
Can you say Mini Cooper Coupe ten times fast? You'd better get practising if you want a slice of Mini's newest additional to its ever-expanding line-up. Or if you want one with a longer name, you could go for the Mini John Cooper Works Coupe pictured here. Expected in Australia later this year, the Coupe chops two rear seats and a bit of rear roof from the standard Mini to turn it into a three-box sports coupe. I can't quite decide whether I like the design of the roof or not, but it certainly fits the brand's quirky young image. Expect to see the Coupe in Cooper, Cooper S and John Cooper Works guises, as well as possibly the diesel version on Australian shores, with engines just slightly updated versions of those found in other Mini variants.

Like almost all other Minis (AWD Countryman excluded) the Coupe is a wrong-wheel-drive affair (that's front-wheel-drive for the uninitiated). However, the Mini has remained the dynamic benchmark in front-wheel-drive, and would certainly be my first choice of front-driven vehicle to take for a long spin on some twisty blacktop.
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