[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yRsuEZ8l8]YouTube - MINI @ the NAIAS 2011: MINI Paceman Concept Unveiled[/ame]
I'm trying to figure out how the rear hatch opens around the tail lights. I don't see a separation seam or any gap around the tail light for the hatch. It had front wipers but no rear wiper.
It's a concept car, note how dark the windows are. The idea is to show of the shape mostly. The details will come later. The production model will be close to that most likely but some of the details will have changed, like the leather wrapped exterior door handles.
I would bet that if the Paceman Concept has an interior it's made of modified Countryman panels...not very refined...no need to show it.
Soooo, Does anyone know what the background is for the "Paceman" name? We have the Countryman and now the Paceman. Does Paceman have some Mini heritage going on? Just wondering what went into the name?
On an early concept car like that, the hatch may fall off if opened, because the engineers have not designed hinges yet. Mark
Interesting question, lets see what we can find in Google... This ought to make the search engines scratch their head when trying to determine context... --------- PACEMAN is a technique for radiographers to use to determine if a plain film radiograph is of diagnostic quality. It was devised in the 1980's by Roger Windle in Adelaide, South Australia to help other radiographers and students have a structured way in which to critique radiographic images. At the time, Pacman video game was the rage and it just so happened that the first letters of the areas that were identified as important to critique, made up the acronym PACEMAN. It has been widely used since then. http://www.wikiradiography.com/page/PACEMAN+-+Image+Evaluation+technique -------- Mike Pace on Twitter mike pace (paceman) on Twitter -------- Noun paceman (plural pacemen) (cricket, chiefly Australian) A fast bowler, one who specializes in bowling fast -------- I'm going to go out a limb here and with great conjecture state that the name for the car is based on the Cricket definition. Some marketing guy was watching a Cricket match back in Oxford while tasked with coming up for a name for a 2 door version of the Countryman. With feet up on the desk and a Guinness in hand our Mr Marketing Guy saw a broad shouldered Cricketer on the Telly and our marketing guy had a lightbulb moment. You heard it here first if true, otherwise its just the rambling meanders of my twisted mind.
I KNEW IT....the Paceman was named because of the impact on the MINI community from the M/A BOWLING SHIRT
I agree. I think they need to sit back down, and reconsider it. Take in what MINI really is. They're getting a little off..