German tuner Arden, which was always not indifferent to the British brands Jaguar and Land Rover this time turned his attention to another legendary automaker from foggy Albion — Mini.
Thinking a little in the Arden atelier and made a special version of the Mini Cooper, which was called that — Equipe, which in a number of European languages in a particular interpretation means “equipped”. We could not doubt this, however, you yourself will read everything now. They will release the novelty in only 40 copies, which makes Mini Equipe a truly rare car and a coveted item for collectors of this brand. Now in general there has been a fashion trend to produce iconic cars with modest circulations, such as this.
External Styling, like any self -respecting tuner, begins with a manually made grill of a false radiator grille and a deflector in the rear bumper. Moreover, the material is chosen for this not quite ordinary — polished stainless steel.
From the point of view of weight characteristics, perhaps not the most successful material, but fresh and original. But this is only the beginning, and in continuation you can see chrome -made dual pipes of the exhaust system, which occupied the honorary central place, visually completing the holistic image of the Mini sofile part.
By the way, the exhaust system itself is also made of stainless steel, but in this case it is only for the good. In addition, it is supplemented by a new racing catalytic neutralizer, which contributed to the seriously increased torque and the number of British-German horses under the hood.
Auto exterior completes the set of their 4-18-inch alloy wheels with an individual pattern-Arden Gram. By the way, the weight of each wheel is only 6. 9 kg. This is somewhat compensated by the widespread use of polished stainless steel in Equipe equipment.
The mini salon also now looks different and is quite worthy of the title of «collection». It is equipped with two -tone leather upholstery, custom -made pedals and special rugs, which made precisely for this version. In addition, Alcantara was also used in the cabin, which performs some elements of the steering and the central console, and on very beautiful seats that involuntarily impose associations with yachts, there is an Arden logo, but what is under the hood? In addition to the already mentioned modified exhaust system, the Germans finalized the entire control electronics of the engine and installed a new interculler. In general, the set is standard, but the increase in l. With. I came out decent — to the herd in 172 liters. With. added another 40 horses and 50 noms of torque.
We also took care of a sports suspension, which underestimates a car compared to the standard of 30 mm. Sluming these 40s -chancers will also be slightly easier. 6 piston calipers of increased cross section sent them to help them.