Mini Rocketman Is Back?
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Mini Rocketman Is Back?
"As the new five-door MINI hit the road this week, head of MINI design Anders Warming stressed the brand was still keen on the idea of a tiny city car, but “won’t reveal anything more [to the world] until [a viable design] is ready”.
The Rocketman concept (below) starred at 2011’s Geneva Motor Show, hinting at a new MINI rival to the Smart ForTwo and Toyota iQ. While its wide-eyed front end has inspired the new MINI hatch and five-door, the idea of a new entry-level model appeared dead in the water due to the high cost of developing it.
But Warming suggested to us that the Rocketman was still on the table. “For sure, a MINI should always be a small car, so [a new city car] would be appropriate for the brand,” he said. “At the moment, we don’t have the right tech solutions, but we are working on it. We don’t yet have a final solution, you could say.”
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They'll have a lot to think about if they decide to go ahead on this. It's almost trickier to go very small. For example, the only way the iQ has a back seat at all is by using an offset dash to move the passenger seat forward. Otherwise it wouldn't work. Still, the new design for the ForTwo may indicate a way for MINI to retain it's essential box-on-box styling while still meeting all the safety standards (including those pesky pedestrian safety standards that MINI has so much trouble with). A more performance oriented micro-car would be quite welcome!
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I loved the idea and would have been a potential customer.
I actually liked that it may have been based on Toyota as opposed to electric.
I'd be especially keen if they did something truly insane,
similar what Aston Martin's Q division did:
making a bespoke V8 Cygnet!
The cognitive dissonance effect is strong:
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Just thought I'd toss this here if anyone hasn't seen it.
2022 Rocketman
TL;DR: BMW is working with Great Wall to release a small EV city car based on the Rocketman Concept in 2022, only planning on release in the Chinese market at this point.
2022 Rocketman
TL;DR: BMW is working with Great Wall to release a small EV city car based on the Rocketman Concept in 2022, only planning on release in the Chinese market at this point.
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