Mini Cooper Hardtop 2-Door snowpocalypse drive review - Autoweek
What is it. The Mini Cooper received a major redesign just over a year ago, growing in size once again and gaining an all-new powerplant in the form of a turbocharged 1. 5-liter TwinPower three-cylinder engine. The new model also addresses some of the shortcomings of the nameplate since BMW carved out Mini as a standalone brand in 2001. The exterior design of the redesigned Mini Cooper remains familiar, distinguished by a longer nose with an oval grille... There are plenty of other changes under the skin: the wheelbase has grown by about an inch, and the new model is 4. 5 inches longer overall due to longer overhangs. Two engines are offered in the redesigned Cooper: the aforementioned three-cylinder, good for 134 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque, and a 2. 0-liter inline-four in the Cooper S model producing 189 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque. The new three-cylinder replaces a 1. 6-liter inline-four, yet the car is now 2. 5 seconds quicker to 60 mph than the outgoing model, taking 7. 3 seconds to 60 mph when coupled with a six-speed automatic, and in 7. 4 seconds when paired with a... Source: autoweek.com
