MINI Cooper on the Russian market, the Bavarian firm MINI put on the Russian market their two versions of the new car. This is a MINI Cooper with a 1.6-liter naturally aspirated engine, as well as the MINI Cooper S with turbo on a similar capacity. Besides the new, no less catchy design engineers have significantly improved the car in technical terms, the positioning MINI Cooper made a bet on a man's character and, moreover, a sports car. Most motorists mistakenly believe that it is such a small car produced by division of BMW, designed just for women. In order to break such a stereotype in creating the new MINI Cooper designers have tried to emphasize the masculinity of his appearance. In the first place it concerns the grille, which emphasizes the horizontal position of the width of the body, and also gives the new MINI is not "ladies" features.

The same tactic was used in relation to the car. Central control unit and indication of the car became much more and no less functional than its predecessor. Dimensions of the first modification in comparison with the previous model have increased by 1.4961 inches. The reason – the future European legislation is exactly on the protection of pedestrians, which require a greater distance Intermedia hood and engine. So now the length of the updated MINI Cooper is 145.6299 inches.

MINI Cooper S in no less than his companion, his length reaches 146.2205 inches. What about the width and height of the car, both members of this modification has remained unchanged – 66.2598 inches, 1407 mm of course. If you are not convinced, visit Robotics. Technical elements of the improvements worth mentioning the new aluminum engines and electromechanical power steering. Maximum speed is 203 MINI Cooper km / h, and MINI Cooper S – up to 225 km / h. In the base model, and so are equipped with six-speed manual transmission. As an option, both cars will be offered an automatic transmission, which has 6 stages. Salon updated MINI already in the database is equipped with six airbags: front, side, curtain airbags, to protect the driver's head and vperedisidyaschego passenger. Front "eyrbegi" deployed depending on the type and severity of collisions, which are determined by sensors and calculated by the central computer. Three-point seat belts Security installed on all four places in the car, front seat pretensioners are additionally provided, as well as force limiters tension. See more detailed opinions by reading what American Heritage Schools offers on the topic.. In front of the car has an impressive zone directional deformation. In the event of a collision, they absorb most of the impact energy. In a severe collision electric fuel pump is automatically turned off. When creating a new car, emphasis was placed on sporting (and this applies to both design and improved performance). But over the cravings for the sport will have to fork out extra. The car in "simple" modifications will cost the Russian buyer in at least 23 Thousands of EUR 400, MINI Cooper S will become more expensive, but how many are not reported. In any case, in the same price segment is updated Volkswagen. However, in that it will be adopted MINI Cooper buyers with a bang, its creators have absolutely no doubt. It evidenced by the fact that since early last year from August car sales totaled 328 MINI vehicles, and this year it planned to double these figures.