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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | MINI Clubman - Past and Present ![]() 1. Countryman Launched in 1960 the original load-lugging Mini was called the Traveller if you bought a Morris, and Countryman if it was an Austin. ![]() 2. Swinging Sixties During the Sixties the Mini Wagon featured an ash wood framework at the rear. However, this wasn't structural - it was just for show. ![]() 3. Seventies style By the next decade the ash had been removed. In its place was a vinyl side stripe with fake wood grain. All models were badged British Leyland. ![]() 4. Clubman collection The Clubman name first appeared in 1969. Cute Mini front end was replaced with more angular nose. Available as saloon, wagon and hot 1275 GT. ![]() 5. Design sketches When the parent company BMW wanted a new MINI estate, it had something much more sporty than the original in mind. ![]() 6. Production line The new Clubman is built on a hi-tech production line at the Oxfordshire plant. A total of 230 robots are used in various roles around the factory. ![]() 7. Roof presses Humans are still important in getting fnished models out through the factory gates. Over 4,500 are employed at the Cowley facility. ![]() 8. MINI Clubman Nearly thirty years after the last of the original Clubmans rolled off the line, the MKII makes its debut. ![]() 9. Club door This is the controversial Club door design. The single rear opening means that passengers in RHD cars exit into the road. ![]() 10. Double rear doors Like the first Mini wagons, the 2007 version features a twin rear tailgate. It's practical but robs drivers of rear vision. ![]() 11. Interior sketches Initial sketches used wood decking for the floor - a nice nod to the ash exterior frame of the classic Sixties models. ![]() 12. Clubman interior The finished article was much more convential, using many parts already found in the standard hatchback version. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/212358/mini_clubman.html#
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: MINI Clubman - Past and Present I love the MINI (old & new), but I hate the Clubman (well, the new version of it, anyway)... ![]()
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