{"id":48439,"date":"2009-11-25T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/25\/spy-shots-mini-working-on-s-versions-of-cooper-clubman\/"},"modified":"2009-11-25T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:42:00","slug":"spy-shots-mini-working-on-diesel-s-versions-of-cooper-clubman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/48439","title":{"rendered":"Spy Shots: Mini working on diesel “S” versions of Cooper, Clubman?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Spy Photos<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Geneva Motor Show<\/a>, Europe<\/a>, Hatchback<\/a>, Mini<\/a>, Diesel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mini Cooper and Clubman S Diesel – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nSpy shooters posted outside Mini’s testing facility in Germany snagged a duo of prototypes heading out for testing, but something seemed amiss. Both models — a standard Cooper and a mildly camo’d Clubman — sported the tell-tale exterior elements found on the S versions, specifically a central-mounted dual exhaust on the Cooper and the twin-tips and hood scoop on the Clubman. However, the exhaust note was decidedly diesel, causing us to wonder: Is Mini working on hotted-up S versions of its oil-burners?<\/p>\n

If they are — and we’re not convinced either way — then a Cooper S and Clubman S diesel would need to benefit from more than a few design tweaks and an uprated suspension. Considering that the standard Mini D puts out around 90 horsepower and the Cooper D boasts another 20 bhp, then these S-ified models could be packing upwards of 140 to 150 hp and, more importantly, over 200 lb.-ft. of torque from their 1.6-liter turbodiesels. If they do make it to dealers, we’d expect them to debut at the Geneva Motor Show<\/a> in March, with sales beginning in Europe late next year.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Spy Shots: Mini Cooper and Clubman S Diesel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Hatchback, Mini, Diesel Mini Cooper and Clubman S Diesel – Click above for high-res image gallery Spy shooters posted outside Mini’s testing facility in Germany snagged a duo of prototypes heading out for testing, but something seemed amiss. Both models — a standard Cooper and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}