[COSitsWORTHit]

Oh...well.....nm then.

Its still ugly though.

 

[Dukman]

Don't much care for it.

Neither the original or the new one.

I was going to say that it was ****ing ugly, but decided to moderate my statement a bit.

 

[Ducman69]

I finally thought of what it reminds me of... a WEINER DOG!!!

 

[Erica]

Hopefully the traveller will come out, too.

 

[gobstopper]

It is ugly, but maybe it'll be ugly and useful.

Like me.

 

[thefrush]

Hideous.

 

[frocus]

agreed ^

 

[Virtual_Insanity]

I am sure the pictures don't really do it any justice as I would have to see one in person to give my final opinion of it. But from that pic for some reason the proportions seem a bit off to me though.Anyway I am sure they will all be grabbed up for those looking for a bit more room when it goes on sale.

 

[Jared]

what really irks me though is the fact that they use the name "Clubman" as if it refers to a wagon variant. The Clubman was a styling refresh, it wasn't denoting a wagon body, those were the Travelers, of which there were Clubmans in addition to the classic front ends. so i don't get why they didn't call this new model Traveler instead of Clubman.

 

[focaljet-1]

what really irks me though is the fact that they use the name "Clubman" as if it refers to a wagon variant. The Clubman was a styling refresh, it wasn't denoting a wagon body, those were the Travelers, of which there were Clubmans in addition to the classic front ends. so i don't get why they didn't call this new model Traveler instead of Clubman.

Simple. They could not secure the rights to use the name.

 

[focaljet-1]

'Ring freaks may want to check this vid out. The aspect ratio is jacked... but it's still cool.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/autoexpresstv/spyshotvideos/203140/mini_traveller.html

NOTE: AutoExpress now makes you register on their site to see archived material. It's free, but you still have to fill out the form.

 

[chewbacca]

to those hatin on the back seat space. i'm 6'2" and 270lbs and i climbed my ass in the back seat and rode very comfortably for about 25 miles on the freeway with 3 others in the car. I think this thing is pretty cool, especially if theres an S variant with the turbo! hooray luggage space!!

 

[Virtual_Insanity]

That was definitely a cool vid of the Mini Clubman on the 'Ring.Thanks for posting that Ron.

 

[Ducman69]

i'm 6'2" and 270lbs and i climbed my ass in the back seat

I could live inside you.

 

[pulling G's]

So how bad is the handling tradeoff? The video shows what appears to be a very capable car. Weight penalty? I would rock that.

 

[chewbacca]

I could live inside you.

That would be awesome!!!

 

[Erica]

Simple. They could not secure the rights to use the name.

I saw pictures in MotorTrend last month where they were thinking of using the Traveler name for the truck styled Mini.

 

[Thameth]

Simple. They could not secure the rights to use the name.

I saw pictures in MotorTrend last month where they were thinking of using the Traveler name for the truck styled Mini.

Sorry but thats old news, Ron is correct that MINI could not get the traveler name so they decided to go with Clubman. Its on MotoringFile somewhere but the search function on most of these blogs sucks hardcore.

 

[Erica]

It's scary when 60 days becomes old news. Such is the car world.

So no truck-mini? Or just not labeled as the Traveler?

 

[Thameth]

Doubt there will be a truck MINI (but you never know) and it doesn't look like we'll see the traveler name because its owned by someone else.