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It is an odd looking set of photos. Since it was taken with a long lens & cropped to an extreme the proportions are all screwed up. At least I hope they are. I'm not very glad it is looking like that, but will wait for better photos. :fingerscrossed:

 

OK I am going to say it......It looks very FIAT in the front end...lets hope its the long lens

 

Honestly looks like it is wearing a mouth guard. It's bothering me, I keep moving my mouth like something stuck in mine.

 

That's one ugly car.
I hope MINI realizes that while they're killing the brand VW nailed it with the look of the 2013 Beetle.

 

I didn't remember having the same questionable reaction to these LED headlamp corona DRLs when they appeared on the Rocketman concept. I had to go back and look at some of the old images, and then I remembered that the Rocketman substituted the corona for the chrome trim rings altogether instead of trying to retain both. It certainly made for a much simpler and cleaner look.

Maybe the integration of body-colored trim rings on the F56 would help but as it is, all of the concentric circles seem to be just a bit too much.

A refresher:

 

I noticed the yellow one has a different wing than the gray one. Yet both are marked "S". Could the yellow one be a JCW?

 

NO....

Because................ no red brake ducts or red mirror caps....

 

:cornut: I'll be here with R56 Margi.

Jason

 

Not keen on the new front end design either. I think the LED headlights or the mat black bumper alone might be OK. Together though it's off-putting. Yet I'll reserve final judgment until I've seen the car in person.

And I agree with others about a Fiat resemblance too.

 

Wow, i dont like the looks of this at all. Thats why i rushed to get my 2013 order in, and i am glad i did.

 

It didn't end up so clean in the actual concept car.

 

Its so much fun reading this (and similar) thread. Takes me back to the good old days when I used to read the Harley Davidson forums. Every time Harley came up with a new, improved design (eg. Evo, V-rod, etc) they were "ruining the brand", "ignoring their heritage", etc, etc. Seemed that all the posters longed for a good old rigid Panhead.......you know, the ones that shook your fillings loose, were remarkably unreliable, etc.

I'm not overly fond of the front end, myself, but I'm less fond of the fact (at least I believe its a fact) that they'll all be direct injection turbo motors. I'm real happy to not have the carbon buildup issue on my '12 Justa.....but it seems like NOT having that problem will no longer be an option.

Time and sales will tell if they made the right decision.

 

:cornut: Rumor Control had it that a 5th fuel injector was to be put somewhere along the intake pathway to 'clean' the intake valves. Anyone heard anything about this?

Jason

 

True Dave, but the key word is "WAS". Your R53 will become a classic at some point, there is no doubt, but it will not continue to be a daily driver forever and remain cost effective, no matter how hard that is for you to believe.

Jim

 

First off I do not like the huge taillights. My favorite contours of the MINI body is (was) the well rounded rear corners above the taillights. I call them "buttcheeks"

 

Exactly what I was thinking! The headlights could also have come directly off a VW Bug....ouch...

 

You are correct about that....remember when the C6 came out without flip-up headlights and there were torches and pitchforks on the lawn in Bowling Green?

I agree with others...need to see it in person to get a good look, but boy that front end really has a "chick car" look about it:cryin::cryin:

 

It looks like it's missing a few important chromosomes.

 

No Jim, I guess I haven't. Besides MOTD is close enough, so you could push it there and coast down the hill if ya had to. :lol::lol:

Jim

 

Good luck with the turd I mean Third Gen Jim and for your sake I hope MINI remembers the past which made them so successful.:lol:

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