COINCIDING with the 20th anniversary of Mini’s BMW-backed relaunch, the enduring small-car model has revealed and detailed its 2021 Hatch and Convertible vary with all variations being handled to a complete overhaul for the New Yr.
Because of arrive in Australia within the second half of the 12 months, the brand new Hatch and Convertible vary not solely flaunts some up to date styling and a refreshed inside however some chassis refinements too, particularly in relation to the adaptive damping.
No modifications have been made underneath the bonnet of any variant with all three of the acquainted turbocharged three- and four-cylinder engines set to be carried over unchanged – 100kW/220Nm within the Cooper, 141kW/280Nm within the Cooper S and 170kW/320Nm within the JCW.
Mini has at all times prided itself on the design of its automobiles and so it has been positive to make the newest variations of its most fashionable choices distinguishable from the final; including a contrasting black trim piece across the entrance grille and changing the foglights on the Cooper S variants with new air intakes.
It’s a comparable story on the again too with a daring new trim piece both skirting or spanning the rear apron relying on the variant.
“The brand new Mini design is extra fashionable, brisker and clearer,” Mini design boss Oliver Heilmer stated.
“All improvements observe a typical mission: Purify Mini! Much less complexity, extra individuality.”
Including to the brand new look will likely be an non-obligatory ‘multitone roof’ for the hatches which makes use of a Spray Tech paint end to layer and stagger varied colors – “San Marino Blue by means of to Pearly Aqua and Jet Black” – alongside the roof with no two automobiles being the identical as a result of pure variation within the course of.
Three new colors may even be added to the physique palette – Rooftop Gray metallic, Island Blue metallic and Zesty Yellow – whereas the alloy wheel vary has additionally been up to date.
Contained in the cabin, the inside has been given a clean up with some new upholstery colors and patterns whereas most of the chrome trim items have been swapped out for black ones.
There’s additionally a brand new 8.8-inch touchscreen infotainment system now freed from the earlier mannequin’s underlining row of buttons.
Drivers now rating the 5.0-inch digital show from the Electrical Hatch as normal in addition to a brand new sports activities leather-based steering wheel.
Below the pores and skin is a brand new model of Mini’s adaptive suspension system which scores an additional valve inside the dampers designed to take the sting off sharper bumps by “smoothing out sudden strain peaks inside the damper”.
Mini Australia offered 3105 new automobiles in 2020 – the overwhelming majority of them (1613) being Hatches – in comparison with the 3204 models it shifted in 2019.
