Mini Superleggera is go! Expect slinky Mini roadster in 2018 - CAR Magazine
CAR magazine can reveal that the Superleggera roadster is earmarked for production in early 2018, having won approval as one of the BMW board's proposed five 'super-heroes' to give the third-gen Munich Mini family some added zip. Mini Superleggera: why it's going on sale As previously reported by CAR, the Mini range is being refocused to concentrate on fewer, better models. He's keen to avoid the pluralisation of the Mini range, which has created models deemed niches-too-far by Munich, including the rare-groove Paceman , Coupe and Roadster. Although its makers are keen to adopt the complex one-off plug-in technology featured in the design exercise (e-motor up front, combustion engine driving the rear wheels), the two-seater soft-top must still be matched to the modular front- and... This points to a range of three- and four-cylinder engines and the prospect of a Mini Superleggera Cooper S running a 189bhp 2. 0-litre turbo. CAR was first to drive the Mini Superleggera concept car. Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk
