We were then treated to a presentation by Dirk, a member of the MINI Design team based in Munich.
Dirk pulled the covers of a Pepper White and Black Cooper D Clubman, and then explained the design and development process behind the Clubman, from initial sketches, to clay modelling, to the final design build.
Meanwhile, off to our left, under the cover of darkness, we could see three MINI Clubmans waiting for us!!
With so many people itching to clamber over the cars I snapped a couple of moody shots of the cars waiting for us
There were four cars in the hall. The Pepper white Cooper D on the stage, a Nightfire Red Cooper with silver roof, a Hot Chocolate Cooper D with silver roof, and a Lightning Blue Cooper S with silver roof.
Here's a look at the three cars in more detail, once the lights came on