2008 Mini Cooper Clubman and Cooper S Clubman - Car and Driver
The original Mini Clubman was—to a lesser extent than the cars that first coined the term—a woody, with real wood trim along the car's flanks and rear doors. Apparently not ready to go that retro, Mini's new Clubman forgoes wood in favor of contrasting painted trim surrounding the rear doors, which certainly will get the car noticed. If a car is longer than a Chevrolet Aveo 5 (152. 7 inches), can it still be called a Mini. 4 inches long, the Mini Cooper Clubman is about 10 inches longer than the standard-length Mini Cooper , and, no, Talcum White is not a color option. Mini Clubman Estate is a model name from Mini's past, although that car was alternately known as the Morris Mini Traveller or the Austin Mini Countryman. All were names for a stretched version of the original Mini. Like its predecessor, the new Clubman features side-opening "barn style" cargo doors instead of the hatch found on regular-length Minis. A passenger-side-only, rear-opening half-door christened the Clubdoor by Mini hearkens back to the early days of three-door pickups and the Saturn Ion and is not guarded by a thickly muscled bouncer with a clipboard. Source: www.caranddriver.com
