Naming sporty, particular version vehicles after race automotive drivers is a typical incidence within the auto world. Most of them are named after males.
However this yr, for Worldwide Ladies's Day, MINI premiered the 2022 Mini Cooper S Hardtop Pat Moss Version, which might be ordered in Could. The brand new version would be the fifth particular for the present lineup.
Moss gave the MINI model its first worldwide rally win in Could of 1962. It was the Tulip Rally, which ran from the Dutch metropolis of Noordwijk to the French Riviera and again, the place Moss made her stand with pregnant copilot Ann Knowledge, reaching the highest time over the extra skilled male competitors.
The particular version might be optioned on the 2022 Cooper S Hardtop 2-door, Cooper S Hardtop 4-door and the John Cooper Works Hardtop. As a bonus, within the U.S. it would even be supplied on the 2023 JCW Hardtop 2-door. MINI will solely make 800 examples globally.
There aren't any energy upgrades so patrons could have the identical 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder making 189 horsepower and 207 pound-feet (lb-ft) of torque for the S and 228 horsepower and 235 lb-ft of torque for the JCW. They are often had with both an eight-speed automated transmission or a six-speed handbook.
The Pat Moss Version will get components like a stylized tulip, showing on the C-pillars and facet scuttles, a Pat Moss inscription and new wheel hub covers with an overview of the well-known Dutch flower. It is going to be supplied with the colour fading Multitone roof with a brand new colour palate that goes from Chili Crimson to silver to Jet Black.
The MINI additionally options key information from the 1962 Tulip Rally together with the route, Noordwijk – Monte Carlo – Noordwijk, the gap of two,500 kilometers, the automobile and its beginning quantity 104. It additionally wears the slogan "born to compete".
These information might be on the facet scuttles and on the screen-printed aluminum door sills. Moreover, the Pat Moss MINI will stand out with a horizontal hood stripe in white and three dimensional alphanumeric 737 ABL, the registration on the profitable MINI.
Inside, the particular version comes with one other signature, extra tulip graphics and an outline of engine pistons shifting. Bars forming the letters M and W stand for the motive force and codriver.
Pricing hasn't been introduced but, however anticipate a surcharge on prime of the value of the 2-door Cooper S ($26,900), the 4-door Cooper S ($27,900) and John Cooper Works Hardtop ($32,900).
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