Comments on: New MINI & PSA Engine Range In Detail

By: Beo

Beo — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:47:22 +0000

Funny how the entire text not only once has the keyword "reliability". They mention noise, emission and fuel usage reduction quite often, but where are the notes about reliability?

No wonder Toyota rules...

By: Need a New Car? Nope, Just a New Engine! : Gas 2.0

Need a New Car? Nope, Just a New Engine! : Gas 2.0 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:34:49 +0000

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By: ASAP--low oil, car stalled , car not start, july 07 model - MINI2 - MINI Forum

ASAP--low oil, car stalled , car not start, july 07 model - MINI2 - MINI Forum — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:18:29 +0000

[...] all this? I thought the engines were built here: BMW Group A BMW engine plant some info here, MotoringFile » Archive » New MINI & PSA Engine Range In Detail and a guy i went to school with and am still in contact with is a senior r&d guy for peugeot, [...]

By: aminkadra

aminkadra — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:47:14 +0000

sir! the is so cool! i hope i get that one mini engine

By: ed

ed — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:26:46 +0000

I have a 2007 MCS and the engine is just outstanding. The low end torque is there as promised and the fuel economy is just unbelieveable. I get 37 mpg after a spirited mountain road driving. I would recommend a MINI Cooper S to anyone. The best engine I have had in any car.

By: jonathan pledger

jonathan pledger — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:04:28 +0000

Hi, wow it does all look exciting...

I however am a little less than impressed by "bmw" engines.

We have a new bmw 318i and in the 3 months we have owned it it has been back to the garage 5 times with the same engine fault.

The engine loses power, stalls, fuel consumption goes down, power is lost, and it "misfires".

they have diagnosed it as an engine management glitch, but cannot solve it. they have done various software fixes, swapped the valvetronic motor, and spent weeks on it without getting an answer. it is about to go back to them again...

these days they have to try and fix engines with laptops!

I just hope the mini engine is more reliable than it's big brother's.

By: tintedpane.com » Blog Archive » Mini2 Engines (R56) and BMW R6D

tintedpane.com » Blog Archive » Mini2 Engines (R56) and BMW R6D — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:50:25 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:30:12 +0000

Thanks to all my gearhead brethren for all this talk on the new Mini engine. Now I’m really confused, but leaning toward just ordering the new car (if they’re even taking orders yet) and waiting. I was told by a dealer rep that the wait on a new order Mini is still 4-5 months. This is a CA dealer that sells MSRP. And they said they will not have the new model 07’s until January 07. This wait vs wait (which wait will it be?) makes me wonder if they’re just saying these things regarding 06 and 06 Minis to move the stock they have on hand. This dealer has a bunch of Minis, virtually all sunroofs and converts, and all I want is a plain white Mini S with a solid top with the Cooper Works package and the upgrade sound system. Hell, I’d take it with rollup windows if you could downgrade to that. :-) Tom

By: MotoringFile » Archive » Next Generation MINI Revealed (Updated)

MotoringFile » Archive » Next Generation MINI Revealed (Updated) — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:51:57 +0000

[...] You can read more on the technical aspects of the new powerplants here. [...]

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MotoringFile » 2006 » February » 28 — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:54:19 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:50:55 +0000

I think the new engine will be a great step. Turbo’s are much more efficient than superchargers. I will miss the whine of the supercharger, but the tunability of the new turbo unit will be great.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:25:08 +0000

So, did I miss it, or what, but any idea who will be the manufacturer of the turbo unit?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:56:14 +0000

Just keep in mind that there are plenty of Americans (the people who run the site for instance) who are not ignorant about all of this. In fact there are many of us who can’t wait for the change.

By: WoW

WoW — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:37:21 +0000

As an Australian driver of a mighty Peugeot 206GTi for the past five years (and almost 100,000 miles) now, I’m driving a French car built in England and LOVING it. I assume from the references to Chrysler that this is an American site, which perhaps explains the apparent ignorance of how the French — and Peugeot in particular — have been building cars that have dominated the World Rally Championship for the past five years (where I don’t seem to recall anything American, or German, come to think of it, even creating a ripple). Count yourselves lucky …

By: MotoringFile » Blog Archive » The Next MINI Caught Cold Weather Testing

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:13:22 +0000

[...] Autotelegraaf.nl looks to have caught the next generation MINI undergoing cold weather testing in northern Finland. In the photos (including the one above also from Autoelegraaf) we can now clearly see a new, larger grille, slightly longer front overhang, and taller bonnet housing what are most likely the new 1.6L engines detailed on MotoringFile last month. While this is still purely a prototype I would guess the overall form seen here is very close to what will eventually be seen on the final car. You can check out more (including a few larger photos) here… if you read Dutch. Or you can check out our very own translation (Thanks Mike!): [...]

By: rex james

rex james — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:58:07 +0000

Just a small thought from an Australian mini cooper s driver - is there at all any possiblity that mini's in the future would have a 2.0 Litre supercharged motor.....
could some one advise me of this situation at all

Thank You

Rex James

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:57:23 +0000

Will the MCS change from the supercharger to a turbo?

That is bad news for an automatic transmission lover.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:24:24 +0000

Reliability with such profound engineering;
Price for the cooper S;
External aesthetics (which looks like they are getting cheap with)...

in that order.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:28:34 +0000

I agree with Gabe on this one. I think people keep forgetting, despite MINI's U.S. market position as "premium subcompact", it's still the cheapest car on BMW's model line. For a high-tech, high performance engine such as this one, the development cost may sky-rocket to the point that they'd need to sell MINIs at $30k or more, then you'd have to ask yourself, whether the car's pricing is reasonable for the market?

While BMW may modify BMW's own 1.6 liter engine, I think MINI has much tougher constraints in size and weight than any of its BMW cousins to allow the modification to be practical. Take a look at a 1-series bonnet and you'll notice the engine compartment is HUGE compared to the MINI.

One may argue that BMW can use it on its own low-end cars (such as the 1 series) to tip the economy of scale. However, because this is a relatively small engine with high performance, is it really practical to put to use in larger cars such as the 3-series and 5-series? Why would you use such a high-tech, compact engine, when a lower-tech, slightly larger engine could produce the same (or better) performance with about the same fuel economy? It's like one could design a ultra-high-tech 2-cylinder engine that can produce 200hp, so it's ultra small. Despite of that, would you prefer this 2-cylinder engine to a 4-cylinder producing the same power with lower tech?

In any case, partnering with other automakers to design an engine makes no less sense in cost, refinement, reliability and prestige than if BMW had designed the engine completely on their own. Given that BMW is the obvious expert in this field, and from the features and spec, they are the major contributors to the design, it is cost effective, would have the same (or similar) refinement and reliability as other BMW power plants, without any loss in prestige.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:02:16 +0000

Why is a German company preferred over a French company? Did I miss something here? Surely everyone understands that we are in a global ecomony and dozens of key components on the current MINI come from France.

Also it may be of note that BMW is currently rumored to be in talks with GM about supplying some of its award winning diesel engines. It's all ecomonies of scale. If you want a company to stay independant and true to their mission in this day in age, compromises must be made in some way. Just be glad the compromises aren't mechanical or technological.