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Mini Plans SUV Dec. 15, 2007
Its latest model, the Clubman, hasn't yet hit the market but the automaker is already gearing up for another new model, a sport-utility vehicle. Like SUVs of its BMW parent company, the Mini is being referred to as a Sports Activity Vehicle (a BMW trademark). The four-wheel-drive vehicle is being developed by Mini designers and BMW engineers, alongside BMW's X1, but will be built by Magna Steyr, a BMW partner in Austria that has previously built the successful X3 SAV. By outsourcing production, Mini is able to focus its main Oxford, England factory — 260,000 units annually — on the regular Mini, Mini convertible and Mini Clubman. While the Mini SAV has been internally called Colorado, actual market names under consideration are rumored to be Crossman and Monte.
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