Carrozzeria Castagna’s Woody Clubman

Sections: R55 (Clubman) Mar 3rd, 2008 27 Comments

Castagna has been creating MINI wagons longer than MINI has been at it. So it would make sense they’re the first to create a “woody kit” for the new Clubman. The name? The MINI Woody Passion Kit. Just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? You can read more below:

Geneva ’08 Preview: Castagna gives Fiat 500 and MINI Clubman a big Woody / Autoblog

Written By: MF Staff

Kurt

Well, that’s two nice cars ruined.
Bob H.

I’m with Kurt on this one. You have to wonder, “What were they thinking?”….
Albert Martin

Yuck. From a distance it looks like someone scribbled with a crayon all over the Clubman. The Fiat looks nicer … not my style though … the Clubman however looks atrocious.
b4mmy

^^^ lol, just what I was thinking! Looks like someone drew all over the car. And the 500 actually looks better :)
rhawth99

Yuck!
c4

Castagna should re-consider their business strategy and start building horse carriages.
c4

The “woody” kit pieces in the Clubman look cheap and tacky. Something that you would buy at the automotive section in Kmart..
MeanMrMstrd

KMart, hell I was thinking J.C. Whitney Catalog. When I was a kid we used to yell this at woody drivers… “Hey mister, you forgot to take your car outta the crate!”
MINIme

I like the idea of a Woody Wagon, but this looks like someone applied some of that RealTree camo duct tape to the car. Terrible!
korby

Where is the wood ?
http://www.smartboxusa.com/chicago GSKChicago

Conceptually sounds interesting – reality is it doesn’t look good. Sadly.
http://whydev.com aaron

Considering that the picture of the 500 is just a rendering, I’m not so optimistic that the execution will live up to the concept after seeing the Clubman.
c4

MinSpeed in Florida is working on custom made woody kits for the Clubman. I have not seen them yet, but knowing Pete Foglia I am sure they are going to be so much better than this junk from Castagna.
Vanwall

I can do without the zebra-wood look, but a nice ash might do.
http://www.commonwealth.nu fdavid

Ouch!!!
Holly Aldis

Ugh! I can’t imagine putting that on my CR Clubman. It’s beautiful as designed. Why ruin a beautiful car?
GregW

And this will only be the start of customiser’s creations. There is already a big market in bling pieces for MINI from Autotecnica. See http://www.ptboutique.com for MINI add-on chrome.
glangford

Agree, that looks horrible. What kind of wood looks like that??? They could have at least made the wood trim look like wood!!
Vanwall

The wood looks like zebra-wood, a very expensive status symbol. Too much, too soon.
http://www.commonwealth.nu fdavid

The “civic” factor on the MINI brand is starting to worry me lately.
Ketan

What a way to ruin a Clubman.
c4

I think Castagna did a much better job at converting R50/R53 hardtops to “Clubman” wagons. They should not be allowed near a R55, however.
GregW

Now all we need is roof racks and surboard and Al Jardine to drive one!.
RichM

It needs to look more like a classic ’32 Ford woody wagon. Preferably BRG, and it absolutely would have to have a surfboard on top!
pete

And sadly the “civic” factor is much better compared to the new mini.

The Type R and the Si are much more track friendly
Braden

Wow this kit is super ugly IMO. I looks very cheap and Pep Boys tacky, really brings the brand down. Back to the drawing board Castagna, and fire your designers.
http://www.lilcoopr.com lilcoopr

Check out this version of the Clubman with wood… Much much better IMHO :D

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2835/

It’s called the “Aznom Chateau Clubman S”

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