German tuner Hamann has put together one of the first customization kits for the all-new second-generation MINI Cooper. Hamann has yet to develop any modifications for the MINI’s engine, but the firm is offering a variety of add-ons that should improve handling and appearance.
The new kit includes a sporty aerodynamics kit and finish in flag design, sports silencer, coilover suspension, three wheel designs in 17″ and 18″, and a range of interior accessories made of aluminum and exposed carbon-fiber. Gallery after the jump…
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12/28, 4:34 PM
posted by:
Egbert Souse
Yay!
12/28, 5:06 PM
posted by:
jamhole538
sooooo gay
12/28, 6:08 PM
posted by:
Egbert Souse
Not a big fan of the kit
12/28, 6:33 PM
posted by:
hockeygod1331
Don’t get hit by anything bigger than a VW bug.
12/28, 6:47 PM
posted by:
gtv6
boo
12/28, 7:52 PM
posted by:
Kenny W
I like some of it, some of it I don’t. Taken as a whole though it could have been a lot worse. I’m curious to find out what companies can do with the engine though moreso than the body.
12/28, 8:09 PM
posted by:
Ted Bell
anyone notice the background seems to be the same in most of these pictures that come out of new models,tuners, and concepts.
12/28, 9:26 PM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
IOW – how to make your little gay car a little more gay.
12/28, 10:13 PM
posted by:
VDuv Kux Klan
Boring gay car
12/28, 10:26 PM
posted by:
bneshev
^boring gay rednecks…
12/28, 11:55 PM
posted by:
A4
getting hit by something bigger than a vw bug is irrelevant to the upgrades… either way its the same car
12/29, 4:21 AM
posted by:
Saud
Give it to me in grey without the decals.
12/29, 8:04 AM
posted by:
90Z
It’s a chick car pure & simple. They’re “trying” to make it appeal to guys, but I doubt it will work. Besides, these damned things are way too expensive for what they are. Much better vehicles available for the money.
12/29, 10:32 AM
posted by:
Bimmer
If any of you ‘gays’ took this car for a drive you wouldn’t call it that. This car handles like a Go-cart. And it’s fun to drive it on twisty roads or even to take it to the track.
12/29, 10:46 AM
posted by:
Bimmer
And for all morons Hamann also tunes BMW, Rolls-Roys, Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Mercedes and Range Rover. (www.hamann-motorsport.de) So I would hardly, if at all call ‘gay’ one of their creations!
12/29, 11:14 AM
posted by:
MM
Why buy this over a Mazdaspeed3 which is bigger, faster and handles better?? Mini Coopers are way too overpriced and girly looking. Same goes for the Beetle.
12/29, 12:00 PM
posted by:
Egbert Souse
I own a Mini, and its in the shop right now, but I dont care cause its just so fun to drive. + its a great icebreaker with the ladies…
12/29, 12:45 PM
posted by:
golf4me
Tuning these days = add a dollop of RICE. This looks like someone went wild with a JC Whitney catalog.
LLN…why do you continue to post this crap? Is your primary demographic 12-16yr olds?
12/29, 1:11 PM
posted by:
browneck666
You all are incredibly STUPID!!! DO your mothers have children that lived??? Or was the GENE POOL so diluted with EGO that nature did not allow fertilization. If people like MINI’s who are you to say such rude comments about them… So I guess I will make rude comments about you… LOL
12/31, 6:44 PM
posted by:
shoblime
I read the article but it must have been a misprint. It mentioned somewhere that this mini was in some way “tuned” however it had merely been vandalized by a group of 16 year olds.