Almost a year after the launch of the new model generation, MINI is enlarging its model range by an equally innovative and irresistible car concept. The MINI Clubman, through its truly surprising design, stands out clearly from conventional concepts and categories. Unmistakably a MINI from every angle.
Enlargement of the MINI brand family through the addition of a truly innovative, unique shooting brake concept highlights both the car's sportiness and its functional qualities through its stretched roofline. The “godfather” was the Shooting Brake. This is the term applied in Great Britain, the home of the MINI, to sports cars combining the flair and character of a coupé with a hatchback, thus offering more functions than a “regular” coupé.
The MINI Clubman combines a driving experience typical of the brand with extroverted design, a high level of personalisation, and enhanced function; five seats, hatchback with two doors opening to the side (splitdoor design); additional Clubdoor on the right-hand side of the car.
One of the absolute highlights in this context is the innovative door concept of the MINI Clubman, making this unique car a very special five-door model, with the conventional driver's and front passenger's door supplemented by an additional rearhinged door on the right-hand side of the car and the two wings of the split-door at the rear. Indeed, this two-piece rear door offers a highly interesting re-interpretation of an authentic detail already boasted on the MINI's classic forerunners.
Featuring an additional door on the right-hand side opening against the direction of travel and allowing very comfortable