Design Your Own MINI Rail Accessory & Win Autographed MINI Design Book

MINI Rail System

Yesterday we told you about the center rail in the forthcoming MINI crossover. Today we’re giving you a chance to design your own accessory that fits on the rail. But the best part? Come up with the best idea and we’ll give you an ultra-exclusive copy of the new MINI Design book autographed by MINI Design head Gert Hildebrand.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Come up with the idea.
  2. Post your idea in the comment section below (a sketch or even a Youtube video of you explaining or even a very detailed description it of course will help.
  3. After 30 days we’ll send the ideas to the MINI Design team and they’ll pick the winner.

Of course really the best part? If it’s a good enough idea, you may even see it end up in a MINI someday.

All submissions need to be in within 30 days of this post!

Need a refresher on the rail system? With the MINI rail you can add and subtract different components depending on your needs. Want an armrest? Easy, snap it in and position where needed. Need an iPhone holder? MINI will surely have that covered. What about different devices? Again the beauty of the system is that MINI can offer a array of options depending on what you need. They even see the aftermarket stepping in and offering all sorts of accessories for things we can’t even imagine. But for more information on it straight from the people that know best, watch the video above where Gert Hildebrand (Head of MINI Design) talks about the concept behind the rail.

You can see a few excerpts of the book below.

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  • http://miniclub.ie Owen

    Hmm, the image didn’t post. Here’s a link to the image just in case.

    http://miniclub.ie/blogimages/2010/02/ipadholder.jpg

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1067376141 Thomas Ammentorp

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    This is my 11 year old son Max’s submission. It’s a lego table that sits on the rails between the two rear seat passengers, one of which might be a kid. It’s a flat surface covered in lego studs surrounded by a wall to contain the lego bricks. In each corner of the table, is a pocket which holds unused lego bricks.

  • http://www.lilcoopr.com lilcoopr
    Sideways Eh! (January 29, 2010) said: The best idea is really exciting and was developed between me and Lilcoopr: A “Portable Weather Station/Atomic Clock” that is designed in same language as the hemispherical Nav unit seen in the first concept SAV. This would show the same information as home stations: · Wind Speed · Wind Direction · Temperature · Humidity · Dew Point · Barometer · Rainfall · Solar radiation as well as being able to project the atomic time for rear passengers. Atomic Clocks are awesome as you never have to worry about adjusting the time. They automatically adjust wherever you are on the planet. Drawings and concept ideas will follow shortly.

    Youtube video of our Atomic MINI Weather Globe posted here: http://www.youtube.com/user/confessionsofaminiac

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1477028168 Andrew Zimmerman

    Aaron – sorry, i must have missed your post. I think the tie-down would be really useful! Great minds think alike I guess.

    Thomas – Love your son’s lego mount! I’d be tempted to put it in the front seat and use it at stop lights.

  • Aaron

    Hey Admins! Any news here? :D

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