LEAKED: all New Mini Spider 2 From Euro patent register

[68_427]

Union jack taillights are a nice touch.  They'll sell tons of these

[SVT666]

Looks sweet as hell. 

[MexicoCityM3]

Very very nice. Pity it's FWD so not a Miata alternative really.

[MexicoCityM3]

Also: New John Cooper Works:

http://jalopnik.com/2015-mini-john-cooper-works-this-is-it-1669307619

[FoMoJo]

Looks like an updated version of a "Bug-Eye" Sprite.  Looks more "Google-Eyed" though.

[2o6]

That's that concept they showed a few weeks back


This must be the production version


Also, although I generally don't care about drive wheels, this will be lame as fuck if it's FWD

[SVT666]

That's that concept they showed a few weeks back


This must be the production version


Also, although I generally don't care about drive wheels, this will be lame as fuck if it's FWD

Have you ever driven a Mini? Regardless of FWD it is fucking fun as hell.

[2o6]

Have you ever driven a Mini? Regardless of FWD it is fucking fun as hell.

I've driven several....

[68_427]

Yeah give this thing a GP works package...

[MrH]

That's that concept they showed a few weeks back


This must be the production version


Also, although I generally don't care about drive wheels, this will be lame as fuck if it's FWD

Preach it bro.

I don't see the appeal of this over the new miata. Uglier, will undoubtedly drive worse, and for what benefit?

[CALL_911]

That's purrty but shame about the FWD

[68_427]

Preach it bro.

I don't see the appeal of this over the new miata. Uglier, will undoubtedly drive worse, and for what benefit?

This is for the non cock-cravers of the world

[Raza]

Preach it bro.

I don't see the appeal of this over the new miata. Uglier, will undoubtedly drive worse, and for what benefit?

Miatas are blah.  They're the Cheesecake Factory of sports cars. 

[CALL_911]

Miatas are blah.  They're the Cheesecake Factory of sports cars.

Yea no

[12,000 RPM]

Looks like an Aston Martin embryo

I like it

[Payman]

Oh my, is this going to happen? I want to see this happen. 

[cawimmer430]

Are we sure that it's FWD? It has some nice RWD proportions to it.

[AutobahnSHO]

Looks sweet, FWD sucks in small fun cars, this looks like it would NOT be FWD. Wheels seem too far forward, not much room in these small engine bays to do any weird stuff.

[SJ_GTI]

Are we sure that it's FWD? It has some nice RWD proportions to it.

Good catch. Most FWD cars have the front wheel almost right in from of the front door. That definitely looks close to a RWD (which means the engine is sitting above or behind the front wheels) proportions.

[12,000 RPM]

Whoa if this thing is RWD it could be a game changer

MINI is still god awful with reliability but it's still something

[cawimmer430]

If it were FWD it would probably look something like this (quick botch job in Photoshop)...

The proportions look RWD to me - unless it is FWD but the engine is longitudinally-mounted (for some reason)...

[2o6]

Good catch. Most FWD cars have the front wheel almost right in from of the front door. That definitely looks close to a RWD (which means the engine is sitting above or behind the front wheels) proportions.

It still looks fairly FWD.


Look at a new Mini in profile

If it were FWD it would probably look something like this (quick botch job in Photoshop)...

The proportions look RWD to me - unless it is FWD but the engine is longitudinally-mounted (for some reason)...

It wouldn't look like that.

[cawimmer430]

It wouldn't look like that.

Fixed it. My bad. 

[Laconian]

[SJ_GTI]

I lol'd

[SVT666]

LOL

[Madman]

Yes, the wheels are too far forward for this to be a front-driver.  It doesn't appear to be mid-engined, either, since there are no intake vents aft of the rear doors or extraction vents on the rear.  If I had to guess, I'd say BMW were building this on their existing RWD 1/2 Series platform.

[Raza]

Fixed it. My bad. 

[hotrodalex]

Basing it off the 1/2 series would be easy and make a lot of sense. Dunno if BMW's brand czar is cool with that, though.