MINI2 Bags Another World Exclusive!

MINI2 has acquired a short video clip of a concept MINI, filmed after being spotted outside the Italdesign-Giugiaro studios on the outskirts of Turin, Italy.

Italdesign-Giugiaro are known to be working alongside BMW in the design and development of what will become the next step in the MINIs evolution. We do not know how much, or little, this lightly disguised test vehicle will reflect the finished product, but it’s an interesting glimpse at the possible direction (and non dramatic nature) of the development of the next generation MINI hatchback.

The person who took the footage noted:

“The car has different front and rear bumper. The sidelight indicators have been moved to the bottom of the bumper and turned through 90 degrees and fog lights appear
to be removed, air intake increased in size”.

Other small differences you might notice are the different bonnet profile and more pronounced front bumpers. The plastic trim at the front also follows a different contour to make it’s way around the larger/moved lower front light clusters. We’ve taken a few still image captures too for you to take a closer look at.

We have it on good authority this is by no means the definitive “new, new MINI”, in fact several designs have been proposed, shown and are being developed.

The sound quality on the video is poor, which is a shame, as we’re lead to believe this car will almost certainly be fitted with the new BMW/PSA Group “Prince” engine.

Down the video by clicking here. (Currently only in AVI format, aprox 380kb).