[miniman23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hat (original)

strange that none of the cars they've shown have sat nav or auto air con. i expected the yellow car to be specced up to the eyeballs. alloys look lovely though, as do the new aero side skirts.

& still amber indicators on a S?

No sat nav's shown in the cars you are right. However I'm pretty sure the auto air con was in at least one MCS. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[minisoopercooper]

if anyone else wants anyomore pics of anything - let me know and I'll do my best next saturday

Will definalty get more of the Yellow S - particularly the rear view which we dont have atm

Paul

[mGP]

Yep; More rear views would be good.

[jimmyt]

Quote: Originally Posted by supa-dupa-cooper (original)

looks like 'your MINI' but i guess it probably isnt that at all

Could it just be 'New Mini' in a fancy font?

[Paul]

All images have now been compiled and uploaded to the MINI2 galleries:

http://www.mini2.com/galleries/showg....php/cat/2025/

[Olly.]

Paul - What was the brushed alloy dash like? It looks nice, but did it look like it would mark or dent easily?

[Paul]

Looks nice and to me didn't look like it would be easy to damage/mark either.

[matt.morrow]

Thanks Paul for searching for the 'mystery button'.

Also - does anyone know if the new aerokit shown on www.mini.com is available to order as an extra through the parts department yet?

[frd]

In the November 2006 german pricelist pdf that is floating around the forum there is a JCW Aero Packet, 1.336€+VAT. Should be avaliable!

[miniman23]

Quote: Originally Posted by frd (original)

In the November 2006 german pricelist pdf that is floating around the forum there is a JCW Aero Packet, 1.336€+VAT. Should be avaliable!

It gets done aftermarket through the dealer I believe anyway so not a big problem can always add on in the future.

[Juno]

Quote: Originally Posted by miniman23 (original)

It gets done aftermarket through the dealer I believe anyway so not a big problem can always add on in the future.

That certainly has been the case, but I visited my dealer yesterday to firm up my order specification & they mentioned that the kits will be factory fitted. This probably means less fuss at the dealership & less overall cost, taking into consideration the charges to paint and fit.

Still, there'll surely be the option to buy the kit parts separately as a spare / accessory.

Pete

[ScottieCoop]

Quote: Originally Posted by Juno (original)

That certainly has been the case, but I visited my dealer yesterday to firm up my order specification & they mentioned that the kits will be factory fitted. This probably means less fuss at the dealership & less overall cost, taking into consideration the charges to paint and fit.

Still, there'll surely be the option to buy the kit parts separately as a spare / accessory.

Pete

Spoke to my dealer today and they told me the kit is retro fit like what it is the now. Available to order for launch date price yet to be confirmed.

[Root Ginger]

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett (original)

This one had orange housings:
http://www.mini2.com/images/paris_on....&currentPic=9
http://www.mini2.com/images/paris_on...&currentPic=46

As did this one:
http://www.mini2.com/images/paris_fi....&currentPic=4

But the "main" one had clear:
http://www.mini2.com/images/paris_tw...&currentPic=29
http://www.mini2.com/images/paris_tw...&currentPic=56

As said above, stick some clear bulbs in the one with clear housings and you're there. No idea why companies don't do that from the factory, would only take one to do it and I bet others would follow.

Thanks for clearing that up Paul. All your pictures seem to link to the main show gallery though and not individual pictures.

[Paul]

Changed the links yesterday so all images are in the gallery.

Basically the one on the stage has clear lights, the others have orange.

[matt.morrow]

What do you think the Laser Blue will be like without white stripes? Every one I've seen has white stripes - seems to be the iconic look of the new new Cooper S whereas the previous models advertising never really utilised stripes - last time round they seemed to use stripes on the red cooper and no stripes on electric blue S. This time no stripes really on cooper but stripes on Cooper S (see NEW MINI)

[Martin F]

Quote: Originally Posted by matt.morrow (original)

What do you think the Laser Blue will be like without white stripes?

You can see it here MINI as all the available colours are shown without the bonnet stripes

[Nick_Wilkes]

Quote: Originally Posted by SCB (original)

Can you find out from one of the reps there, if when ordering the satnav do you get TWO seperate (smaller) displays over the Stering Wheel like you do now? Or is it just going to be the one, e.g. Rev Counter...?

Thanks,
StevieB

Not sure if its been answered, but there is only one rev counter with the navi...

The speedo fits the same way as it does in the models you see at the show but the numbers and actual needle movement are different as the the navi screen sits in the centre (looks really neat and a lot better than the old models - More flush and proper!

[Paul]

Full retrospective report from the show here: 2nd October 2006: Report on the Launch of the Second Generation MINI from the Paris Motorshow

I'm away from tomorrow early driving the new car, but I hope to answer any unanswered questions when I return from the test drive, but based only what I saw/learned at the show, as there's an embargo of 10th October for my test drive reports.

[Olly.]

Enjoy! Looking forward to reading about the drive.

[I love MINI, Laura]

Hi guys! I'm knackered but got back last night from a weekend in paris! Heres some of my pics that Paul couldn't get. I loved the aero kit Cooper S! It looked unbelieveable

Got loads of brochures and none had the cooper S aero kit 17" alloys in so don't know what they are called. But we've got photo evidence now! The aero kit Cooper S had a different spoiler to the normal Laser blue cooper S. It didn't have the mid bar bit in the gap like the normal new cooper S/ You can see in a photo below. (shown in black)
The cooper S with aero kit wasn't speced up much at all. It didn't even have the chili pack on it as it didn't have zenons or white indicators. The seats inside were cloth chequered - they were quite nice for the basic seats.

The puch leather looked really nice - didn't personally like them in the photos I'd seen of them but in person they were very nice. They were starting to loosen because of all the bums in the seats. Lounge was lush but I think I would prefer the black version. Looked like they were coping better with the stretching effect. The gravity leather in the black cooper what gorgeous. Very light beige and worked very well with the black piano trim and the beige colour line.

Some of your questions. The door sills on the yellow cooper S said "your NAME" Personalised door sills. cute!

The champange Cooper S on the show had Red lounge leather (which is more russet colour than red) and grey colour line and wood trim. The woods trim looked tacky! It also had Sat Nav and the Sat nav did look amazing. The speedo going round the edge was brill!