Video: MINI at NAIAS
Here’s a quick highlights video from MINI at the North American International Auto Show, including video of the Paceman reveal. Enjoy.
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Here’s a quick highlights video from MINI at the North American International Auto Show, including video of the Paceman reveal. Enjoy.
<p>good lord, I think I just got corn poisoning from that reveal</p>
<p>Holy crap! I had no idea that the movie Zoolander was so true to life.</p>
<p>That is just embarrassing!</p>
<p>Its funny my pic shows no 4 wheel drive on the Paceman.</p>
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<p>But i guess the concept Paceman was not fully finished hence the non complete inside.</p>
<p>Find more of my pic from NAIAS Paceman @</p>
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<p>Not sure I would label this as a highlight heh. The speech was ok but the reveal was a tad underwhelming.</p>
<p>Do have to say this is the first time I have really seen the Pacman head on and it looks very tall and narrow to me (proportionally speaking).</p>
<p>. . . those legs!</p>
<blockquote>Do have to say this is the first time I have really seen the Pacman head on and it looks very tall and narrow to me (proportionally speaking).</blockquote>
<p>It <em><b>is</b></em> proportionally wrong in this video. Most of the video got squeezed from 16:9 aspect ratio into 4:3. You guys need to encode and upload it again.</p>
<p>Look at MINI’s video for comparison: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yRsuEZ8l8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yRsuEZ8l8</a></p>
<p>Yes I know rkw, actually though the first shots I saw were stills and it still proportionally looks still a bit high and narrow to my eye. Either way I am indifferent to the design, I am sure it will pop for some people out there but is pretty much the last thing I would drive. All the size and weight of the R60 minus the utility.</p>
<p>@JonPD: actually, after the Herr26 revelation of backward-opening rear doors a few days ago, you’ll lose none of the utility. I don’t like it, just sayin’.</p>
<blockquote>you’ll lose none of the utility</blockquote>
<p>The wheelbase on the Paceman is the same, but the overall car is a bit shorter, so you’ll likely lose a touch of boot space. It’ll still be four bucket seats though, which I think is pretty rad. If this does become the Clubman, I really hope they convert to the barn doors in the rear over the hatch. I’ve had a Clubman loaner for the past week and those rear barn doors are my favorite part. Pop the door, toss my bag in, off I go.</p>
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<p>Do have to say this is the first time I have really seen the Pacman head on and it looks very tall and narrow to me (proportionally speaking).</p>
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<p>It’s the opposite in person.</p>
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<p>@JonPD: actually, after the Herr26 revelation of backward-opening rear doors a few days ago,</p>
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<p>I love how we’re sworn to secrecy by people and the someone at BMW just openly talks about it :)</p>
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<p>It is proportionally wrong in this video. Most of the video got squeezed from 16:9 aspect ratio into 4:3. You guys need to encode and upload it again.</p>
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<p>That’s what came from BMW. If you want to suck it down from Youtube and re-encode be our guest.</p>
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<p>The wheelbase on the Paceman is the same, but the overall car is a bit shorter, so you’ll likely lose a touch of boot space</p>
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<p>According to the designers it’s the same size internally. It’s the rear bumper that makes it shorter.</p>
<p>GO MINI!!</p>
<blockquote>That’s what came from BMW. If you want to suck it down from Youtube and re-encode be our guest.</blockquote>
<p>Okay, I didn’t know that. The article said “a highlights video from Gabe’s trip”, which made me think you had created the video yourself.</p>
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<p>Okay, I didn’t know that. The article said “a highlights video from Gabe’s tripâ€, which made me think you had created the video yourself.</p>
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<p>I didn’t know that either ;)</p>
<blockquote>Okay, I didn’t know that. The article said “a highlights video from Gabe’s tripâ€, which made me think you had created the video yourself.</blockquote>
<p>That would be <em>my</em> fault. It was in the MF YouTube channel, so I assumed it was something Gabe had pulled together on his iPhone.</p>
<p>These aren’t the droids you’re looking for. Move along.</p>
<p>Now you know you can do allot with the iphone 4 ;)</p>