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Mini Cooper S ute headed for the concept scrapheap

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A one-off all-wheel-drive ute based on the Mini Cooper S is just that – the carmaker says it has no plans to put it into production. The fun study will instead end up in the scrapheap reserved for other concepts like the Mini Rocketman from 2011. A team of Mini apprentices and their instructors in Germany cut and tucked the ALL4 version of the Paceman to produce what they … [Read more...] about Mini Cooper S ute headed for the concept scrapheap

Five-door Mini Cooper S caught in the act

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The first picture of a five-door Mini was a grainy image taken inside the carmaker’s paint shop (See: Spied! A five-door Mini decked out for paint job). Now photographers from picture agency Automedia have caught a camouflaged five-door Mini Cooper S near parent company BMW’s headquarters in Germany. There was a time when the Mini was exactly that – a three-door of sorts, … [Read more...] about Five-door Mini Cooper S caught in the act

Spied! A five-door Mini decked out for paint job

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Mini has built a five-door hatchback, a stretched version of the new three-door model unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show. Anonymous pictures of a prototype taped up for painting at the Mini factory in Oxford, England, are doing the rounds of the internet. A hint that a five-door might be in the mix came at the Los Angeles motor show where Mini unveiled the … [Read more...] about Spied! A five-door Mini decked out for paint job

Mini’s peek into its design future

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  A 3D hologram of the next-generation Mini “gives more than a few hints where the new Mini is going,” says BMW Group design director Adrian Van Hooydonk. Mini unveiled the digital model at its design centre in Munich, and although undisguised spy shots of the new model have been seen, the hologram shows off design details that will make it to production. The most … [Read more...] about Mini’s peek into its design future