BMW CEO Envisions 10 Model Line for MINI

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  1. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

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    At the recent announcement that BMW will be investing £500 mil ($800mil US) in the UK for MINI production BMW Group President Norbert Reithofer suggested there could be 10 models in the MINI line.

    We have 4 right now:

    Hardtop
    Convertible
    Clubman
    Countryman

    We know 2 more are imminent:

    Coupé
    Roadster

    In couched terms they speak of another 2 on the way in 2013/2014

    Paceman
    Rocketman

    That brings us to 8.

    Care to speculate how MINI might expand this line to 10?

    Do you see this as a good thing or not?
     
  2. Justa Jim

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    I have no problem with it, as it offers "something for everyone", so we can still get the car we want. I saw more folks at the local dealership the other day, then I have in the past and everyone of them was looking at the Countryman. As has been said before, there were a lot of models offered, back in the early days of the Mini. :Thumbsup:

    Jim
     
  3. KittyMini

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    I see it as a good thing too. If BMW didn't expand the MINI line, then it may not make it. The MINI before was a small market. Now it appeals to a lot more consumers. We just don't have to buy the ones we don't like :cornut:
     
  4. Minidave

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    I could see one more on either end of the spectrum, a MINI city car that's a 2 seater and a MINI-van, something on the order of the C-Max, only MINI sized.....
     
  5. Steve

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    Maybe a pickup-ish model spun off the Countryman sort of like a little 2-seater Honda Ridgeline.
     
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