Autoweek: Maxi Mini: 2007 Mini goes large with longer-wheelbase version

Huckebein the Raven

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Fri Apr-22-05 01:05 PM
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Autoweek: Maxi Mini: 2007 Mini goes large with longer-wheelbase version

Once you get past the new turbocharged engines for BMW�s next-generation Mini due for 2007 (Dec. 27, 2004), the biggest news is the stretched wheelbase as revealed in these recent spy shots.

more at link:

http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102232

-I wouldn't mind seeing a 5 door Mini

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rockedthevoteinMA

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Fri May-27-05 05:32 PM
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2. I LOVE the Mini!! I get to drive my dad's when I have to pick my sis

up from the airport... It's so fast, it's dangerous! :evilgrin:

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seemunkee

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Wed Jun-01-05 03:57 PM
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3. I want to see a woody

or a van

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Blue_Tires

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Thu Jun-09-05 10:44 PM
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4. nice, but I'd rather see a

RWD version of the smaller car...

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robertarctor

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Mon Jun-13-05 11:28 PM
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5. Uh, that kinda defeats the purpose ...

... of Sir Alec Issigonis' original Mini. That Mini was the first transverse-mounted front-engined front-wheel-drive design; it was the ur-small car that presaged Corolla, Civic, Golf and a host of others.

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Sat Jul-02-05 08:40 PM
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6. I believe in the 60's there was an Austin Mini Countryman

with a longer wheelbase (by about 10 inches). It was a slightly larger version of the Mini, but supposedly a terrible car to drive that didn't handle as well as a real Mini.

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Dover

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Mon Jul-18-05 09:33 PM
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7. What about a diesel Mini ?

Any chance of that?

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Huckebein the Raven

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Wed Jan-18-06 02:30 AM
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9. The Diesel Mini is called the Mini D in Europe I believe

BMW doesn't have plans to bring it here at the moment.

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Wed Jan-04-06 10:34 AM
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8. Great site for all news related to the Mini

http://www.motoringfile.com

Also there has recently been a launch of a US-based Mini enthusiast magazine. I subscribed and recently received the first issue. Nice and glossy but the content is a bit amateurish. I'll have to dig up the title.

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