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MINI at Auto Shanghai 2015.
Mon Apr 06 23:55:00 CEST 2015 Press Kit
The new generation of MINI continues to take the world by storm. The most powerful and most exclusive model variant of the new original in the small car premium segment sees its Chinese première at Auto Shanghai 2015. The new MINI John Cooper Works sets out to further enhance the enthusiasm for extreme driving fun that has already been sparked in the automotive market in China.
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The new edition of the top athlete combines the further refined
qualities of the latest MINI generation with the most powerful engine
ever installed in one of the brand's serial production models.
Meanwhile the MINI Countryman embodies a particularly
distinctive form of the unmistakable MINI feeling. With four doors, a
large tailgate, a raised seating position, a versatile interior and
the optionally available all-wheel drive system MINI ALL4, it takes on
the role of the supreme all-round talent within the model range of the
British premium brand. The MINI Countryman Park Lane epitomises the
diverse strengths of the compact five-seater more impressively than
ever. Likewise seeing its Chinese première at Auto Shanghai 2015, the
edition model displays exclusive design and equipment features which
clearly reflect the MINI Countryman's variable space concept as well
as its athletic flair on all types of terrain.
With these two Chinese premières, MINI highlights the great
importance of the International Automobile Industry Exhibition in
Shanghai. China's biggest motor show has been known as Auto Shanghai
for 30 years. It is held on an alternating basis with Auto China in
Beijing and attracted more than 800 000 visitors in 2013. The venue of
the 16th Auto Shanghai is the newly erected China Expo Convention and
Exhibition Complex. Here a surface area of some 400 000 square metres
is available to exhibitors from all over the world to present new
models, technology innovations, accessory products and services to
visitors from April 22nd to 29th, 2015.
Racing technology for the road: the new MINI John Cooper
Works.
The new generation of the original is represented
on the Chinese automotive market in two body variants: the new MINI 3
door and the new MINI 5 door. The most powerful and spirited model in
the history of the brand now follows, based on the new MINI 3 door.
The new MINI John Cooper Works is powered by a 170 kW 2.0-litre
4-cylinder engine featuring MINI TwinPower Turbo Technology. With an
output increased by 15 kW as compared to its predecessor, it ensures
fascinating pulling power and tangibly optimised sprint capability. On
the Chinese automotive market, the new MINI John Cooper Works is
fitted as standard with a 6-speed Steptronic sports transmission. It
accelerates in 6.1 seconds from zero to 100 km/h, achieving an average
fuel consumption in the EU test cycle of 6.3 litres per 100 kilometres
and a CO2 figure of 149 grams per kilometre.
John Cooper Works motor racing experience also went into the
development of technology for the suspension, body and cockpit. A
sports suspension including Brembo sports brake system, exclusive
17-inch John Cooper Works light alloy wheels, the John Cooper Works
aerodynamics kit and particularly large air inlets as well as a
model-specific interior in sports-car style are combined with the
newly developed engine to create a perfectly harmonised overall
package for extreme driving fun on the road.
Versatile and unmistakable: the MINI Countryman Park
Lane.
With its hallmark driving fun, premium quality and
unmistakable aura, the MINI Countryman ensures that the brand is
represented in the premium compact segment with exceptional talent,
too. It unites characteristic MINI feeling with modern functionality
and versatility, not least due to the all-wheel drive system ALL4
which was developed especially for MINI. The MINI Countryman Park Lane
showcases these all-round qualities with particularly stylish flair.
The exclusive design and equipment features of the edition model
include a body finish in Earl Grey metallic, the contrast colour Oak
Red for the roof and exterior mirror caps, 18-inch light alloy wheels
in Turbo Fan Dark Grey design and the MINI ALL4 exterior visual
package. In addition there are emblems on the side scuttles and the
cockpit surface which bear the inscription "Park Lane" like
the entry sills, as well as interior surfaces in Cross Stripe Grey
that were also designed exclusively for the MINI Countryman Park Lane.
The MINI Countryman Park Lane is offered in two engine variants
on the Chinese market. There is a choice of the models MINI Cooper
Countryman Park Lane and MINI Cooper S Countryman Park Lane, each of
which can be optionally fitted with the all-wheel drive system ALL4.
For further details on official fuel consumption figures, official
specific CO2 emissions
and power consumption of new cars,
please refer to the "Manual on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions
and power consumption of new cars", available at all sales
outlets, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT),
Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen and at
http://www.dat.de/angebote/verlagsprodukte/leitfaden-kraftstoffverbrauch.html.
Manual CO2 (PDF ‒ 2.7 MB).