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As we’ve reported throughout the summer, MINI will publicly debut the R60 Crossover at the IAA Frankfurt Motorshow this September. In addition to this MINI plans to surprise the press and the public by debuting the speedster concept at the show as well. The speedster will foreshadow the Broadspeed coupe (currently only an internal name) but don’t look for the coupe to make an appearance until next year.

Next up we expect both the Speedster and the R60 to then cross the Atlantic and make an appearance at the LA Autoshow in early November. However don’t be entirely surprised to see a slightly reworked Speedster for the LA Show similar to how MINI created different versions of the Traveller concept in 2006.

Up next is Detroit. While the show may be smaller than it once was, that won’t stop MINI from debuting a variation of the R60 platform. Based on several sources we believe that a Moke concept may make it’s debut at the show. The concept could foreshadow an eventual production version similar to how the 2006 Traveller concept foreshadowed both the Clubman and Countryman.

Finally MINI will be rolling out the R55/R56/R57 lifecycle refresh at the Geneva Motorshow in early March with details slipping out in mid-February.

As always we’ll be covering everything as it happens.