3rd Gen JCW Most liked posts in thread: The Differences: F56 JCW vs. Cooper S

On RealOEM, you can see that the engine part number is cross referenced with the 2 Series wagon (F45).
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The number that had been around the web for awhile is B48A20o0, which might be the Euro version.
BMW Model Archive · Engine · B48A20O0 · bmwarchive.org

 

Sales Figures are BS because they did not sell crap last year.
It's hard not to have great numbers because 1 over zero is 100% sales gain.

 

Feel free to delete my post about the worlds gift to MINI Motoring World.

I Don't Care as I will NEVER own one.

 

My guess would be supplementary oil cooler.

 

We keep saying that a bigger MINI is not better but they keep getting bigger and they keep selling more of them then the smaller 1st Gen cars.. Of course they are in it to make money what business owner isn't, and I would guess there always were plans for some sort of 2nd Gen car unless the 1st Gen completely flopped, and even then really. Why start the New MINI Brand if the plan wasn't to keep it going, for a profit.. I wish they'd have left the Cooper alone and they could have still done all the other models for all the other buyers, then we might have had a chance of the new MINI ( Cooper ) someday being looked upon like we do the Classic with all it's different models.. It's just out of the norm for a car company to not tweak or do whole sale changes to the car every few years. Days of the Mini Classic and VW Bug are long gone unfortunately... The modern version would probably be the Miata of just gradual changes for the most part of the years.. This next Gen Miata is probably it's biggest change from one year to the next..

 

The core model shouldn't increase in size. That's what cars like the Countryman and new Clubman are for.

That being said, the F56 is not a big car by any means... it's still much smaller than the competition. It's just a bit bigger than the R50/53.

 

Well...It does have to increase in size, or it wouldn't exist. BMW is using the chassis cross platform; it wouldn't offer the MINI if it couldn't do this, it would be too expensive otherwise, or perhaps more accurately, not profitable enough to make it worthwhile to BMW. It compromises the MINI, but it keeps everything sound financially.

What I wonder is where the Rocketman will fit in with all of this, since it will have to be a seperate platform. Will there be a BMW brand off that platform too? Or will it be so cheap to produce that it won't matter?

 

I would not be surprised to see BMW partner with someone like Toyota to use the Yaris/Aygo platform for the Rocketman.

In which case, the Rocketman will not be anything worth buying because it will be underpowered and soulless.

 

Maybe BMW will work with a different manufacturer to share chassis expense like they are doing with Toyota for their possible new Supra, and BMW's Z4, 5, or whatever it's going to be.... What was BMW's plan with the MINI if not to keep building them assuming it was profitable? Were they just going to shut it down after a year or 4 maybe 6? The MINI Brand does and always will play 2nd fiddle to the BMW Brand, so it's not like they were trying to enhance the BMW Brand with the MINI..

 

The short answer is yes, that is exactly what they were going to do. It was literally at the very end of the R53 life cycle that they decided to go with the R56. No one was more surprised than BMW by the success of the MINI.

 

This might sound a little crazy but... how about the Rocketman and the Superleggra use the same platform? Proportions might be a tad off, just eyeballing concepts, but hey it could work. If you cant tell I really want to see them both hit the street.

 

Possible, the only thing is I don't think the Superleggra is going to be a high volume vehicle, more a limited production niche thing, meaning what Zillion said about sharing a platform with somebody like Toyota still could be a possibility. I just don't think there's enough there to justify a single platform for both the Rocketman and Superleggra, but that's just a guess.

 

Unfortunately, with BMW's CEO Norman Reithofer on the out... a bunch of projects previously green-lit are on the chopping block, including the BMW Z2 and the MINI Superleggera.

MotoringFile » Archive » BMW Cancels Numerous Projects Potentially Including the Superleggera Roadster

 

Well hey....
They spent a ton of money on it...
Face time in Lake Como with the flashbulbs going off...
Drank lots of wine... Consumed spectacular amounts of fine food...
Not all was lost...

 

I simply cannot believe they bailed on the Z2. I have pretty much lost all faith in BMW.

 

Was that the chassis that was to be shared with Toyota for their new Supra? If so wonder if they will bale out on it as well.. It had the potential to have been a cool looking car..