RE: Stretch Mini

RE: Stretch Mini

Wednesday 11th August 2004

Stretch Mini

New BMW promo vehicles debuts in Athens


MINI is taking the craze for personalisation to extreme lengths with the launch of a six metre long MINI Cooper S limo called the MINI XXL which will make its world premiere in Athens this week.

The six wheel, four door, six seater stretched Cooper S features the John Cooper Works Tuning Kit and was built by a specialist coach builder in Los Angeles. Fully loaded with all of the toys you would expect to find in a limousine, the XXL comes equipped with a retractable flat screen TV, a DVD player, CD and radio, air conditioning, sunroof, full black leather and a telephone in the rear so that passengers can communicate with the driver. However, the highlight of the car is the whirlpool integrated into the rear section of the car. The whirlpool seats two people and is easy to operate. Its detachable roof means that it can be covered when not in use and emptying it is a simple matter of pulling the plug to release the water.

To accommodate the extra body length of the MINI XXL, the car is supported by a third rear axle that has two additional wheels.

Following its stay in Athens the MINI XXL will commence a tour around Europe and parts of Asia where it is set to be the star attraction at various events.

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Muncher

Original Poster:

12,220 posts

256 months

Wednesday 11th August 2004
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I quite like that

Cooperman

4,428 posts

257 months

Wednesday 11th August 2004
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As they might say in Wales, "There's swank for you, boyo".

rossh

39 posts

289 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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Man, that has to be the cheesiest press release I've read in ages..

Wow.. it has a PHONE!?!?! and AIRCONDITIONING!?!?! Wow this must be some luxury vehicle for sure

Oh and just was well it has a whirlpool thats "easy to operate".. I hate those hard to use ones...

Har har har...

xsaravtr

801 posts

269 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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MMmmm... graft the whilrpool back end onto a standard front end and you have a Mini pickup...

Crazy of Cookham

740 posts

262 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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Wow instant car wash when you stop quickly!

tombaron

783 posts

246 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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wonder what state of tune its 1.6 engine is in?

plotloss

67,280 posts

277 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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Cooper S Works so its around 200bhp.

sagalout

18,909 posts

289 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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What a marvelous piece of engineering
































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