IF A MINI Countryman Got Bigger & Seven Seats, Is It A MINI Anymore?

Don't they say size doesn't matter? Well, they thought wrong.

According to AutoExpress, MINI's latest piece -- the Countryman -- could be joined by a bigger sibling able to seat seven.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Who's the joker here?

Are they going to call this the BIGI? When is a MINI not a MINI any more?

It seems size does matter for MINI! The Countryman has barely taken its first steps and already it’s caused controversy by breaking the mould as the first four-door, four-wheel-drive, family-sized MINI. But that hasn’t stopped the firm from thinking even bigger.

Auto Express sources have revealed plans to go one better and produce a larger, seven-seater version of the stylish SUV.

Designed to expand MINI’s sphere of influence and steal sales from the likes of the Nissan Qashqai+2, as well as more traditional people carriers such as the VW Touran, the Countryman ‘Plus’ will be the most practical MINI ever...

[Source: AutoExpress]

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monster - 6/8/2010 10:58:04 PM

+2 Boost

Maxi

g2ok - 6/9/2010 12:03:18 AM

0 Boost

7 seats ?

100octane - 6/9/2010 4:26:01 AM

+1 Boost

even the new mini isn't a mini anymore

dumpsty - 6/9/2010 10:46:10 AM

+2 Boost

Exactly! Today's Mini Cooper is maybe twice the size of the original Mini. If Mini were trying to stay close to their roots, they be making cars the size of the M-B A-class or the Nano. BMW probably has done additional some financial & consumer studies and thinks more people would buy a Mini it they were a little bit larger. And BMW can definitely profit more from building Mini's that share more of the 1-series platform with less need for variations.

Agent63 - 6/9/2010 9:35:58 AM

+1 Boost

IF only they could make the MINI smaller like the original mini.