Welt.de is reporting that MINI plans to price the Goodwood at €50,000 for the German market. It’s the first pricing we’ve seen on MINI’s most luxurious model and it gives us some indication as to pricing elsewhere. However (as always) don’t expect a simple conversion rate to give you the US price based on that figure. In fact we believe this gives the rumored $50,000 price point that we’ve heard for years quite a bit some credence. But at $50,000 (or €50,000) is this car worth it? As always that’s a very personal question that likely isn’t even meant to be answered by a typical MINI owner. We expect the Goodwood to be pitched towards Rolls Royce and other luxury brand owners as their urban runabout. It’s the car that gets used when you don’t want to pull-out the Rolls Drophead Coupe. And with RR levels of comfort and opulence and a healthy dose of understated British style thrown in, the $50,000 is almost not the point for that customer. Or at least that’s what MINI and BMW seems to be thinking. Regardless we’ll see final US pricing in the coming weeks. Source - MotoringFile
......$72,000.00 = 50,000 Euro.... ??? Hahahahaha Got some more late Aprilfoolishness going on here? Shish....
Nathan has to add a Goodwood thread first. :lol: Anyone who buys one and someone will buy one, won't be reading MA, but their butler might. Jim
Great timing on MINI's part...unrest in the middle east as well as the austerity measures across Europe and the US. :crazy: Hold out and the price is sure to come down.
From todays Automotive News Can BMW use Rolls-Royce to inspire a Mini? By Diana T. Kurylko Rolls-Royces are very big, very luxurious and very expensive. Minis are small, agile, cute and far less expensive. But both brands are owned by BMW AG, so maybe it was inevitable that BMW would do something like "Mini inspired by Goodwood," a limited-edition car set to debut next week at the Shanghai auto show. Mini announced yesterday it will make 1,000 Cooper hardtops that are "inspired" by the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars development and design center in Goodwood, England. I actually doubled-checked the date of this press release because BMW is notorious for its April Fools' Day cars. This year's spoof was a British royal wedding edition of the M3. In earlier years, BMW touted a new Canine Repellent Alloy Protection System or C.R.A.P. Alas, the Mini-Rolls is no joke. The special-edition Mini uses Rolls-Royce colors and materials, including an interior shade called Cornsilk and a black metallic exterior. Other features include walnut burr wood, black nappa leather, piano-black finishes on the steering wheel buttons and fancy trim on other controls. The list goes on but stops short of a hand-polished upright grille or Flying Lady hood ornament. Production will begin in early 2012 at Mini's factory in Oxford, England. Mini isn't saying yet how many will come to America or what the price will be. But the car is real. The nameplate will read "Mini Inspired by Goodwood." So why not "Mini Inspired by Rolls-Royce"? That would be a badge too far. Source - Can BMW use Rolls-Royce to inspire a Mini?