[mrwildride]

found this on www.nurburgring.de

looks pretty good and even faster, hähä!

mr. wildride

 

[Jonathan]

Nice photo - just the right degree of blur.

But what\'s the silver scoop under the front wing?

 

[jfunkhouse]

Hey. Does anyone notice the wheel arches? It almost looks like they are painted. There is a bit of a shine to them. Does anyone know if there will be coloured arches available like the old mini?

J

 

[BruceK]

The S is so fast that the front license plate has melted! 8D

 

[frohsinn]

The new S will have a hard time against the Ringmini:

http://fotos.nurburgring.de/2001/010908_t/DSCN3176.jpg

http://fotos.nurburgring.de/2001/010908_t/DSCN3182.jpg

http://fotos.nurburgring.de/2001/010908_t/DSCN3025.jpg

 

[Yurinaut]

That S looks amazing. I hope the body color arches turn out to be an option. Suddenly black is a contender (aaarrrgghhh!).

-Mike

PS: Love that ringmini too!

 

[BruceK]

On 22-10-2001 3:07 jfunkhouse wrote:
Hey. Does anyone notice the wheel arches? It almost looks like they are painted. There is a bit of a shine to them. ...

That Cooper S certainly seems to be a prototype -- different from the production version:

Besides the (apparently) painted wheel arches and mystery scoop below the bumper, there doesn\'t appear to be any sort of grill surround either.

BTW, love the VTEC Ring Mini!

 

[Yurinaut]

I\'m fairly sure that scoop under the front valence is a brake cooling duct. I would imagine that testing would put a bit of strain on the brakes after too many laps. I\'m sure swapping the brake fluid for Super Blue would go a good ways to solving any brake cooling issues if you are planning to put your MINI on the track.

-Mike

 

[Paul]

The press release, and our reports, state that the Cooper S has \'black flared wheel arches\' that are not the same as the Cooper and One, but the ones in the other images look the same.

I think and all black \'s\' with black arches looks cool.

 

[LMB]

On 22-10-2001 12:06 frohsinn wrote:
The new S will have a hard time against the Ringmini:
<img src=\"http://fotos.nurburgring.de/2001/010908_t/DSCN3176.jpg\">
160 PS Honda Vtec engine:
<img src=\"http://fotos.nurburgring.de/2001/010908_t/DSCN3182.jpg\">
Living at the track this guy knows his way around too
<img src=\"http://fotos.nurburgring.de/2001/010908_t/DSCN3025.jpg\">

What an absolute beast...brilliant. I take my hat off to you sir, you definelty know how to have fun.

LMB

 

[ezrally]

I\'m fairly sure that scoop under the front valence is a brake cooling duct. I would imagine that testing would put a bit of strain on the brakes after too many laps. I\'m sure swapping the brake fluid for Super Blue would go a good ways to solving any brake cooling issues if you are planning to put your MINI on the track.

-Mike

Wrong, its MINIs fix for the silly power steering fan!