Mini will continue to sell more three-door superminis than the new five-door, the company has admitted. And the appeal of extra doors is driven by the 'what if' factor; most owners of five-door hatchbacks don't actually have kids, research suggests.
The forecast, made at the press launch of the new Mini five-door, bucks the trend for the supermini sector, where the more practical five-door bodystyle predominates.
BMW claims two-thirds of this supermini sector is made up of five-doors, yet it expects to reverse that split in favour of the three-door Mini. Which goes to show that the Mini brand has a centre of gravity around the original three-door, continuing a link back to the original Austin Rover-era Mini.**Disclaimer: No animals were harmed in the making of this photo gallery. 001 stumbled upon the already deceased iguanas. The New MINI Cooper Launch
