Printing Release: MINI is marker an important milestone in its history by in one case again presenting a fascinating new vehicle concept for the MINI family – the MINI Paceman Concept. Exactly 10 years ago, visitors to the Northward American International Auto Prove (NAIAS) in Detroit witnessed the relaunch of the MINI brand in North America, which signalled the beginning of an unparalleled success story. And now the brand is as well preparing to gloat this landmark ceremony at the NAIAS – taking place from 10-23 Jan 2011 – with the world premiere of the MINI Paceman Concept. This spectacular study vehicle establishes a totally new category of automobile with its potential for providing fifty-fifty more driving fun and an even greater range of usage. The MINI Paceman Concept could go some other building cake in the ongoing evolution of the brand and its product portfolio.

The MINI Paceman Concept takes the fundamental strengths of MINI – its uniqueness, go-kart treatment, agility, dynamic adequacy and individual pattern – and gives them a fresh twist with the assist of cutting-border technology and an innovative body concept. It combines a sporty, masculine advent, versatility and coupe looks with the dimensions of the iv-door MINI Countryman. And it brings together the classical MINI concept, the defining features of the MINI Countryman and the manner of a coupe to harmonious effect. The result is a MINI with visual "muscle motorcar" design cues, which displays its dynamic adequacy from every angle and showcases it impressively both when viewed from the side and in the design of the rear.

MINI Paceman Concept Car Detroit 2011 01 655x468 The MINI Paceman Concept, whose crossover design makes information technology the first Sports Activity Coupe (SAC) in the pocket-size auto segment, blends lifestyle elements with premium quality. It is the ideal motorcar for young, modern, extrovert urbanites who love the authentication MINI get-kart feeling, savor stand-out individuality, place great importance on the personality of a make and buy into its character and ethos. They are confident types, who alive according to their own style and express their distinctive individuality in a MINI, who utilize the big-city mobility the MINI provides to embark on voyages of discovery through the urban jungle, and who experience driving fun in its most concentrated form thanks to the first-class ride comfort of the MINI both in everyday driving and over long journeys.

The masculine pattern language of the MINI Paceman Concept spotlights both the stand-alone identity of the concept and its membership of the MINI family. The iv-seater study, whose two large doors and a wide-opening tailgate mark information technology out unmistakably as a MINI, imbues the sporty, cut-edge Sports Activeness Coupe (SAC) category with undeniable appeal. The platform of the MINI Countryman, with its hallmark MINI proportions, increased basis clearance and raised seating position, defines the study's compact dimensions.

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Outside: Sports Activity Coupe – urban and masculine.

The MINI Paceman Concept retains the familiar MINI family front terminate, but adds its own distinctive flavour. The large headlights with chrome surrounds extend far into the front wings and, together with the strikingly contoured bonnet, emphasise the imposing forepart end. The MINI Paceman Concept largely replicates the front grille design of the MINI Cooper Due south Countryman. However, additional intakes in the lower section of the front bumper ensure improved brake ventilation and combine with the report's deep-gear up foglamps to sharpen its sporting edge. The MINI Paceman Concept'due south fresh interpretation of the side scuttle at the transition from forepart wing to door houses both the side direction indicator and an air outlet. The side scuttle has a broad, sturdy-looking blueprint and leads the eye from the A-pillar down towards the front bicycle, making it an unmistakable, sporty, wheel-accentuating feature.

Large nineteen-inch wheels designed exclusively for the study car and dark cycle arch borders with side skirts highlighted in the same color team up with the familiar MINI shoulder line ascension upwardly slightly towards the rear to underline the car's sporty and powerful appearance. The MINI Paceman Concept shows off its roof contours specially finer. The flat roofline runs horizontally from front to rear, where information technology flows into a broad, transparent-looking C-pillar. The windows appear to wrap around the motorcar like a band of drinking glass, with the "helmet roof" – in a strikingly contrasting colour – suspended on acme. The coupe-specific windows taper as they extend to the rear, and combine with the slightly ascent waistline to create a prominently dynamic wedge shape when viewed from the side. The classic MINI iii-level split of roof, greenhouse and torso is again clearly recognisable in this study vehicle.

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"In contrast to the more vertical design of the MINI Countryman, we've given the MINI Paceman Concept a horizontal emphasis and accentuated the width of the auto rather more," explains Marcus Syring, Head of MINI Outside Design, to underline the powerful appearance of the study. The new interpretation of the traditional coupe values (the discussion "coupe" comes from the French "couper" meaning "to cut off") produces a new homogeneous coupe tail which retains the unique MINI charm. Powerful proportions and the muscular pattern of the vehicle flanks, with their wide rear wings, reinforce its unconventional, athletic impression.

