June 20, 2011 | CATEGORIES: Mini
One of Germany’s lesser known tuning companies, Wetterauer Engineering GmbH has created a new package for the MINI Countryman Cooper S. An interesting foil wrap in this matte brown color was chosen to cover the car, while a new set of 18-inch ATS rims wrapped in 225/45R18 high performance tires complete the exterior look. Inside the MINI Cooper you will find four new lightweight racing bucket seats made of carbon fiber and wrapped in black leather for extra comfort. Pull back the sun visors and you will find blue LED lights for a customized feature, and a oddly placed iPad that looks like you’d smash it with your hand while shifting into fifth gear.
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June 2, 2011 | CATEGORIES: Mini
The tuning firm Vilner has made the MINI Cooper S quite luxurious with their latest project. This masterpiece was inspired by the recent MINI Goodwood, a Rolls-Royce designed project. Now the tuners have redone the MINI Cooper S with Bentley styling for the interior. It consists of brown Nappa leather and Alcantara with a diamond shaped theme lining the seats, doors, and roof. Black leather trim compliments the unique Nappa leather, while the exterior received some interesting modifications as well. The MINI Cooper S was wrapped with a matte-grey foil, has black racing stripes running down the car, and a black roof. New 18-inch alloy rims were installed to round out the MINI tuning package, and they are finished in a matte color as well.
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March 19, 2011 | CATEGORIES: Mini
Although MINI and Rolls-Royce have the same owner, these two British brands were never meant to share the same styling or performance. A Texas based tuning company name BMP Design was able to fit a Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C20B jet engine from a helipcopter in a Mini Cooper S sports car! You can only imagine what 420 horsepower and 400 ft-lbs of torque feels like in a lightweight car like a MINI. Driving this custom powerful machine must be a challenge, since the driver will have to balance the standard controls, along with the separate levers controlling the fast jet engine. Check out the video after the jump of what a car with a rocket engine sounds like, and see fire shooting out the roof.
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February 9, 2011 | CATEGORIES: Mini
Check out this unique Mini Cooper JCW sporting a Louis Vuitton inspired wrap put together by the guys at CoverEFX. Besides the car wrap, the Mini also received gold metallic accents, matte gold trim, black leather, a KW suspension kit, and 17-inch alloy rims wrapped in high performance Toyo tires. Surprisingly the tuning firm offers two performance packages for the Mini Cooper. The first stage features an optimized ECU, sport exhaust system, and high flow air filter for the 1.6-liter turbo engine. After installation it was able to produce 236 PS and 350 Nm of torque, but the stage 2 is able to improve it even further.
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January 4, 2011 | CATEGORIES: Mini
The German tuners from Schmidt Revolution typically specialize with alloy wheels, but have now released a fully tuned concept project on the MINI Clubman Cooper S called Streetworker. With the focus point being the new 18-inch Cirrus alloy rims, the company offers this fancy style in any color ranging from the matte blue to carbon black. They come wrapped in high performance Continental tires measuring 215/35R18, while the exterior of the car was wrapped in a matte blue foil wrap, and contrasting matte black roof finish. Completing the aesthetically appealing kit is a Streetec air suspension to drop the car up to 60 mm, while also being able to raise it 40 mm over the factory height. Engine tuning was performed on the MINI Cooper S to increase the output to 200 horsepower and 250 Nm of torque.
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