Feb. Breakfast
That car is a Clubman Jeff.
Any one with that wonky front end was a Clubman. Wagon or not. It's confusing a lot of people. The only reason MINI chose that name for the new wagon was the fact they couldn't call it a Traveller or Countryman because they let the rites to those names slip away.
I'm sure they could have paid for the rights, but that costs money & well they want to make it not spend it.
EDIT... Tim's is a Clubman because of the shape of the front clip, not because it's a wagon.
Any one with that wonky front end was a Clubman. Wagon or not. It's confusing a lot of people. The only reason MINI chose that name for the new wagon was the fact they couldn't call it a Traveller or Countryman because they let the rites to those names slip away.
I'm sure they could have paid for the rights, but that costs money & well they want to make it not spend it.
EDIT... Tim's is a Clubman because of the shape of the front clip, not because it's a wagon.
Last edited by Crashton; Feb 18, 2008 at 08:17 AM.
Clubman just designated that type of front end. They did make a Clubman estate (another possible name MINI probably doesnt own the rights to).
clubman estate:
Now here is something pretty interesting...the clubman was the first car to come with run-flats...never knew they were around that early
For a pretty good/simple model breakdown and explanation of names....check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini
The Mini Clubman and 1275GT were responsible for two motoring "firsts": they were the first vehicles to use a flexi printed-circuit board behind the dash instruments (universal nowadays, but technically advanced for 1969). Secondly, the 1275GT was the first vehicle to be offered with run-flat tyres;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini
Just checked out the photos from Crashton's link earlier...makes me REALLY wish I could've made it! O, well, at least I have some pics to look at. I'm really starting to see one of these in the driveway in the future...
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