Mini Wagon Concept surfaces

Forty-five years after the launch of the Mini Traveller (wagon) in September 1960, MINI has unveiled a new MINI wagon concept at the Frankfurt motor show. The MINI Concept Frankfurt is the first MINI design study since the launch of the MINI brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1997 and it re-interprets the feel of the original British-built Traveller via a new concept of “Travelling in Style” for the 21st century. The MINI Concept Frankfurt is packed with innovation inside and out. Its coupe-like profile and wide-opening doors feature intelligent parallelogram hinge mechanisms.

The MINI Concept Frankfurt's multi-layered Silver Metallic exterior paintwork complements the fine materials used inside the car. It pays tribute to its 1960’s forebear through its elegant Estate design with symmetrically split double doors at the rear and split side windows for second row passengers.

Clever MINI style all the way

The fundamental idea in developing the MINI Concept Frankfurt was to make loading and entering the car as simple and convenient as possible.

All four doors come with parallelo¬gram hinge mechanisms allowing the doors to swivel to the side and forward in one smooth movement.

This allows optimum access to the interior. The rear sliding windows open electrically, and the front section slides back behind the rear.

The MINI Concept Frankfurt builds on cues which have made MINI design instantly recognisable around the world.

Its shoulder-line rises to the rear to give the car its exciting wedge shape and is further accentuated by the extra leng¬th of this model.

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