New MINI One: 3 Door and 5 Door now available in Singapore.

MINI Asia and Eurokars Habitat jointly announced that the newest editions of the Original MINI will be available in Singapore, starting with the new MINI One 3 Door and new MINI One 5 Door in June 2018. An additional eight new variants will be available in Singapore in the coming months.

For the first time, the update is available with two body types – the new MINI One 3 Door and the new MINI One 5 Door. New elements such as the new engine-transmission combinations, an extended range of standard features, newly designed headlights and rear lights, additional body finishes and cutting-edge connectivity technology for convenience and infotainment have been added.

While most are busy with those sequential sweeping indicator lights, the rear lights incorporate a new Union Jack design in conjunction with the LED headlights and the adaptive LED headlights. As a clear reference to the brand‘s British origins, the upright light units at the rear of the new MINI One 3 Door and the new MINI One 5 Door now appear in a Union Jack design.

The striking flag motif is recreated in the structure of the light functions. The turn indicators are horizontally arranged and the brake lights are vertically aligned, with the tail light additionally representing the diagonal lines of the British flag. In order to ensure a particularly harmonious lighting effect, all light sources forming the Union Jack graphic use LED technology.

Reflecting the new minimalist logo change for MINI that was unveiled around the end of last year, the new MINI logo is appears on the bonnet, tailgate, steering wheel, central instrument display and remote control in all models. It is a re-interpretation of the existing logo and now features a two-dimensional “flat design”. As such, the MINI logo reflects the new brand identity with its focus on the essentials – namely key values such as driving fun, distinctive design, premium quality and emotional appeal.

In-line with BMW and Rolls-Royce Black denoting prestige editions, the Piano Black Exterior premieres in this refreshment. The other body finishes include Emerald Grey metallic, Starlight Blue metallic and Solaris Orange metallic. The cars also come as standard with 16-inch light alloy wheels in Victory Spoke design (black).

Besides the broad selection of seat surfaces, interior surfaces and Colour Lines available, a new malt brown Colour Line can now be selected.

With the new test cycles dictating the emissions and fuel consumption in the EU, the MINI One has engine revisions that are also VESII friendly. Further development has been applied across the board, including the MINI TwinPower Turbo Technology, engine electronics, oil supply, intake air ducting, the cooling system and the exhaust systems. It was also possible to reduce the weight of the drive units. Interestingly, even the material used to make the engine covers is carbon fibre recyclate generated in the production of BMW i automobiles.

The 3-cylinder petrol engine of the MINI One has now been downsized to a capacity of 1.5 litres, while still being able to up the maximum torque by 10 Nm from the previous generation model, taking it 190 Nm. In addition, all petrol engines feature petrol direct injection with the maximum pressure increased from 200 to 350 bar and turbocharger blades made of highly heat-resilient material. Sounds familiar? That’s exactly the same sort of engine revisions that can be found in the BMW M5 – and also keeps it a notch above in terms of performance compared to Toyota’s New Dynamic Force Engines.

A 7-speed Steptronic transmission with double clutch comes standard on the MINI One. The new transmission type is characterised by very fast gearshifts, enabling extremely sporty acceleration manoeuvres without torque interrupt. It is operated using a newly designed electronic gear selector lever. This includes shift paddles at the steering wheel for particularly spontaneous manual intervention in the choice of gear.

The Steptronic transmission allows use of the coasting function in MID and GREEN mode as well as the latest generation of the auto start/stop function.

In addition to the newly designed three-spoke steering wheel with multifunction buttons, a sports leather steering wheel, a MINI Yours sports leather steering wheel and a John Cooper Works leather steering wheel are optionally available.

The standard trim also includes an audio system with 6.5-inch colour screen in the central instrument and mobile phone integration via Bluetooth. The Control Display offers a touchscreen function in conjunction with the optional Radio MINI Visual Boost and a navigation system. Wireless charging comes with the MINI Excitement Package, as well as a driver’s side MINI logo projection in the exterior mirror that activates when the door is opened.

The new MINI One 3 Door and new MINI One 5 Door are now available for viewing at the Eurokars Habitat showroom.

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