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MINI Coupé: world premiere for a more focused go-kart feeling.
Two years ago a concept car previewing a two-seater Coupé from the MINI brand turned heads aplenty at the Frankfurt Motor Show. And now that vision of even more sharply focused driving fun has become a reality on the road. The 2011 Frankfurt Show provides the stage for the world premiere of the MINI Coupé. The two-seater will be offered from launch with a choice of four engine variants with outputs ranging from the 90 kW/122 hp of the MINI Cooper Coupé and the MINI Cooper SD Coupé?s 105 kW/143 hp to the
135 kW/184 hp developed by the MINI Cooper S Coupé and the 155 kW/211 hp of the sporting flagship, the MINI John Cooper Works Coupé. In league with these powerful engines, the Coupé?s bespoke suspension set-up, harmonious weight distribution, extremely rigid body and special aerodynamic tweaks ? including an extending rear spoiler ? help to bring the car?s go-kart feeling even further to the fore.The MINI Coupé is the brand?s first model to adopt a classical three-box structure with a strikingly stepped rear end. The car?s roof has a standard contrasting paint finish, accentuating its distinctive design, while the 280-litre luggage compartment behind the high-opening tailgate reveals impressive functionality. Other particularly noteworthy features of the interior include oval recesses in the roof liner, which are specific to the MINI Coupé and emphasise the car?s two-seat design, and the wide through-loading facility linking the cabin and luggage compartment. View the attachments for this post at: