2012 Mini Cooper Coupe

Coupe's more aggressively raked roofline means that there's no room for backseat passengers. Even the front seats have oval shaped indentations in the roof liner to open up precious millimeters of headroom. So, Mini simply dropped the second row in favor of a parcel shelf with a small pass-through to the rear hatch. That's right, the Coupe has a rear hatch, not a trunk. However, the fixed parcel shelf appears to somewhat limit its hauling capabilities. We'll have to wait to get one in to judge for sure.

Other than the funky roof and the omission of a pair of seats, the Cooper Coupe is the same Cooper that we've come to know over the years. It features the same base 1.6-liter, 122-horsepower Cooper trim level, as well as Cooper S and John Cooper Works trims which offer 184 and 211 horsepower, respectively, from their twin-scroll turbocharged and direct injected 1.6-liter engines. European markets will also have access to a Mini Cooper Coupe SD, which is powered by a 143-horsepower turbodiesel engine that offers the lowest CO2 emissions and highest fuel economy of the range (about 54.7 U.S. mpg converted from the quoted imperial rate).

Check out the short video below to see the new Mini Cooper Coupe in action.