Mini Clubman coming back in 2008

One of my true passions are cars. When I have time I scour the automotive press for interesting information. Apparently, the hugely popular Mini is going to greatly extend it's model line in 2008. Parent BMW, no satisfied selling overpriced hunks of metal to only yuppies, have decided to offer everything from a mini "station wagon" to a mini truck during the next gen of the models.


The original Mini Clubman was a 2 door "wagon," that was essentially an extended regular Mini. There used to be one that lived in the same parking lot as my much less interesting cars. It was authetic Mini style, just a bit different, and much, much rarer.

Well, BMW has decided to offer the 2008 Mini in Clubman guise, including Mazda RX-8-esque suicide doors in the rear. I find this really cool. I'm hoping that enough people forego this model for the more typical 2-door, that it will be as rare as the original clubman. The 2-door New Mini, of course begs the question;when enough people buy Mini's to be "different" than the mainstream, that it becomes mainstream, where do these people find themselves? Are these people now mainstream? Anyway, there are too many of the original new Minis on the road today for a puchase to equal a "different" choice (at least where I live).

Thanks to Edmunds for the story.