Of the the following MINI variants, which one would you most like to see added to the MINI line-up?

From the recent Automobile Magazine speculation:


MINI Moke
MINI Crossover SUV
MINI Wagon
MINI Traveller (long wheelbase)
MINI Speedster

MINI Canyon Carver Concept (see attached image)
After voting, please provide additional comments into this thread started a few days ago.

 

I'm really digging that canyon carver concept, and I also like the speedster.

 

Not at all interested in any of these. I would like:

Current body style
AWD
250hp
Uprated brakes and suspension
Real seats
No AC or soundproofing
Lightweight wheels
Aluminum roof, bonnet and boot

 

I agree with this guy.....HIRE HIM BMW!

It would be like a CSL mini

 

A CSL MINI with a Calder paint job.
Since Calder is dead, how about Lucien Freud for something really different?

 

Make the Speedster and I'll buy it. I've yet to understand why a "bigger" MINI would be built?!?!? Make mine a two-seater!

 

My first choice would be a car with the mechanicals very similar to what we now have, but with the body style of the ACV30 1997 concept car. Adjustable and a little stiffer suspension, bigger brakes, 225-240 horsepower. If they built this I’d sell my MCS.






Second choice would be the Speedster roadster with adjustable and a little stiffer suspension, bigger brakes, 225-240 horsepower. If they built this I’d sell my Z3.

 

Hmmmm

 

A Mini with a trunk? What kind of heressy is this?

 

I think the Speedster (available in hardtop & soft-top options) would be a cool addition to the MINI family.

But I don't understand why anyone would want a MINI SUV crossover....aren't SUV's prized for their ground clearance and bigness (big cargo space, big towing capacity...and big gas bill!)?? That runs counter to the whole MINI aesthetic - a well-built, nimble small car that's a hoot to drive and doesn't cost $100 to fill up at the gas pump. Catering to the slavering horde simply doesn't make sense.

 

Hi All,

It's interesting that I stumbled upon this thread today as I just received a phone call from a research company tonight inviting me to participate in a research study sponsored by MINI. They claim that MINI wants me to take a look at future models of their cars and give them my opinions about the design, etc. (I've done these types of surveys quite a few times before, but it has always been for American cars). I'm totally jazzed as I'm sure that I'll get to see what the upcoming 2007 model MINI is going to look like (or something close to it anyway). They even hinted at the possibility of a test drive for a limited number of folks, but they weren't very forthcoming with the details. And... If that's not enough, they're going to pay me $100 for my time. How cool is that! I'd certainly do it for free, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

LET'S (get PAID to) MOTOR! Have FUN,OfficeMaven.

Tatt

 

I would be all over an S woody wagon.

 

I voted for the wagon as an S version would be a nice replacement for my current go-fer car... None of the others really look all that great.

BUT - what I've been wishing for since 2002 is an MCS LTW.... and I'm still confused as to why MINI hasn't built one... enthusiasts have been clammoring for a light-weight version of the MCS since the car was first released... and it seems obvious that the MC40 package kinda missed the mark...

 

Just get rid of the back seat. A useless, waste-- once your passengers pass the 10 year old mark...

 

The only MINI variant I'm REALLY interested in is a higher efficiency, zero-emission one.

 

I also wouldn't buy any of the above list.

While the AWD, higher powered version would be nice, I probably wouldn't buy it either because the price would approach or exceed that of the other cars that are doing it better already.

What I would buy is a mini minus about 500lbs. I don't care what they have to do to pull it off.... (as long as it didn't mean less power)

I would also buy a "chopped" mini. I'm 6'4" and I still have tons of room above my head. The car's needlessly tall.

 

oh yeah, I'm in too! And unlike the "urban legends" that sprung up around what the "S" in MCS stands for, we would all know that my (2010?) "MCH" is powered by HYDROGEN - the only emissions would be pure water.

Too bad those Hummer "H2" won't be able to make the same claim -

Isn't hydrogen a diatomic anyways? Who owns the rights to the Periodic Table of the Elements?

Keep it clean,
Tatt

 

Maybe the Moke for a fun weekender, in the vein of the old VW powered Dune Buggies, and the Speedster doesn't look all bad, but I don't see the draw of a 2-seat MINI - there are any number of good 2-seaters out there (Miata, S2K, Boxster, etc) that I'd have in my garage if I didn't have kids to haul around.

Either way, I don't see MINI doing any of these, except something bigger and heavier. . .it's the way of the world. . .

 

Amen, brother. Don't see this happening, though.
You need an Exige.

 

I've often wondered, given the incredibly massive # of cars out on a given day here, what effect this would have on ambient humidity levels. Can you see it on the weathercast..."Today we have a level red humidity day!"

 

^^ naaah, just don't run your hydrogen-fuel car in my already damp basement! Maybe Arizona was MEANT to be a rainforest...

Tatt

 

Why not a bicycle?

BTW, no such thing as zero-emission, not even if you walk...

 

Yeah, YOU know that, and I know that, and most sane people know that. . .but try and convince the federal government of that!!

 

All right, you have a point... However, I can say from experience that your "emissions" will be elevated if you are walking home after feasting on "sliders" from the neighborhood White Castle!

http://whitecastle.com/_pages/menu.asp (home of the slider - keeping emissions elevated throughout the midwest since the 1920's - all those flatulent cows deserve a break)

I have more bicycles than you can shake a gearshift lever at.

I wonder how fun it would be to zoom around a velodrome, in an MCS!