2010 Detroit: Not-so-mini Mini materializes

By John LeBlanc

DETROIT – According to Ian Robertson, BMW Sales and Marketing board member, the Mini Beachcomber concept is “a Mini that’s tough, fearless and ready for any open air adventure. Maybe.

With all-wheel-drive and open-air possibilities inspired by the Mini Moke from the
1960s, the latest literal stretch (it’s more than four metres long) of the Mini certainly looks capable of some light off-roading.

Like, say, combing, er, a beach.

What it more than likely won’t be is for sale to the public. Sorry. But the Beachcomber is a show car distraction until the fully-enclosed Mini Crossover arrives in Canadian showrooms in early 2011.

The concept’s four-place seating, five-doors and all-wheel-drive system will make it to production. But expect more realistic Crossover production details around the time of the Geneva auto show, early in March.

[Source: BMW]

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