In a review of the Peugeot 207 SW John Simister, writing for the Irish Independent has been heavily critical of the new MINI Clubman and it’s one sided suicide door, or Club Door, dismissing the new Clubman as competition for the Peugeot Estate by stating;

..that car [the MINI Clubman] is already fatally flawed because the side that has two passenger doors is the right-hand side, even on right-hand drive cars. For a car built in the UK, and inspired by a British past, this smacks of breathtaking arrogance.

This follows an apparent recent admission by MINI that the Club door could cost the Clubman fans and buyers due to the decision to fit it only on the driver’s side for RHD markets.

We can’t see this being the last time such criticisms are levelled at MINI parent company BMW, it will be interesting to hear the opinions of the media when MINI2 attends the international Media launch in September, from which we will report back on Friday 7th.  Hold on to your hats folks!