The Clubman Caught in the Wild

I’m sorry but these things look so goofy. It looks like they forgot to remove the protective shipping material from the edges of the rear. I’d love to read something from the designers explaining why they designed it the way they did.

But perhaps this is another Bangle Butt idea. Everyone will laugh at it for a while, but in a year or two dozens of other cars will outline their rear in silver or black.

thank you for sharing these, good Hein. they are just what i wanted to see this morning. was half expecting to see a new Clubman S color.

q: was the pepper white the only one with a black roof? would’ve expected more.

the Clubman cut sure sculpts a unique chord. swerve and chutzpah.

[lettering on the large pics is unfortunate]

I like it very much! Seems the design did not go wrong afterall.

Observations…

I like Nightfire Red very much. Seems to look good with both silver and black contrasting roof.

The silver roof is growing on me, minus the C-pillar treatment. The black roof goives you an all black c-pillar and looks much better integrated.

Hot Chocolate is a looker too, but I still prefer Nightfire Red.

These things are so awesome, they’re like 3 series wagons, Jaguar estates, Audi avants, etc… There is no doubt they’ll do well in the States. I hope to see AWD on these platforms, would make them all the more marketable.

I like the black taillight inserts rather than white or silver. I think they are actually silver, they look white from a distance.

Does anyone know where the official MINI dealer release will be held? Could it be that these cars are destined for a South american country for the release unveiling? Oh no… not Rio? Conga lines!!! Rev your engines to la-la, la-la, la da-da.

the official dealer introduction will take place on 13 oct in berlin,

“Early in September MINI2 will be driving the MINI Clubman at the International Media Launch in Spain”.