MINI’s March Production Changes
As is customary, MINI will be rolling out a handful of key changes for production starting this March. As is typical they call into three categories: color and trim, new and/or updated options and restrictions. Let’s take a look at all of them after the break.
– The White Silver package with the Clubman will not be available with a white roof starting 03/12
– Clubman gets the optional JCW Package complete with aero-kit
– Clubman JCW also gets the aero-kit as standard
– New iPod/iPhone cradle for the Countryman
– The Countryman Cooper S gets a new 128 mph speed limiter
– The Clubman to be offered with Spice Orange
– The Hot Chocolate convertible top is phased out
– Laser Blue and Laguna Green phased out.
– MINI Yours bonnet stripes and side scuttles offered in black
– All R5X models get Reef Blue (replacing Laser Blue)
– Special editions start production: Baker (R56 MCS), Baywater (R56 MC and MCS, and the Highgate (R57 MC and MCS).
And the biggest news? The R59 MINI Roadster goes on-sale February 25th.
<p>glad to see orange coming to the clubman, but it’s a bummer that lightning blue is still locked out.</p>
<p>I want a lightning blue / silver clubbie!!!</p>
<p>No sign of JCW engine kit for Countryman S in the horizon at all?</p>
<p>Don’t have any info on the engine kit, but the full-on Countryman JCW is expected later this year. It’s an updated engine with Valvetronic that will spread to the rest of the JCW lineup as well.</p>
<p>So, is the phone cradle for the Countryman designed to not self destruct the third time it’s touched?;-)</p>
<p>Like the arrange being available.</p>
<p>They listened to me! About 5-6 months ago I was asking all the MINI people I have contact with why I couldn’t order an orange Clubby. And now I will be able to! Yay!</p>
<p>Now, if/when someone runs into my 03 MCS, I’ll be able to get my daughters a bit more legroom and have an orange MINI to go with my orange Mini. 8)</p>
<p>I already have a Spice Orange MINI and an orange Mini :)</p>
<p>Reef Blue is the best Blue since Space Blue!!! Very happy about this addition!</p>
<p>Space Blue was great in the showroom but in person I didn’t like it (and I still kept it for 3 years). It was supposed to have that greenish blue tint and sometimes, in the sun, you might get a glimpse of it. But mostly it was just a dark blue and fairly boring. </p>
<p>Thought the Roadster was already on sale? (mine’s currently on a ship!)</p>
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<p>Reef blue on the R5X. . . sweet</p>
<p>The March production change you didn’t mention…March 2012 build cars start the change to 12,000 oil change intervals. According to my service team at the dealership. </p>