Most liked posts in thread: MINI planning sports car to rival MX-5?

How many car makers have tried to build something to rival the MX-5, and how many have succeeded?

MINI needs to concentrate on being Mini Cooper.

 

Unless they make it AWD or RWD it will always fail against the Miata nomatter what the lights at either end look like.

 

Thats not bad looking but they wont make that car with huge wheels and coilovers slammed down.

The Miata will still be better because it RWD.

 

LOL! You people crack me up, honestly you do. No matter what they build, 50% of the group hates it. I'll bet, if MINI brought back the R-53, you all would say there was something wrong with it too. :lol::lol:

 

Make it a 300 horse JCW (in jet black) and I could be persuaded. Typical suspension mods will need to apply

 

Your 50% wrong. The first part you have right. The second, I'm taking the under on that one for 1 billion dollars.

If they changed the front grill and headlights, this would be nice looking--but if they were serious about going head to head with the Miata, it'd have to be rear wheel drive, which will never happen. AWD would make an already too heavy car way too heavierister. The TT is a great car, but with AWD it's a tank, the MINI would be too.

 

They would be better off branding it a Triumph. Lots of old guys would love a new Triumph, plus there is the sports car heritage to market it with. You listening Jim? :smile5:

 

MINI would price it by looking at Miata and adding $12K to make sure that everybody knows it is a "premium" car.

 

I love the idea. Is the current MINI, VW or Fiat like the original? Of course not, but close enough to remind you of one.

Bringing back the Triumph name and coming close in looks, would sell well, just as Crash said. Sure, there would be some die hards out there complaining, but they don't have to buy one.

We all know that the "complainers" are a large percentage of the members on forums, but not of the buying public.

 

AWD is a must!

 

Ain't that sumthin. I find the Roadster irresistible, and the rest of the world is reportedly shunning it. Sounds like I might have a collector's item on my hands and maybe I'll be eligible to join Dave.O's club of once upon a times.

 

cct1: "Your 50% wrong. The first part you have right. The second, I'm taking the under on that one for 1 billion dollars"

If there's a 50/50 chance of something being wrong, there's a 90% it will be.

 

I agree with you, but it would really fly as a marketing tool for $elling these things. Many folks have little idea of what a sports car really is or what Triumph was for that matter. They'd sell as Triumph's for $ure. Lots of folks would love them & some other's would birch like hell. :wink:

 

If it was AWD, then I wouldn't care how bad the lights looked.

 

If they make it BMW will make absolutely sure it will not outperform the lowest BMW version of a any BMW Vert Coupe. (1 M / 2 M Vert coupe)

Then again one RMW Stroker motor with a TVS or Rotex would take care of that little problem. :devil:

 

I do like the looks of the Roadster's and the Coupe's.

Well after they have been modded.

 

They need to do something else with the tail lights. Other than that its pretty spiffy. Though I honestly like the current coupe.

 

The back kind of looks like an MRS

 

I'd love to see a MINI sports car, but only if MINI does something new and different with the design language. Today, it's want a larger MINI? Squeeze a little more out of the MINI design tube, and you've got a Countryman. Want a MINI Coupe? Squeeze a little less. Yawn ...

Think Subaru and the BRZ, which doesn't look like any other Subaru.

With a new Miata and Alfa coming, not to mention the possibility of new Honda, Toyota and BMW two-seaters, MINI needs to do something truly innovative to make a significant impact in the marketplace. Otherwise, it will just have another car that sells a few hundred a month and creates a drag on the corporate bottom line.