MINI UK has launched its new Configurator for 2014 which includes the new MINI Hardtop (Hatch). Visit MINI UK to design your 2014 MINI.
If I had to make a guess I'd say late January. I used no empirical data to make that guess. Just pulled a time frame out of my ass, so to speak.
I built one on their site, but I think they can get color options we can't. Plus it was heavy, according to the pounds listed once I finished.