The new MINI: Consistent Evolution

• Innovative Drive Technology for Enhanced Driving Pleasure and Efficiency. Power Units of the new MINI Cooper and the new MINI Cooper S.

• Six Speeds on All Models. Manual and Automatic Transmission on the new MINI.

• Go-Kart Feeling in a new Dimension. The Chassis and Suspension of the new MINI.

• Six Airbags Featured as Standard. Safety Equipment in the new MINI.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ - July 28, 2006: Everything's new - and once again typical of MINI all the way: After more than 800,000 units sold, the MINI will soon be entering the market in thoroughly enhanced design and with fundamentally new features.

The second model generation of today's modern MINI is making its debut with brand-new power units, a carefully but thoroughly upgraded interior, and evolutionary body design with appropriate modifications wherever required. Indeed, all these innovations underline the individual character and premium standard of the MINI. And while each and every detail has been changed or modified, the new model naturally retains all the proven and unmistakable features of the MINI clearly recognisable at very first sight. This applies both to the silhouette of this compact two-door immediately recognisable from every angle and to the car's equally unique and agile driving characteristics.

The power units and transmissions, suspension and steering, brakes and safety systems are all brand-new developments from the ground up. And all these features serve to give the new MINI that legendary go-kart feeling right from the start - but now with an even higher standard of agility than before. This, quite literally, is MINI at its best - both in design and handling.

The new MINI is entering the market in the guise of the MINI Cooper (88 kW/120 hp) and MINI Cooper S (128 kW/175 hp), with the MINI One "basic" version following somewhat later. And once again, the new MINI will also be available with a turbodiesel offering a particularly high standard of all-round economy in the drivetrain.