Mini details Hatch and Convertible range explosion

MINI Australia has revealed the pricing for its new Hatch and Convertible line-up with the facelifted vary now opening from $37,500 plus on-roads, marking a $2350 entry worth improve.

As beforehand reported by GoAuto, the up to date vary has been gifted some tweaked styling, a refreshed inside and on the upper grades at the least, a extra refined adaptive suspension system.

Nonetheless obtainable within the acquainted three- and five-door hatchback and convertible (three-door) configurations, the line-up has ballooned out to now embody 26 variants throughout 5 totally different trim ranges.

Ranging from the underside of the vary and dealing up, the bottom mannequin Hatch and Convertible is now often called the ‘Basic’ with commonplace tools highlights consisting of 16-inch wheels, LED head- and tail-lights, fabric and leatherette seats, piano black inside, rearview digicam, entrance and rear parking sensors, parking assistant, adaptive cruise management with cease and go operate, driving assistant with lane departure warning, a digital instrument cluster, 8.8-inch infotainment system, wi-fi cellphone charging and wi-fi Apple CarPlay.

Checking in round $2500 north of the Basic is the Basic Plus trim degree which provides 17-inch alloys, an expanded array of exterior color schemes, three drive modes, consolation entry, leatherette sports activities seats with heating operate (entrance), panoramic sunroof and a Harman Kardon sound system.

For an additional $5000 above that clients can go for the ‘Mini Yours’ specification which ups the ante additional with the choice of both 17- or 18-inch alloys, Mini Yours Nappa leather-based steering wheel, anthracite headliner, Mini Yours leather-based lounge in carbon black, chequered silver inside trim, ambient lighting, Mini Yours flooring mats and Mini Yours exterior badging.

The entire variants outlined above are powered by a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine growing 100kW of energy and 220Nm of torque all of which is distributed to the entrance wheels through a seven-speed automated transmission.

Naturally the five-doors are marginally costlier than their three-door counterparts with the margin hovering between $1000-$1500 relying on the variant whereas the Convertibles command roughly $5200 over the five-doors.

The Cooper S nameplate has after all been retained as a part of the replace however has been damaged down into three distinct variations in related style to its lesser stablemates.

Priced from $45,700 for the three-door, $46,950 for the five-door and $51,530 for the Convertibles, the Basic trim degree as soon as once more opens the account, providing clients a gruntier (140kW/280Nm) turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine and a broadly related commonplace tools listing to the Hatch Basic.

Being the Cooper S there are some sportier options included as commonplace corresponding to leatherette sport seats, consolation entry and a Nappa leather-based steering wheel in addition to Sport, Mid and Inexperienced drive modes.

Subsequent up is the Mini Yours trim which once more largely mirrors the package listing of the Hatch equal, albeit with a couple of additional options like a head-up show, concierge providers and solar safety glazing.

Cresting the Cooper S line-up is the brand new JCW Sport (from $53,200) trim degree which because the identify suggests, bridges the hole considerably between the Cooper S and full-fat John Cooper Works (JCW) sizzling hatch.

In comparison with the Cooper S Basic, the JCW Sport boasts a novel 17-inch alloy wheel design, a extra aggressive JCW aero bundle, adaptive suspension, anthracite headliner, ambient lighting, dinamica/leather-based JCW sport seats, panoramic sunroof, solar safety glazing, a Harman Kardon sound system, head-up show and concierge providers.

Priced from $54,850, the John Cooper Works is simply obtainable in three-door Hatch and Convertible guises with the vary opened by the ‘Important’ trim degree which replaces the Pure because the no frills, purely driver-focused possibility.

However, the Important nonetheless comes with loads of toys together with bespoke 17-inch alloys, sport suspension and brakes, LED head- and tail-lights, a piano black exterior, consolation entry, anthracite headliner, dinamica and leather-based JCW sports activities seats, launch management, Nappa leather-based steering wheel, rearview digicam, entrance and rear parking sensors, parking assistant, dynamic cruise management, three drive modes, driving assistant, lane departure warning, a digital instrument cluster, 8.8-inch infotainment show, wi-fi cellphone charging and wi-fi Apple CarPlay.

Stepping as much as the traditional provides 18-inch alloys, extra color choices, adaptive sport suspension, leather-based cross punch upholstery, heated entrance seats, adaptive cruise management with cease and go, a head-up show, Harman Kardon sound system and concierge providers.

The Mini Yours specification builds on that even additional with adaptive LED lighting, leather-based chester or leather-based lounge inside upholstery, a panoramic sunroof and solar safety glazing.

Energy and efficiency within the John Cooper Works goes unchanged for 2021 regardless of the mannequin replace with the force-fed 2.0-litre four-banger nonetheless churning out 170kW/320Nm, all of which is distributed to the entrance wheels through an eight-speed automated transmission with 0-100km/h handled in a claimed 6.1 seconds.

On the different finish of the spectrum, the eco-minded Electrical Hatch line-up has been bolstered to 2 variants – Basic and Mini Yours – every that includes the identical 135kW/270Nm outputs and 32.64kWh battery pack.

Priced from $55,650, the Basic boasts the entire identical fruit as the opposite Classics however with a couple of distinctive touches together with aerodynamically optimised 17-inch alloys, piano black exterior bundle, heated leatherette sport seats, adaptive cruise management with cease and go operate and 4 drive modes – Sport, Mid, Inexperienced, Inexperienced+.

The Mini Yours ($62,825) model in the meantime predictably provides an anthracite headliner, ambient lighting, selection of leather-based chester or leather-based lounge inside upholstery, a panoramic sunroof, solar safety glazing, Harman Kardon hi-fi sound system and a head-up show.

General Mini gross sales are up 16.9 per cent year-on-year to this point in 2021 with the BMW-owned model shifting 828 items to the tip of March with the Hatch being the majority vendor (394).

2021 Mini Hatch and Convertible pricing*

*Excludes on-road prices

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