LAST AUTO NEWS – CABRIO CLASH TO WOW GENEVA
Last Auto account – Cabrio affray to wow Geneva Lid to be aerial on baking versions of MINI and Fiat 500 at Geneva show.
Retro administration and retractable roofs will be the adjustment of the day for Europe’s aboriginal above motor appearance of 2009! Auto Express has abstruse that the MINI and Fiat 500 will lock horns at Geneva in March with new topless variants.
We’ve already apprenticed the Cooper S Convertible on Page 30, but MINI has something appropriate for visitors to the Swiss event: an even added able John Cooper Works model. This will borrow mechanicals from the flagship hatch, and aftermath 211bhp from a adapted adaptation of the Cooper S’s 1.6-litre turbo. Other upgrades are acceptable to cover Brembo brakes, absolute 17-inch alloys, stiffer springs and a louder exhaust, while a different bodykit will be an option. But it will not appear bargain – based on the mark-up for the Cooper S Convertible, prices will alpha from about £23,000.
Confirmed on Fiat’s Geneva angle is the amphitheater 500. As with the Fifties original, it will get a roll-back roof, acceptance the C-pillars and rear ancillary windows to abide area they are, and giving the Convertible the aforementioned beauteous contour as the tin-top 500.
Engines will be agitated over from the hatch, with 1.2 and 1.4-litre petrol units and a 1.3 Multijet diesel. A hot Abarth adaptation is set to chase as a battling to MINI’s JCW Convertible, with a 1.4-litre turbo bearing 135bhp or 158bhp. This hasn’t been accepted to admission at Geneva, but it could be the show’s abruptness package.
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