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New MINI is a Five-Star NCAP Performer
Fri Apr 20 09:00:00 CEST 2007 Press Release
The new MINI Cooper has received the highest-possible score of 5 stars in the Euro NCAP Crash Test.
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Dan Connell
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The new MINI Cooper has received the highest-possible score of 5 stars in the
Euro NCAP Crash Test. This latest achievement underlines superior safety,
gutsy engines, razor-sharp steering and a finely-tuned chassis as key
characteristics of the new MINI.
Outstanding results in head-on and side-on/pillar crash tests showed risk of
injury to occupants to be minimal. The new MINI Cooper achieved 13 out of 16
points for deformation behaviour in a head-on collision, and 16 from 18 points
in the side-on and pillar collision. Child safety testing also produced
exemplary results.
In the offset frontal crash test, the structure of the passenger cell was
maintained. 4,000 individual welding points in the body shell optimise the MINI
Cooper's structural safety.
The MINI Cooper is 60 mm longer than its predecessor to meet pedestrian impact
regulations. The car also comes as standard with six airbags, three-point
inertia-reel seat belts on all four seats and ISOFIX child seat fastening
systems in the rear.
Active safety was identified as a priority in the development of the new MINI.
Brake Assistant, Cornering Brake Control (CBC) and Electronic Brake Force
Distribution (EBFD) in the new MINI Cooper may be supplemented as an option by
on-demand traction control (ASC+T - standard on Cooper S models) and Dynamic
Stability Control (DSC), complete with uphill start assistance.
News of MINI's excellent performance in the NCAP test coincides with the launch
of two new MINI variants. MINI One (£11,610 OTR) and MINI Cooper D (£14,175
OTR) went on sale from Saturday 14 April. Orders for the new models are
already looking strong. The 1.4-litre, 95hp MINI One has achieved over 1600
sales in less than a week. BMW Group's cleanest-ever car, the turbocharged
1.6-litre, diesel-powered MINI Cooper D, weighed in with more than 660 orders
during the same period.
Customers keen to get behind the wheel of the all-new MINI One can take
advantage of a competitive offer from MINI Financial Services. The entry-level
newcomer is available from just £175 a month*, and with five year's servicing
included in the £150 MINI tlc package, the sensible money is with MINI.
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