Due to low sales MINI USA has killed the Clubvan in the US. The reason is simple and something we questioned over a year ago when US sales were announced; the Chicken Tax. The tax added 25% onto the total cost of the car making the Clubvan decidedly uncompetitive in a market where price matters [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) More...
called it! I believe I called that one correctly Immediately after they announced the overblown price-i am still annoyed at how they handled it. http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/motoringfile-feeds/17280-official-mini-usa-clubvan-pricing-25-985-a.html#axzz2Y6hKNeVX
I'll miss that little bread van. It was destined to fail. Wonder if a fella could buy the parts needed & convert his wife's clubster into one? :idea:
I was amazed they ever even built this. I just didn't see the market they were going after as being big enough to make it a success. Wishful thinking I suppose.
Chuck, be the FIRST to come out with the Rear Seat Clubman Delete Kit, cover up the side rear passenger and back door windows, and there ya go!
I think there would have been a market had it been priced right. The chicken tax & MINI killed it. RIP Clubvan we hardly knew you.
Might have made a good racer if you could have gotten it in an S, and priced more competitively. I know I've said it before, but all car prices - including MINI - are getting out of hand. I don't know how people can afford to buy them anymore, I know I can't.
:cornut: Yeah especially as eye catching advertising for businesses that do delivery of light/small articles/packages. Jason
Killed off, just as the US-EU trade talks start where it is hoped that a lot of anti-free-trade laws will get eliminated. Oops, getting political there...
You mean like that little company that delivers the snail mail. Because only the US govt. would pay that price for a delivery truck that small and such high maintenance.