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MINI Challenge Clubman Safety Car

We’ve got a sneak peak at the MINI Challenge Safety car for the 2008 MINI Challenge series from Europe. This Clubman is a one-off built by the same folks who created the Challenge race car. Built with various Challenge Race car pieces added for increased track performance, what you see below is easily the fastest Clubman ever built. Both the front and rear defuser make an appearance as well as what appears to be a JCW Challenge exhaust. Also take notice of the new rear spoiler – an official Clubman accessory to be offered for 2008.

Could this be a pre-cursor to a full-on JCW Clubman? Time will tell.

Big thanks to Axel for the pics!

Written By: Gabe




38 Comments

Day42 Oct 5th, 2007 Link

That is pretty sweet looking! I hope they are planning to produce a JCW Clubman!?!

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Victor Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Nice body kit.

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Craig Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I wonder if that is a color that will be offered on the production car.

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BrewSwapGuy Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Hope that spoiler is effective because I think it looks terribly out of place.

Love the diffuser though.

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prkali Oct 5th, 2007 Link
Hope that spoiler is effective because I think it looks terribly out of place.

Looks like the one on the A Team Van!!!!!!LOL.

I actually tend to like it though!!

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Vanwall Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I could see a nice set of rails going to that spoiler for a nifty roof rack. We’ll see something like this right away when they go on sale.

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Darren Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I see the black headlights have made an appearance again from the Millionth Mini … hope they appear on the JCW stage II.

Love the rear diffuser too!

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eto Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Is this the first sighting of the JCW body kit for the Clubman? Looks very nice overall.

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Mark Smith Oct 5th, 2007 Link

O.K. you’ve just given me the idea for my next MINI. A-Team ROCKS!

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pbraun Oct 5th, 2007 Link

nice!

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mike Oct 5th, 2007 Link

that ROCKS!

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Radley Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I like this a lot. I might go Clubman S instead of Cooper S. I hope MINI offers the black housing head lights soon. I also hope they offer that rear diffuser or some aftermarket company makes some.

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jordan Oct 5th, 2007 Link

any bigger pics?

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Radley Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I am with Jordan on this one, any bigger pics?

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DB Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Wow. That looks hot.

Of course, I saw it last night during the WRR live show. I’m not bragging or anything ;)

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Jon Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Best looking Clubman so far. Should be a good safety car for the Mini races. I hae no doubts that Mini will make the JCW kit fit the Clubmna, still hoping they keep the Factory JCW to the coupe only.

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RB Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Love that Euro green.

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dark06mcs Oct 5th, 2007 Link

that front diffuser/lip is killer. someone needs to produce that.

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drew Oct 5th, 2007 Link

love. this. car.

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xBoXlOvEr Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I want bigger pics pleaseee!!!

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MM Oct 5th, 2007 Link

I prefer black mirrors. Although it still looks awesome.

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minimalist Oct 5th, 2007 Link

wow those obscured side windows look so cool, come on MINI/BMW lets have the van, it would sell in droves to image conscious companies.

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Pete Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Wonder what that bunker in the background was/is used for? Cheeky Clubman too…

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Super Car Blog » Blog Archive » 2008 MINI Challenge Series Clubman safety car, fastest Clubman to date Oct 5th, 2007 Link

[...] You can read over our previous posts about the MINI JCW Challenge racer here and here, and check out more shots of the Clubman safety car here. [...]

gokartride Oct 5th, 2007 Link

Very nice!! Love the black grill trim.

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GregW Oct 6th, 2007 Link

Will there be an aftermarket Van conversion? Or how about a “woodie”?

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Un Mini Clubman… ¡safety car! Oct 6th, 2007 Link

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Mark@miniofthemainline Oct 6th, 2007 Link

MINIUSA bring that color to the US market!

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MINI Challenge Clubman Safety Car Oct 7th, 2007 Link

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Seth Oct 7th, 2007 Link

We were told about this at the Clubman preview in Oxford yesterday! I think it looks awesome!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12932894@N03/1498868584/

some pics of the launch event. :-)

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Seth Oct 7th, 2007 Link

Also we were given the Clubman brochure which included details of the JCW kit for the Clubman, and I must say it looks really good!

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timmee Oct 8th, 2007 Link

i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again: i love those wheels! gimme!

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Mike Oct 8th, 2007 Link

Yes the rims are superb, wanna have !

Does anybody know something about the availability and price ?

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VehicleBuzz.net » Blog Archive » 2008 MINI Challenge Series Clubman safety car, fastest Clubman to date Nov 7th, 2007 Link

[...] You can read over our previous posts about the MINI JCW Challenge racer here and here, and check out more shots of the Clubman safety car here. [...]

MotoringFile » Archive » The MINI Challenge Safety Car in Action Feb 29th, 2008 Link

[...] are sure that you remember the MINI Challenge Safety Car, right? The tricked out neon-green-and-black JCW Clubman we posted about a few months [...]

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