We’re back from the launch of the facelifted MINI range at Auto Bavaria Jalan Tun Razak. Besides new looks to differentiate itself from the pre-facelift R56 MINI, the Malaysian market will get options such as a Glass Roof package and MINI Connected. BMW released the facelifted MINI worldwide in July this year, so they’re here pretty quick.
Exterior wise, the facelifted MINI gets new front and rear bumpers. This is more apparent in Cooper S and John Cooper Works variants, thanks to new chrome intakes on the front bumper next to the fog lamps. They’re supposed to provide better brake cooling.
The rear foglamp and reverse lamp combo mimics the front design – single piece for the Cooper and one on each side for the Cooper S/JCW. The side indicator surrounds (where the fender meets the door) and their glass covers are also newly designed. The tail lamps are now lit up via LED lighting.
Inside, the range gets revised trim colours and new controls for the stereo and air con. The JCW variant gets black sports seats with red stitching (or white if you want), piano black trim and Antracite coloured dials. New features include auto dimming electrochromatic side mirrors.
The new colours are Eclipse Grey, Spice Orange, White Silver and British Racing Green for the Cooper and Cooper S. For the JCW, Chili Red is now available exclusively as the contrast colour for the roof and door caps. Its 17-inch Cross Spoke Challenge alloys can be had in black for a mean look.
It’s pretty much unchanged under the skin. BMW has managed to make Valvetronic, direct injection and turbo work together since early this year in the MINI, so all models get the fully variable valve management system. The Cooper’s 1.6 Prince engine makes 120 hp/160 Nm and is capable of 0-100 km/h in 10.4 seconds on to a 197 km/h top speed.
The Cooper S with twin scroll turbo (N14B16 engine) makes 184 hp and 240 Nm of torque, or 260 Nm on overboost. This pocket rocket does 0-100 in 7.2 seconds and has a top whack of 223 km/h. If you want the ultimate MINI, the 211 hp/260 Nm (280 Nm on overboost) JCW will outsprint a Golf GTI with a 0-100 time of 6.5 seconds. Top speed is 238 km/h.
Now to the options, which can be added to all variants. The Glass Roof package offers one-touch operation and can be opened via the key fob. It’s yours for RM9,988. For RM14,988 extra, you get MINI Connected, which was developed to integrate the capabilities of the iPhone to the MINI (other phone users, sorry). Opt for this and you get a 6.5-inch LCD screen in the central meter, specific controls (joystick and two buttons) in the centre tunnel and a Harmon Kardon 480W stereo with 10 speakers.
MINI Connected works when you plug in your iPhone (with the free MINI Connected App). Navigating the functions can then be done with the joystick. One can listen to thousands of web radio stations from around the world or catch up with RSS news feeds and Twitter via the LCD screen, good to pass the time in traffic jams.
The new MINI range starts at RM195,888 for the Cooper, RM239,888 for the Cooper S and RM275,888 for the JCW. Prices are on the road without insurance, but with MINI Tender Loving Care service package.
Official images and photos from the launch are after the jump.
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MINI Cooper
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MINI Cooper S
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MINI Cooper JCW
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My god.so expensive.can get a GTi with abt tuned.or a Subaru imprezza ver 10.
the black one looks cool… really fast pocket rocket
Nice but way too expensive for me…-_-
is that a weighing machine at the middle of the dashboard? ;)
wow the ipod/iphone integration is very cool…
WTH!!?? it’s like a wall hanging clock on the dashboard!! =_=”
you… never sit in a mini b4 issit?
i buy the gti anytime of the day….mini might be good , bt not 200k good…..no way……specially when u get AP or recond around 130k ONLY….
but u can’t afford the Golf GTI as well..
man!…that centre meter…remind me like pasar punyer timbang la…XD
VW Golf GTI is better and more practical. If u want a life style car then Sirocco looks better too.
Too expensive…..
nice small car..but damn expensive..
whoaa…wayyy to expensive for a pocket-sized car…
better go for a new scirocco that looks wayyyyy better or a 2nd hand 330ci…
by the way, that speedometer is too big… looks like a wall clock…
a renault megane 250RS sounds like a better buy than these. At that kind of price you might as well consider a BMW
The MINI is a BMW
:) Mini is BMW
so what?
i mean a BMW 3 series or a Mercedes C-Class for that matter.
wud rather go for the latest Renault 250 cup.. until and unless RM200k is loose change for u!
You could get an Elise with much more street cred.
only stupid rich people will pay 200k for this small size car!
i think it’s okay for rich ppl to buy this Mini, because they can afford it…
Nobody will believe that rich people is stupid, otherwise how can they get rich? If they buy Myvi, every second the car passing by, but this one may be once a day, that make it special and this is how the rich people comfort their ego.
like dat dangerous lor..driver will play wif those thing n didnt c the road already…
the orange mini color like Myvi SE
the black mini color scheme is nice. can apply to previous mini also.
Prices of Mini really gila babi sometimes!
the center LCD looks really good. but not RM14k good :p
Back in 2006, Jeremy Clarkson prefers a Swift Sport rather than a new MINI Cooper…
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article664487.ece
enough said.
oh.. oh.. and there’s a mention about Dyson vacuum cleaner, Malaysia in the same review… haha
Haha, Jezza seriously thought we Malaysians are proud of ourselves.
Wait until he read about what we say to our ‘beloved’ Proton and govt, he might have a change of thought hehe :)
can’t say much but saw a mini with front boot opened near a junction, maybe something gone wrong,yes the engine is powerful but is it practically good enough? worth the money is you can afford it , good luck
this car is just being priced waaaaaaaaaaaay above a premium scale.
not sure why im actually not impressed by this facelift…>.<
wow.. price’s really affordable. consider buying two tommorrow. one for my girl, and another for my mum~
Another overrated and overpriced car …. BMW Malaysia should realise that their market share is not as big as before …esp now with VW around …
……haha gonna by one! ……..10 years later
The Rims look damn nice.. wonder what it will be if fit to my myvi..