Is this the 2007 Mini?

[DaveStarsky]

Hi all,

You guys are usually way ahead of me on these types of queries! - Have you seen these photos? They reckon it's the 2007 car. The mirrors look enormous...

http://www.worldcarfans.com/spyphoto...nts-spy-photos

[MINI-Morgan]

Nope, looks like just a Works GP and its a very old article.

[DaveStarsky]

There are 3 models in this article - Works GP, Traveller and mew Mini. I'd seen the photos of the Works GP and the Traveller, just not the other one....

[CoolJamJar]

Well, the car with the wing on the back is a proto JCW GP Car.
The estate version is probably the traveller proto, but I have not seen the picture of the Cooper with the spot lights on the roof before.
Going by the article on MotoringFile last week with the AutoArt diecast model website showing a photo of the 2007 Cooper - I would say, that is the new 2007 Cooper!!!

[Hat]

thats an interesting shot of the cooper - by laying the headlights flatter on the bonnet they actually look rounder head-on.

also i notice its being driven by a couple of people from 'reader's wives'

[AidenL]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hat

thats an interesting shot of the cooper - by laying the headlights flatter on the bonnet they actually look rounder head-on.

also i notice its being driven by a couple of people from 'reader's wives'

Or else they are ashamed to be seen in it..........

I dunno, its looks weird, the new grille doesn't do it for me........

[MartinSSZ]

Something about that front pic isn't quite right to me - the space between the chrome bars of the grille is too black, the MINI badge is blatently Photoshopped and the lines and shading on the headlights doesn't look quite right.

The lights on the back are even worse

[Root Ginger]

Yeah it can be seen on the pic with the larger rear foglight too. Looks like spy shots and they've tried to remove some of the covered up parts of the car.

One of the other shots clearly shows riveted on covers over the headlights to disguise the real look underneath and bits of the grill covered up too. Why would they go to that trouble and then drive one out undisguised for everyone to see?

[Paul]

Part photo, part photoshop... shame they can't show unfettled copies of images really.

[mad brummie]

still not keen on that front end. I hope its wrong.

[Rakey]

poor work on the photo shopping stops us from looking at the details which are there

[:: Jon ::]

whats with the round lights...

indicators inside the headlights too

[Red Cooper]

Arent the windscreen wipers supposed to be hidden under the bonnet? This looks like a hybrid between the current and the new model. Anyway - if this pic has any relation with the new model I am slightly worried about the shape and position of these lights. They look OK from the front - from the side, I hope they're nothing like the ones on the Traveller concept. Funny how a small feature can make or break the look for some people!

[matt21]

i prefer the current one compared to those images

[Hat]

flat earthers

if it had come out 4 years ago with those flatter lights & was changing now to the more upright ones you'd be saying exactly the same but in reverse