Mini Announces 2007 Pricing

The all-new 2007 Mini Cooper will carry a sticker price of $18,050, a full $600 more than the outgoing model. The higher-performance Cooper S only sees a $300 rise in price, to $21,200. Both new convertible models are priced the same as the 2006 editions: $22,600 for the Cooper convertible and $26,050 for the Cooper S convertible. The prices do not include an increased destination charge of $650.

The enthusiast favorite John Cooper Works Edition will cost an additional $6,300 to the Cooper S Convertible price but it has not been updated for the new hardtop Cooper S.

There is no solid on-sale date for the new Minis, besides a vague “early 2007,” but we’ve heard there will be a push around President’s Day weekend and the pricing sheet provided by BMW says "effective date 2/1/07."

Related:
Next-Generation Mini Cooper Makes U.S. Debut at Detroit Auto Show
Update: More 2007 Mini Info
2007 Mini Cooper Fully Revealed, Almost

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Audi's New Q7 SUV Selling Better in Europe

Here’s a rare example of Americans looking down their noses at the Europeans. This doesn’t happen often, but Audi’s first foray into the SUV market — the new Q7 that Mike Hanley recently reviewed — is selling better in Europe than it is in the usually more SUV friendly United States. Audi had originally thought a full half of Q7s that rolled off the assembly line in Germany would be sold on American soil. Instead, only 30% of Q7s are being housed in U.S. garages.

There are a number of factors that could be contributing to the reversal of SUV fortune. American buyers are getting tired of SUVs in general and another entry based on the VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne isn’t exactly hot stuff. The Q7 didn’t come to market offering a more affordable V-6 engine so shoppers first glimpse of a sticker price saw something just under $50,000 for the V-8 instead of just under $40,000 for the V-6. Audi says the problem is brand awareness. That doesn’t fly for us since the rest of Audi’s lineup like the A4 and A6 is at a record-setting pace.

Otherwise, we’re not sure why folks are staying away from the Q7 while many other new luxury SUVs like the Range Rover Sport and Cadillac Escalade are selling well. We’ll see if the new BMW X5 suffers a similar down trend or if it is just a case isolated to Audi.

[Q7 sells better in Europe than US, AutoWeek]

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