MINI SUV to spawn a 5-door hatchback

At the Paris Motor Show in October, BMW will present concept versions of the BMW X1 along with the much anticipated MINI SAV, otherwise known as the MINI Crossman. So far, spy shots have shown a two-door MINI SAV testing outside Munich. While that may have had many of you thinking that the MINI Crossman may get the same layout as the MINI Clubman with a one rear-hinged door (kind of like the Honda Element), sources say the MINI SAV will have 5-doors.

According to ‘high-level sources’ if the 5-door MINI Crossman is a success when it hits markets in 2010, it could...
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sector - 7/3/2008 5:09:32 PM

+1 Boost

This new Mini looks like Snoopy's house on wheels :)

EnnNorak - 7/3/2008 6:52:37 PM

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I borrowed my son-in-law's MINI for 9 days between the time I turned in my leased A6 and when I picked up the new Passat I bought. That MINI had the dreaded CVT. The MINI is too small and has too harsh a ride to be considered a proper car -- it is a more like a well upholstered roller skate.