Rumors [Rumors] MINI Traveller

[dalab]

Another company plotting its biggest model yet is, strangely, Mini. The Traveller name could be revived in 2023 for an electric MPV - based on BMW’s front-wheel-drive FAAR platform - with a range of over 250 miles.

I don't know very well what it is but I liked it.
It was time to also make larger Minis, as I have been saying for a while.
The text is interpreted to be bigger than the Countryman and therefore more than the 2 Tourer?

 

[TheNewBATMAN]

My focus in on that Purosangue render

 

[Centurion]

I like that shape: i3 v.2 with a Mini design and conventional doors.

 

[EnI]

The idea of Traveller / Travelman (MINI mini-van / tourer) is an old idea. It has been around since BMW have had decided to come up with the Active Tourer. So Traveller / Travelman was supposed to be Active Tourer's cousin. Now, with Gran Tourer being ditched (and its customers will be lured into X1 customer pool), and Active Tourer going bigger, this could also spawn a MINI Traveller finally. As a quite roomy & stylish BEV "tourer".

While BMW i3 will most probably be replaced by i2 - the BEV version of 2er Active Tourer.

Tourers, crossovers & SAVs are still very popular (and their popularity is still on the rise) - due to their practicality & higher sitting position - and are very suitable for an electric drivetrain.

And it has been confirmed by BMW officials MINI family will get new family members - in crossover shape (most probably the Traveller / Travelman & a sub-Countryman crossover ... perhaps named Cityman or Urbanman? LOL ) . While the "Hardtop" line will also get a new member, most probably the much notorious Rocketman, in Made in China BEV-only layout.

 

[SCOTT27]

Hopefully it looks better than the Countryman.
But LCI Countrymans are showing up in Munich,however don't think they have drastically updated it as one would expect.

 

[dalab]

perhaps named Cityman or Urbanman? LOL

Other naming options:

Animan
Subnorman
ManMan

 

[SCOTT27]

Other naming options:

Animan
Subnorman
ManMan

Did you all just assume it's gender?

 

[dalab]

Did you all just assume it's gender?

Mini Wo—Man?

It was time that they remembered Mini, the huge BMW and RR offensive, distracted a bit it seems, but 3 new models + the SE + the new GP that already arrives is an excellent start, although I read somewhere that the "urban" will be only a modified 5 doors, like the A1 city, I would like it to be a totally new model but welcome anyway.

 

[advantage20]

Hopefully it looks better than the Countryman.

You really really really don't like it, do you?

 

[dalab]

autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mini-revive-traveller-name-bmw-i3-based-mpv

Mini to revive Traveller name for BMW i3-based MPV
Mini will take on Mercedes B-Class with a five-seat electric people carrier in 2023

6 September 2019

Mini plans to enter the shrinking market for small MPVs with a new electric model. It will be the brand’s most practical car yet, and it’s thought it will revive the Traveller name.

The new Mini MPV has been conceived to appeal to family car buyers seeking greater levels of interior versatility and space than the existing Clubman and Countryman.
It will be based on parent company BMW’s FAAR platform, which supports front- and four-wheel drive. There will be versions powered by internal combustion engines, a plug-in hybrid and, later in its seven-year life cycle, a battery-electric driveline in a Traveller SE model. It will rival the Volkswagen ID 3, which will be revealed next month.

In pure-electric form, the new Mini model is set to be twinned with the successor to the BMW i3. That means it will be offered with the very latest in battery cell technology and a range exceeding 250 miles.
Autocar understands the move is part of a comprehensive realignment of Mini’s global operations that will divide its line-up into two distinct areas. Future models will based on either the FAAR platform or a new entry-level one being developed in a joint venture with Chinese car maker Great Wall Motors.

The realignment, masterminded by recently departed BMW chairman Harald Krüger, aims to provide Mini with a less cost-intensive operational base and the scope for a broader range of models.
In future, Mini’s production activities will centre on three plants: Born in the Netherlands; Zhangjiagang, China; and Oxford, UK. Satellite operations will continue in India, Malaysia and Thailand.

As well as planning replacements for today’s hatch, Clubman and Countryman, Mini is developing two crucial new models that will arrive by the end of 2023. The aim is to increase annual sales volumes well beyond the 361,531 achieved in 2018.
One will be the long-awaited production version of the Rocketman, as previously reported by Autocar.
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[CrunchSlaughtered]

Have they solved the issues with their Chinese partnership? Two weeks ago everything looked like going dawn the drain.