Mini Wagon Concept surfaces

Satellite Silver Paintwork, Leather Chrome and Aluminium.

The paintwork of the MINI Concept Study offers an entirely new version of artistic looks, with a combination of non-metallic and metallic paints. The Sate¬llite Silver exterior paintwork comes with a brilliant silver look in the light, with a refined and sophisticated grey tone. MINI achieves this special effect by applying the Silver Metallic paintwork in two layers, the colours of each layer varying slightly.

Throughout the interior, white leather underlines the impression of modern style and generous space, adding a touch of sophisticated class and stylish flair. White emphasises the clear lines of the MINI Concept Frankfurt, and is supplemented by the warm, natural feel of top-quality leather contrasting with cool-looking, metallic trim.

An aluminium-coated glass-fibre structure, for exam¬ple, accentuates the door panels and linings inside the car, while a special carbon-fibre look highlights the foot area in combination with nylon texture car¬peting adding a particular touch of sporting style.

“Floating” front seats

The MINI Concept is designed to offer generous space and luxu¬rious style for up to four utilising new space concepts ranging from the Cargobox in the luggage compartment through to free-hanging driver and front passenger seats.

The seats appear to ‘float in space’, but are mounted directly on the front centre console by special load-bearing extensions. This offers additional foot room for passengers in the rear and more open space along the floor of the car.

To make access to the rear as convenient as possible, the front seats have a unique Easy-Entry System featuring an electric motor that rotates and moves the seats forward. To do this, the backrest on the driver and front passenger seats turns away without folding down and provides more room and easier access when entering the rear of the vehicle. Once rear passengers are seated, the front seats automatically return to their original position.

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