MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics - Page 5

SCOTT27 · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 03-17-2007, 05:40 PM

MINI Clubman in Berlin tonight ! Tonights message is ....

" I am ready for my close up...Hans..." - can you guess who Hans is?

EnI · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 03-17-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SCOTT27

MINI Clubman in Berlin tonight ! Tonights message is ....

" I am ready for my close up...Hans..." - can you guess who Hans is?

Lehmann, of course.

Good one!

Mr. M · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 04-06-2007, 10:48 AM

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Brendan Moore · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 04-06-2007, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by martinbo

You know for the life of me, I can't work out why they had to put those barn-style doors in the the tailgate instead of a conventional upwardly hinging hatch. The nett effect is a back-end that looks fussy, will be more prone to torsional twisting creaks and obstructs rearward visibility.

This car has too many shutlines and window apetures and I just can't dig the looks in the same way I do a straight ol' Cooper S. Blech - is what I'm anticipating saying in the official thread.

I thought the same thing regarding the frame-flex, but I like the looks of the swing-out doors in the back. The question, I guess, is whether after living with it for awhile, whether my affection for the looks of it would trump the frame-flex problem. If indeed, there is a problem with frame-flex - I guess they could run small box members around the door shutlines, extend steel web fingers into the areas around the door hinges, etc. I'm not posessed of any design skills, so I'm merely guessing that those type of reinforcements would be possible around the doors without running up the price too awfully much.

I don't know - I guess I'm of two minds about it. The problem is, you wouldn't know how much of a flex problem you have until you get quite a few miles on it.

SCOTT27 · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 04-12-2007, 06:44 PM

Whilst BMW amp up the "Efficient Dynamics" Angle on it's modern energy management concept ... What happens to the MINI division that will help BMW achieve it's european c02 targets?

At the IAA in Frankfurt in September alongside the world premiere of the MINI Clubman , MINI will have alongside it a Concept of the Clubman production car but basically will showcase modern energy management ideas for the MINI Brand. This is similar to the Premiere of the MINI at Frankurt 2001 where BMW showcased a Hydrogen powered "Clean Energy" MINI Cooper.

Bartek Sikorski · **Exclusive Video and Spy Photos: 2008 Mini Clubman S -** 05-08-2007, 07:48 AM

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Tycoon · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 06-06-2007, 08:15 AM

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Bartek Sikorski · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 06-08-2007, 09:13 PM

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Deutsch · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 06-09-2007, 01:28 AM

Looks like a darn hearse! I don't know about the Clubman after all, will have to wait for official pics. As of now things aren't looking good, I was really really looking forward to this car.

Centurion · **Re: MINI Traveller / Clubman spy pics -** 06-09-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Deutsch

Looks like a darn hearse! I don't know about the Clubman after all, will have to wait for official pics. As of now things aren't looking good, I was really really looking forward to this car.

I feel the same. My main problem with it is that the sides are so big and empty. It seem like have become used to shulder lines and flame surfacing.