MINI will make an entry-level model that’s smaller, cheaper and more efficient than any since BMW took over the brand.*

The new city car concept will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2011. It will be based on the current MINI hatchback, but shortened and possibly with only two seats.

Little is known about the concept at present, though MINI sources have confirmed its existence. An intelligent three-seat layout like that of Gordon Murray’s T.25 city car could get the go-ahead.

It will have a front-engined, front-wheel drive (FF) layout, the same as the current MINI’s. The Smart Fortwo, which could be its main two-seat rival, uses a rear-engined arrangement.

The reason MINI will stick with a FF architecture is to keep costs down; cost is the main stumbling block when developing a city car. As one source told Autocar: “it’s one thing making a good looking small car but it’s another thing making money on it.”

Adhering to stringent EU crash protection regulations are a particularly significant factor in small car development costs as well.

Power will come from a small petrol engine, possibly three- or even two-cylinder, with exceptionally low fuel consumption.

It’s likely the new MINI city car will appear in showrooms by the start of 2012, with prices beginning below £10,000.

From : Yahoo!

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* and it will still probably be bigger than the Fiat 500!!! Haha!

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