The MINI Malaysia Facebook page has unveiled another teaser image for the upcoming limited edition MINI One. The following are the details that we can gather from the image:
- It advertises monthly repayments of only RM1,111 per month from BMW Credit, but we suspect this may be the lowest tier of a step up financing program as that amount for even a 9 year loan is under RM120k, which is an improbable price tag for a MINI in Malaysia.
- Only 31 units available.
- Two choices of colours – Chilli Red and Pepper White.
- We also know that the Mini One uses a detuned version of the normally aspirated 1.6 litre engine in the MINI Cooper – 98 horsepower at 6,000rpm, 153Nm at 3,000rpm.
- The image above shows what looks like steel wheels… they can’t be serious?!?!
Whether it is something intentional or not, this limited edition has all the signs that it’s dedicated to celebrate this year’s Hari Merdeka.
The car is only available in red and white – two dominant colours on the Malaysian flag, it’s to be launched in our month of independence in August, and it’s limited to 31 units which represents the 31st of August, our independence day. And who can ignore the MINI One name and the RM1,111 installment amount which refers to 1Malaysia?
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the rims look too cheapskate….
nothing that two pairs of after market rims cant fix lol :D
u pay installment RM1111 per month yet u have to buy decent rim from aftermarket?
anyway more than 70% of european car are using steel rim
Yeah,
I so weird why european car used steel rim instead of alloy rim?
To cover up the cost of superb safety equipment r?
those r steel wheels, not rims….
mini in the most basic form
The MINI Cooper models line-up (from base to top-of-the-line):
MINI One
MINI Cooper
MINI Cooper S
MINI Cooper S JCW
MINI Cooper Clubman
MINI Cooper Clubman S
Hence, the MINI One is the basic model in the line.
Steel rims…Base line model eh ?
so much money for a hugely underspecced car like this. ford fiesta better buy.
Wow… I’m sure it’s very hard to buy from a normal people since it’s only 31 units available…
Rubbish car,waste of time.
Save up more money ,get a cooper S
Introducing the Mini 1 Malaysia – Limited Edition – . Owning a Mini has never been so affordable and easy to maintain. Rejoice to the new Mini – which features all local parts that had been an integral part of our local automotive scene:
– Rattling dashboards so you won’t fall asleep during driving
– 2 airbags simply because you most likely won’t let anyone in the rear seat
– Fragile door handles – why do you need to jerk open your doors hard?
– Thin-sheet metal doors – we shave off few kilos because we all know light car equal fast cars.
– Cheap plastics interior – same as above.
– Failing power windows! – just the way we love it.
– And cheap metal elsewhere! – Be part of the Green revolution and reduce the usage of metal which causes a lot of pollution to earth!
Grab this offer now and we’ll throw in these great add-on value for you!
– 3 Years free maintenance! (labor charges not included, we’ll entertain all your complains but it’ll take up to 6 months until you’re fed-up with us and send your car elsewhere voiding the warranty, our technicians are jerks, most likely they’ll just do oil change but they charge you for everything, and we won’t be liable for your car interior, exterior & window scratches caused by our technicians)
– Free tinted windows! (Actually they come free from factory but we claimed that we did it for RM300)
– Free LCD TV’s & ASTRO (Malaysians simply cant get enough of TV)
Can you buy this car for Meg ?
bro don’t forget POWER WINDOW WARRANTY FOR LIFE
ROFLOL
for 98hp is way too low for a 1.6 car. even a gen-2 1.3 can develop 95hp. too much of detuned?
My wife used to own a mini one few years ago.
What we did was since its a detuned engine, remap it after warranty.
Easily bumped the power to around 120hp, which is the same as standard mini cooper.
Performance difference was staggering.
so for the first 3 years while the car is in warranty, an 80K fiesta could smoke the mini at the lights?
put a Malaysia flag on top of the roof to celebrate our hari merdeka!!! XD
any idea auto or manual ??
for that price, can buy a VW polo TSI and add on extras…..
but for the mini one, 31 units, why not just slam in a set of alloys. steel wheels are a no no…… is it an auto or manual?
The so call financial program would later mean RM1,111 for 1st year, 1,222 for second and third, follow by 1,599 for the remaining years..
End up, it still costly…
this is BMW’s credit “airbag financing” package….as the name suggests, installment starts to “inflate” as you pay over the months….meaning, you pay more and more as the car depreciates more and more….this airbag financing package is hardly advertised ( probably not anymore ) but it is still available on case to case basis…just talk to your BMW/Mini salesperson to find out more….quite a number of ppl take up this package n trade in their cars after 2-3 yrs as the instalments get higher…so they drive a brand new beemer every 2-3 yrs….ala rich n famous…but in reality hutang sekeliling pinggang….
With rm120k price tag, honestly i perfer buy Honda Civic ST. Hea, Should mass production with 1.3 cc (1275cc) real GT or Original Cooper. and cut down thwe price.
Hoever, what to do with brand BMW. Standard. So, only for those some privilege and affluent class people. If and only if produce basic mini with not luxury type , below 7-figure price , great,
Wow, they actually super-imposed/photoshopped a flat image of steel wheels onto the Mini One.
Paul, why would a rm120k price be improbable? Why do people always over-estimate the price of the cars?
It is nothing but greed on the manufacturers part to price high. There are enough tax breaks, loopholes for them to price the car low. But they dont. And it doesnt help when someone as ‘reputable’ as you also ‘inflates’ the estimated price.
Wishful thinking does not make something any less improbable.
Looking at the steel wheels, i’d say 120K is not impossible. But I’m guessing they’ll be cutting down on lots of stuffs. Maybe u have to manually wind down the windows? lol.
garbage.
Finally cancel the booking. Change to polo gti. Need more hp for less price