White Roof Radio #304
Coupe, Coopster, Concept or whatever you want to call, we spend a bit more talking about it tonight, along with a few of the other stories from MotoringFile, including more on the diesel MINI possibility coming to the US in the form of the R60.
If you missed our take on the new concept last week, you can find it here or in iTunes. Great insight from Todd and Gabe especially, worth the listen.
Finishing off with Todd at the Balducci Winery, including getting a chance to talk to a guy that drove his MINI from St. Louis to Alaska! Watch for WRR at more events in the future as well, including a very very strong possibility of us going to the Dragon in ’10!
Woofcast 304: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.whiteroofradio.com/podcasts/woof304.mp3]
You might have heard about Jack Belcher already in the SCMM Newsletter I posted earlier in the week. If you want to see the photos, I posted them over at dbmini.us last week. Listen past the end of the show for a short interview with did with him during one of the AMVIVs.
All of the other links mentioned during the show can be found over at Whiteroofradio.com, including a link to the Official MINI YouTube Channel. Thanks to Dean from Indiana for calling into the Voicemail line at 206.202.3252. Keep those calls coming gang, especially if you want us to answer your question in the next Ask Chad segment!
Finally, go buy a badge, especially the 300 to 300k Badge. If y’all buy enough of them, if we do cover the Dragon next year, I would really like to try to drive in my MINI!
Woofcast 304: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.whiteroofradio.com/podcasts/woof304.mp3]
<p>Gotta say- I would’ve killed to be “forced” to drive my Grandad’s Mini to Alaska at 16… especially seeing as how all my Grandad had was a 1971 baby-puke yellow F-150…</p>
<p>Good show.</p>
<p>I am one that would only buy the Coopster. Convertibles in my world are very rarely used. Also the number of equally stable convertibles compared to coupe can be counted on one hand.</p>
<p>The Coopster is based on the R57 but I also expect a large percentage of the extra support structure for the convertible has been removed. I will be looking forward to seeing the final weight but quite sure this will be the lightest car they make. I expect the Coopster/Speedster both will slot below the R60 in price. The one funny bit is a diesel finally possibly coming to the US in the heaviest of cars with the lowest aerodynamics of any made by Mini. I would take a Mini D over this any day of the week and twice on the weekend.</p>
<p>Broadspeed starting @ $35k =’s epic fail + instant flop. A successful price point would be low thirties. BMW hasn’t had too outstanding a record with flops, priced poorly the Broadspeed could be a new start for them.</p>
<p>A high spec Coopster could come in around mid 30’s with no issues as I have seen more than one 40k R56. I personally would spend 35k for the Coopster with no issues if they make is a true sports car.</p>
<p>Can’t wait to see the first 45k+ R60 just to laugh.</p>