Vehicle
MINI Coupé
A two-seat hardtop on the R56 hatch's platform, with a helmet-shaped fixed roof and an active rear spoiler that raises itself above 50 mph — that spoiler's motor and its position sensor are the one component nothing else in the range shares, and a fault on it sets a body code rather than a driveability one. Everything under the skin is R56: the same N12, N14, N16 and N18 engines, the same gearboxes and the same timing-chain and carbon-deposit histories, which is where its documentation is. About 30,000 were built in four years.
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Generations
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R58 2011–2015
Cooper, Cooper S and John Cooper Works, plus a Cooper SD diesel in Europe. Two seats only, with a load-through hatch behind them.
- Body styles
- Coupé
- Platform
- BMW UKL (R56)
- Engines
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- 1.6 four-cylinder — N16B16 · petrol · 91 kW (122 hp)
- 1.6 turbo — N18 · petrol · 137 kW (184 hp) · Cooper S
- 1.6 turbo John Cooper Works — N18 · petrol · 157 kW (211 hp)
- 2.0 turbodiesel — N47 · diesel · 105 kW (141 hp) · Cooper SD, Europe
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 6-speed Aisin GA6F21WA Steptronic automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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