The current chassis copes better with the 2.0 than the previous one did with the higher-powered 1.6s. The extra torque makes it faster, too.
That's a comfort.
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Never been anything wrong with the MINI being FWD. The current chassis copes better with the 2.0 than the previous one did with the higher-powered 1.6s. The extra torque makes it faster, too.
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The 3 pot B-engine in the i8 develops about 75bhp per cylinder, as the B series is all about 500cc scalable engines, logically it might be possible to take the 4 cyl to 300hp... buuut. I don't see it happening, especially not if it is FWD.
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