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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.
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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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