MINI Traveller Spy shots

[MartinW]

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Link (http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusiasts/Spy_Shots_and_Future_Cars/Spy_Shots_2008_MINI_Traveller.S178.A11064.html) here

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[GT]

Looks interesting, although I'd need to see the final result to be convinced...

The lower picture must be an early one, I think we've got that in the gallery. Also, I can't see much reason for disguising the front now as its already been revealed in the new MINI-3?

[MartinW]

What (http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=223035) Car link

Sneak preview of Mini Clubman

14 November 2006

• On sale in the UK within two years
• Follows string of Traveller concepts
• Could feature backward-opening rear doors

http://www.whatcar.com/Car/Mini/One/1411661238261.jpg

If you fancy a Mini with more room you've only got a couple of years to wait.

That's when Mini translates the Traveller concept cars, seen at a string of motor shows from Tokyo to Detroit, into a showroom reality.

Mini has already confirmed that the car will feature a longer wheelbase, added space for rear-seat passengers and a bigger boot.

What it won't talk about just yet is how rear seat passengers will clamber in through a new pair of doors. Heavily disguised prototypes spied in testing show the car has four doors, the rear pair opening backwards like those on a Mazda RX-8.

Our artists have drawn up these computer-generated images to lift the lid on the forthcoming model and show what the four-door Mini could look like.

Mini says the third addition to the range will continue in the tradition of the Clubman and Traveller models. The company doesn't own the Traveller name it used on the motor show concept cars, so the car is most likely to be called the Clubman.

[GT]

Does that mean the Traveller name resides with Morris?

[JC.]

Ugly little runt isn't it?
I passed my test in a BMW mini 1. A fiver says they will sell in tens of thousands.