The Mini wagon will launch in late 2007, but the company says creating further models may be too much of a stretch. The BMW-owned company announced production plans for the bigger Mini earlier this year in Detroit, saying it would be modelled on that show’s Mini Traveller concept car. Vice-president Mini brand management, Dr Kay Segler, revealed : “I want to stress that the Traveller concept is really only a concept. It is not a pre-communication of the car which comes.” Speculation that the actual production wagon will feature ‘coach’-style rear passenger doors like the Mazda RX-8. No-one denied the vehicle could have six doors in total: four passenger doors, plus double ‘barn’-style doors at the rear – as a retro reference to the Mini Traveller and Countryman wagons of the ’60s. Engines will include two new BMW-PSA 1.6-litre units as well as a new Peugeot HDI diesel. 
Saturday, October 07, 2006
[motoring] new mini-estate
The Mini wagon will launch in late 2007, but the company says creating further models may be too much of a stretch. The BMW-owned company announced production plans for the bigger Mini earlier this year in Detroit, saying it would be modelled on that show’s Mini Traveller concept car. Vice-president Mini brand management, Dr Kay Segler, revealed : “I want to stress that the Traveller concept is really only a concept. It is not a pre-communication of the car which comes.” Speculation that the actual production wagon will feature ‘coach’-style rear passenger doors like the Mazda RX-8. No-one denied the vehicle could have six doors in total: four passenger doors, plus double ‘barn’-style doors at the rear – as a retro reference to the Mini Traveller and Countryman wagons of the ’60s. Engines will include two new BMW-PSA 1.6-litre units as well as a new Peugeot HDI diesel. 
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I heard today that Peugeut are launching a 4 wheel drive vehicle - but they have now gone out of fashion due to environmental pressure. And they look pretty beastly on the raod too, unless you live in the countryside and need them to access hard terrain.
ReplyDeleteI like the look of these new minis, though they do seem fairly low. I'm a Honda driver, boring, but reliable.