Sits a little high

 

 

Love those fenders...

 

Niiiice!!! I think that would handle the snow pretty well

 

Here's a pic from a different angle

 

Priceless!

 

This was built by engineering students in japan, the Mini body sits on a Suzuki Escudo (same as GEO Tracker) chassis

 

Poor Mini.

 

Take them to the place of slapping. Slap them until they stand no longer.

 

or worse...........the comfy chair!!!!!!!

 

Monster Mini!!!

 

Dang it, thought you were serious when I saw this thread . Mini really needs to make a limited production super car to get us back into the lime light so to speak. I'm thinking AWD, 275 WHP, lightweight.

 

Id wheel it

 

LOL! Love it!

 

I think thats the meanest looking Mini ive ever seen!

 

awesome a redneck mini. wheres the budlight?

 

wheres the mud at! it wants mud now!

 

I wish.

Rest assured it would end up being this abortion

or a variation of the revolting new wagon rather than a 3-door MINI. They would in effect make AWD that no performance enthusiast would ever want.

 

The performance enthusiasts is only one (pretty small) market and there are MINIs targeted for them (JCW, GP, Challenge). I'm no fan of these imaginary renderings either, but I think an AWD Clubman would be very useful/saleable for folks outside urban areas, in climates w/ harsh winters, or similar.

 

It's a dreadful shame, but BMW will probably see it that way as well.

 

Maybe, but they are after all trying to sell a car to the public. However, who's to say they wouldn't do a special model integrating AWD into a coupe. They'd have all the pieces. Sure, there may not be lots of them made, but some would jump on it, I'm sure...a GP sorta thing. All I'm saying is that in the end this may all work out....maybe it's a chicken-and-egg situation.

Besides...didn't someone say once here that the MINI coupe was too short for WRC regulations. What about a Clubman??? Who knows?