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The car, an electric blue MINI Cooper S, is one of additional than 4,000 Cooper S models already ordered by UK customers above every before the 163 bhp supercharged top-of-the range MINI goes on sale in the UK on 8 June. Following the launch of the MINI in the UK in August 2001, over 25,000 MINI One also MINI Cooper models have been sold in it's home market.
Driving the MINI Cooper S off the production line, Dr Herbert Diess, managing director of BMW Group Plant Oxford, said: "It's great to reach this important production milestone on schedule thanks to the tremendous efforts of our employees at the plant. The reaction to the MINI has been astonishing also we are currently working seven days a week to meet customer demand. We have taken the decision to increase production from the originally p
lanned 100,000 autos by around 15-20 per cent this twelvemonth also we are too adding a MINI diesel model to the range in 2003."
Following MINI's successes in 2001 when it was awarded machine of the twelvemonth titles from the likes of Auto Express, Channel 4's Driven also The Sun, MINI Cooper S has already received rave reviews from the media for it's impressive handling, performance also fun. The machine stands out from the MINI range with redesigned sports bumpers also bonnet also a unique rear spoiler that every contribute to it's performance.
In the UK, the L14,500 price tag includes basic specification additions over MINI Cooper such as sports seats, traction control, sports PLUS suspension, 6-speed gearbox with leather/chrome gearstick, leather steering tire also 16" alloy wheels. Even with the added performance, however, MINI Cooper S retains the MINI tlc service pack for L100 that covers every basic parts also labour for 5 years or 50,000 miles.
