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Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:37:08 +0000

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Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:25:04 +0000

[...] at the Frankfurt autoshow this Fall. In fact we now have some confirmation that the car that was sent down the line at the Oxford plant with only two seats was in fact meant to be the basis of either the actual concept car or an [...]

By: Amith Bhudram

Amith Bhudram — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:28:55 +0000

I hope it is the GP, I've had my name on the list for 2 of them since the first ones were sold out! I want my GP, I've waited long enough!!!

Weird thing, on a tangent. Saw a video of Jeremy Clarkson in a new MCS tailing Sabine Schmidt in a new JCW and she couldn't shake him on the track!!!

By: goat

goat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:59:28 +0000

I’m hoping Dimitri and others are right and it’s a successor to the GP – lighter, 2 seats, bit more power, optimized suspension, more sound, more feel. The R56 needs this to regain some lost credibility as a full-on driving-oriented car. If done right, it’s “halo effect” will help all MINIs maintain their status as drivers’ cars.

By: Dimitri Grigoriev

Dimitri Grigoriev — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:26:14 +0000

Being very close to the Family, I know for a fact that the new GP has been in the pipes for a while now and that it will come out. Whether this particular car is the prototype or not, I don’t know, but the inevitability of it comming out is clear.

By: JCWRKS

JCWRKS — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:16:38 +0000

If the SUV/SAV turns out to be the cash cow and the brand savior that some think it will be, then why can't MINI can build the speedster and a GP style factory JCW along the lines of the Renault Megane R26r.

It's an uncompromising drivers car first and foremost and there some of us that would love to see a car like that from MINI :-)

By: Ducky

Ducky — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:35:24 +0000

Just bring us the speedster and be done with it already! Thank you very much.

By: Steve Mehder

Steve Mehder — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:15:45 +0000

Take and inch and half out of the beltline. Keep the general appearance, but reduce the roof to the two seats only. Create a hard drop-top. Turn the engine 90 degrees and run the drive wheels as the back wheels.

By: Axel Griesinger

Axel Griesinger — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:23:59 +0000

it’s the coupe – definetely. but i would prefer a r56 gp.

By: that.guy

that.guy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:30:22 +0000

If I am going to give up rear seats, then this car would have to be mid-engined and RWD.

By: Lee L

Lee L — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:13:27 +0000

Poster by Jon:

time to face the facts, my friend. The MINI brand cannot just be a one-horse-show. This stable needs some variation and grow, or else it’ll fade away, eventually. It’s called reality.

But, the flip side is just what gokartride is saying. You can only have so many different models and still keep any economy of scale in production and the models are not competing with each other.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:48:37 +0000

gokartride,

time to face the facts, my friend. The MINI brand cannot just be a one-horse-show. This stable needs some variation and grow, or else it'll fade away, eventually. It's called reality.

By: gokartride

gokartride — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:09:04 +0000

I hope MINI hasn’t painted themselves into a corner here. Yes, they made the coupe and the cabrio…and well, yes, I suppose a Clubman makes sense. Now an SAV and a 2-seater? What could possibly be next? Yes, limited editions (performance and otherwise) may appear now and again, no problem, but how many variants can justifiably fit under the MINI banner? So far they have managed to pull new things out of the hat on a fairly regular basis….but how far can they stretch this MINI-thing before it gets weird?

By: bee1000

bee1000 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:13 +0000

Whatever that 2-seater may be, I won't be able to afford it. Seems likely that it's the coupe concept. It would be cool if the coupe turned into something like the M Coupe--a distinctive, sports-first car that the general public would have no interest in, but Mini enthusiasts would drool over.

It's nice to see R53 GPs coming down to reasonable prices, though. Carmax had one with under 10,000 miles on it for $25,000 the last time I looked. As long as those aren't 10,000 miles on a racetrack, I figure that's about the best $25K you could spend on a Mini.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:04 +0000

I’m hoping that if it’s a coupe that it’s a slant back style 2-seater. And let’s hope it doesn’t have the ridiculous wheelgap of the current MINIs. Something about a sexy coupe/speedster and wheelgap doesn’t fit. :-P

By: James Irmiger

James Irmiger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:29:06 +0000

I've always hoped for something more Lotus-like. Strip out all the needless weight and don't put anything back in! A SEVERE weight reduction the likes of which we've never seen coupled with a modest increase in power and suspension would make this car an absolute dream.

More than likely, though, we'll probably get some puffed-up garbage direct from the marketing department that hits some prescribed non-MINI-buying demographic and has no real value to existing owners. sigh.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:15:13 +0000

Affordable, powerful coupe that can get 40+ mpg, with the same ease of ingress and egress as the R56.

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57:43 +0000

@ JonPD: Not sure how a MINI John Cooper Works lapping the ‘ring faster than an R32 and within 3 seconds of a Lotus Exige makes it an embarassment…

By: JonPD

JonPD — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:14:47 +0000

I have to say personally I don’t think I am alone with this but if Mini were to develop a class dominating performance car I would not shy away from it for 50k. However I would not spend 30k on any current Mini “performance” cars knowing it would take a lump of money afterwords to make the car something other than a embarrassment to its competition.