The newly interpreted rear lights are positioned at the outer edges of the rear and underline the dominance of horizontal lines, which run parallel to one another and emphasise the wide rails of the rear axle. As with the MINI Cooper South Countryman, the rear apron of the MINI Paceman Concept has a diffuser design. The airflow is channelled between the twin-tailpipe exhaust on the underbody section, further optimising the motorcar'due south aerodynamic properties. Even the licence plate recess echoes the form of the air intake in the front bumper, forging a stylistic link between the forepart and rear of the automobile.

The 4-seater car measures four,110 millimetres in length, ane,789 millimetres in width and 1,541 millimetres in peak. In telltale family mode, the
MINI Paceman Concept has extremely curt overhangs, which lend particular accent to the automobile'southward athletic stature.

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Interior: a alloy of modern functionality and luxurious graphic symbol.

The interior of the MINI Paceman Concept deliberately draws from the MINI pattern language, nonetheless also comes beyond as refreshingly new. Behind the report's masculine exterior lies an elegant yet sporty core imbued with a premium sense of quality. The instrument console of the MINI study is defined by its distinctive, concave forms and the sporty only functional impression it creates. Especially big side air vents underline the character of the interior, which is divers past cutting-edge functionality. The cardinal air vents, Centre Speedo and gearshift lever are given broad surrounds in a contrasting colour.

The slim centre console, which maximises legroom for the driver and front rider, melts between the seats into the Centre Rail familiar from the MINI Countryman, creating a visual and functional link between the forepart and rear seats. This unique and innovative U-contour rail system runs through the centre of the passenger compartment back as far equally the rear seat backrests. Light shades of leather pervade the interior of the MINI Paceman Concept and lend it an expressive, luxurious allure. The new interpretation of the brand'due south familiar elliptical door and side trim extends along the length of the cabin, taking in the B-pillar and emphasising the length of the interior. At the same time, the communicative and communal character of MINI cars is conspicuously highlighted. Embedded in the elliptical main element are the shaped armrests with big stowage compartments, ergonomically designed door pulls and the speakers for the audio system. Backside the sports seats are two comfortable individual seats, whose backrests merge boldly into side sections to create fully contoured supports. The "lounge" character that this creates underlines the private, unconventional appearance of the written report machine and turns every journeying into an experience for the rear passengers, as well as those in the front.

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Drive system: powerful and efficient.

Both from a space indicate of view and in its chassis gear up-up, the
MINI Paceman Concept has been designed to permit the most powerful drive unit currently available for a MINI to exist fitted nether the bonnet. The MINI John Cooper Works one.6-litre twin-curl turbocharged engine gives the MINI Paceman Concept the means to achieve superlative-class levels of sports performance. The four-cylinder unit develops 155 kW/211 hp and generates maximum torque of 260 Nm (192 lb-ft), which can be increased to as much equally 280 Nm (207 lb-ft) in brief bursts thanks to the Overboost part.

Its MINI Countryman roots give the MINI concept study an ideal platform for the optionally available MINI ALL4 permanent all-bicycle-drive system. This features an electromagnetic centre differential positioned straight on the final drive which varies the distribution of power seamlessly between the front and rear axles. In normal driving atmospheric condition upwards to fifty per cent of the drive is sent to the rear wheels, in extreme situations as much equally 100 per cent. Harnessing the ability of the lusty iv-cylinder engines, in all-cycle-bulldoze form the
MINI Paceman Concept would offering an extra dose of driving fun through a traction-led, sporty expression of the agile handling for which MINI is famed.

Chassis: the best treatment characteristics in the segment.

MINI chassis technology has been further adult for the
MINI Paceman Concept to turn the potential of the extremely powerful engines – safely and with impressive poise – into inspiring agility. Precise, sporty handling and splendid ride comfort set the MINI Paceman Concept autonomously. That is down not least to the become-kart feeling typical of the brand. The forepart axle features MacPherson spring struts with lower track control arms, while Electrical Power Steering with speed-sensitive power assistance plays a major role in giving the SAC the agility customers await of the brand. The multi-link rear axle was developed on the back of BMW Group chassis expertise and is designed for use in both the front-wheel-drive and the ALL4 all-wheel-drive versions of the car.

MINI Paceman Concept: an idea ahead of the game – once again.

The MINI Paceman Concept embodies the idea of an unequalled driving experience in a way that meets the needs of a modern, lifestyle-oriented target grouping but besides stays true to the character of the brand.

With the MINI Countryman having already opened up a fascinating new avenue in the expansion of the brand family, the designers are now tapping into the potential of its state-of-the-art drive engineering science and flexible infinite concept once again to develop additional usage options in a coupe sibling. The
MINI Paceman Concept prioritises a particularly emotional driving experience and demonstrates this ability in a style typical of the brand. Hither you can find articulate testify of how totally new vehicle concepts tin withal be developed today through anarchistic inventiveness.

[Source: BMW ]