MINI is celebrating its 50th birthday with the release of the first official photos of the Coupe Concept that is set to make its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. In essence, it’s a MINI John Cooper Works hatch that had its rooftop cutoff and replaced with a coupe-like greenhouse and a steeper front windshield.
The details like the headlamps, front and rear bumpers, front grille and evidently, the rear-end design have been reworked but that’s basically it.
The Coupe model divert the hatchback‘s rear seat bench which helps increase luggage space from 160 liters to 250 liters (8.8 cu ft). The designers of MINI made the hatchback’s cabin with a unique color scheme and higher quality materials such as leather upholstery and carbon fiber decorative trim.
The Coupe‘s unique feature is the addition of two Chronoswiss clocks adjacent the rev counter.
The two seater is motivated by the MINI John Cooper Work’s 1.6-litre twin-scroll turbocharged engine that cranks out 211 horsepower and a peak torque of 260Nm (192 lb-ft) increasing through the Overboost function for a short while to 280Nm (206 lb-ft).
Our sources tell us that the Coupe will be joined in Frankfurt by a roadster concept, details of which will be revealed closer to the show.
The question is whether MINI will actually go ahead and produce the coupe (and/or the roadster model for that matter), but unless the car receives mixed or bad reviews from the press and public alike, we really can’t see why not.
