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Old 07-09-2007, 07:36 PM   #1
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Bmw considering to build a Mini cross-over


Over the past year rumors about the new Mini-based cross-over circulated. Its been told that the design process of the new 4WD Mini had already started. Sources are telling that the new model will be based on the R55 chassis. It will be both larger and have more doors, and also different from the Clubman chassis.
At the interior this new 4WD vehicle is expected to have a different and updated style, but of course repecting the Mini line.

While Mini is still planning its new model ,Bmw is looking at production locations outside the Oxford plant possibly Spartanburg South Carolina or even the latest Bmw plant in India. One thing is certain: the Oxford plant will not have the capacity to build another model after the production of the Mini Convertible will start in 2008.
The new Mini 4WD is programmed for release in 2010.
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:40 AM   #2
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Re: Bmw considering to build a Mini cross-over

I hope BMW continue to use the Mini name properly, I don't want to see a whole range of cars including sedans and everything!

Mini is called Mini for a reason, because they make small cars, please stick to that formula BMW!
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Old 07-19-2007, 04:16 AM   #3
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Re: Bmw considering to build a Mini cross-over

Magna in talks to build a much bigger Mini
GREG KEENAN
AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER
July 19, 2007



Magna International Inc. is negotiating with BMW AG to build a sport-utility-vehicle version of the auto maker's popular Mini cars, industry sources in Europe said yesterday.
The vehicle would be called the Mini Colorado, a source in Detroit said, and Magna's Steyr plant in Graz, Austria, would assemble about 65,000 of the vehicles annually.
In addition, Magna Steyr is in the running to assemble a roadster for Volkswagen AG, which would add another 20,000 vehicles to production at Graz, the Detroit source said.
The Mini has been a smash success for BMW, and the plant in Oxford, England, where it is manufactured is running flat out.




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Re: Bmw considering to build a Mini cross-over


More MINI SAV details emerge

When the X3 dries up, there'll still be a BMW trucklet for the Austrian assembly and engineering firm to bolt together. BMW's MINI brand has been reportedly getting an SAV (BMW parlance for CUV) for a while now, and that prospect looks like it's inching toward reality. Affixing the MINI badge to the pumped-up Clubman might create a rolling misnomer, but that's supposedly the plan. Code named "Colorado", the ruggedized and raised MINI will be equipped with AWD calibrated for traction rather than performance. We'll wait to pass judgement on the styling while hoping that it doesn't look like the fanciful rendering above. Ugly or cute, if Magna Steyr hits its target, it'll be pumping out a targeted 80,000 of these things per year, starting in 2010.
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Nice X5 rims...

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Re: Bmw considering to build a Mini cross-over

Nice chop but the license plate looks out of place.
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Re: Bmw considering to build a Mini cross-over

^Super ugly IMO.
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