What is it?
If it didn't seem like we were ripping you off, we'd say just say 'it's a MINI Clubman in boggo One spec' and leave it at that. Oh, what the heck...
Why is it here?
As the unfortunate 850 temps who were given their marching orders at MINI's Cowley plant found out recently, even MINI is struggling to sell enough cars to make ends meet. So, adding a cheap(ish) One variant to its practical(ish) body style makes financial sense. That means it gets a 1.4-litre 94bhp petrol motor mated to the same snickety six-speed manual gearbox as the rest of the range. It gets MINI's excellent start-stop system as standard and will start at £13,290, available to order now.
Show stopper or floor filler?
The definitive floor filler in
Geneva. All you need know is the name of this car and you can guess the rest, really.
Mark Nichol - 6 Mar 2009