MINI2 has acquired some unique and exclusive close up detail images of the upcoming “face lifted” MINI, just in time for Christmas. Our new exclusive leaked images show in more detail some of the changes that will come in for the convertible and upcoming 2005 revised MINI range, for which we expect, and have reported on, a range of cosmetic
and engineering modifications.

A snapper in the US recently captured a long range shot of the new MINI, one thing that really grabbed people was the new Cooper bumper trim, however the image was a little unclear and this probably raised more questions than it answered. Well, we hope this answers those questions:

You couldn’t see the rear of the new MINI in the photos that were shown previously, and of course, the tail end bumper will include modifications to echo those on the front of the car. As mentioned previously, the “chrome line” Classic Mini style bumper inserts are gone, and a new look will be offered instead. The other change, shown below, is the rear fog light mounted low and centre.

For those of you unfamiliar with our previous reports, you may wonder why the rear fog light has been moved to the centre?

The reason is the new rear light clusters that will also come in to production next year. We have exclusively shown the new lights on MINI2 before, but we now have an improved image, which hopefully answers some of the questions raised by our previous, less clear offering.

As ever, we will continue to poke our noses in, keep our eyes peeled, and our ears to the ground, and rest assured as soon as we can offer you anything new on the upcoming changes planned for our favourite little car you’ll be the first to know!