We've run through the basic Mini Goodwood proposition with you since before its debut at this year's Shanghai Motor Show. Mini intends to build limited runs – 1,000 units total worldwide of the basic Cooper hatchback (at least for starters) of the Goodwood trim under the selectable Mini You area of their branding mothership. This is all to honor the BMW Group's other hallowed brand, Rolls-Royce, which resides on the Goodwood estate in southern England. So, any Goodwood Mini should be pretty chic-chic, right? You have no idea. In Europe, our sources tell us the 'base' Mini Cooper Goodwood edition will cost 46,900 euro when it starts deliveries in March of 2012. Seeing as one euro dollar is worth pretty consistently around $1.45 U.S. these days, that could be $68,000 to us. Be still our beating hearts. In reality, the dumbed-down U.S. price ought to arrive at about $48,000. That's roughly 2.4 times the price of the base hatchback. Worth it to you? The Rolls-spec leather and woody parts are sumptuous, we must say. And everything from Al Capone's vault is in the trunk – standard! Source - Autoblog — We Obsessively Cover The Auto Industry
As much as I like my 07 MCS if I had that kind of money lying around to blow on a new car there are lot's of other makes and models I'd choose and get more bang for the buck, but to each their own. I'd love to see one in person.
I have a feeling that the buyers of the "Goodwood" would have to stat their own MINI Site. Most of us would not be interested in discussing Grey Poupon. Jim
Good thing I registered GoodwoodAlliance.com GoodwoodAlliaince, the mustard that spices up luxury MINI ownership.