more info on the f56

[KenL]

A distance from you but Peter Vardy in Edinburgh have 2 Cooper diesels.

Red with Pepper pack and a black one with Chilli.

[Ivano]

Has anyone had a test drive in a diesel car or are all the demonstrators petrol?

I see you are in Prestwick.

Our Harry Fairbairn Irvine dealership should have a Diesel demonstrator. I will check this morning.

If they do, i can certainly arrange a test drive for you if you want.

[ELFMAN]

I had a wee sit in the F56 s today . The leather seats were great , but for anything like a good spec it's £27k . Now after my r56 dog , I'll give it a miss fir a while

I specced an S and a Cooper to a decent (by my reckoning) level on the configurator last week. Identical spec on both cars came out with approx £23.5K for the S and just over £21K for the Cooper, so I don't get the £27K I'm afraid.
I could even knock a few bits off those specs and still have a decent motor. All depends what you think you need I suppose...

[Eddie_JCW]

I specced an S for Rachael (so she thinks) and for the car I'd like it was £28k lol but there wasn't many options not ticked. If (when) I was to get another MINI it would be more because I'd be after the new JCW. But I can't think of any other car that has similar options, character, refinement and build quality that'd be a contender for the F56, but that's only my opinion. :)

[Andrew]

I see you are in Prestwick.

Our Harry Fairbairn Irvine dealership should have a Diesel demonstrator. I will check this morning.

If they do, i can certainly arrange a test drive for you if you want.

Most people seem to be talking about the new petrol engines, I was just wondering if any of the diesel owners had made a comparison.

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I specced an S and a Cooper to a decent (by my reckoning) level on the configurator last week. Identical spec on both cars came out with approx £23.5K for the S and just over £21K for the Cooper, so I don't get the £27K I'm afraid.
I could even knock a few bits off those specs and still have a decent motor. All depends what you think you need I suppose...

Douglas Park in Glasgow have a grey S in the showroom with a price tag of over £28K.

Including the chili pack there was a healthy list of extras included. Though £299 for paint protection seemed a bit steep. I think the cleaning specialists on here would take a dim view of paying that

[Eddie_JCW]

Elfman the only thing I'd say was a must that isn't added is LED headlights at £610 IIRC but other than that I think that's a car most could live with and be happy.

[ELFMAN]

Elfman the only thing I'd say was a must that isn't added is LED headlights at £610 IIRC but other than that I think that's a car most could live with and be happy.

Eddie, you're right, I was trying to put these on, but it kept taking off the Chilli Pack! Saying 'not available with front fog lights' or some nonsense. I must've been hitting the wrong buttons. So you'd be looking at just over £24K for 'my' spec, and the COOPER would be about £2K cheaper... which doesn't seem a big difference for the extra grunt (and extra cylinder).

[Eddie_JCW]

It's well worth every penny, and to be honest the optional extras are reasonably priced I think, especially for the JCW bits, variable dampers and HUD

[KenL]

Some options are reasonably prived others are not.

A good example is ~£150 for anthracite headliner, something that will be at virtually no extra cost to MINI.

[Mon the fish]

Spending mid-20k is still a lot for a mini IMO - you can get a 2 year old M3 for that, and you're not far off M135 money

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