Color us unsurprised. Car and Driver reports that Mini officials have confirmed a production version of the company's Clubvan concept first shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March. We expected as much – after all, parent BMW has demonstrated real adeptness at building a myriad of derivatives from the basic Mini Cooper architecture, and the boutique brand already markets more spinoffs than Law & Order, so what's one more?

Essentially a panel van version of the Clubman, C/D says the Clubvan will appear in U.S. showrooms this September as a 2013 model. It isn't immediately clear if the model will offer both the standard 121-horsepower four and the Clubman S' 181-horsepower turbo, but C/D says we shouldn't expect a John Cooper Works version.

More article and photos to be found at Autoblog...

 

Looks exactly like the Clubman, but with more cargo room apparently. I'm confused...

 

Soooo how long before we have a Countryman/ClubVan based pick up truck?

 

Why are you confused? Its got no back seat, its all cargo area.

 

The Clubvan seems prime for a wall of power hungry subs and amps plus batteries.