Next Clubman to have 2 club doors

[Owen]

The biggest - and silliest - criticism of the existing Clubman is that the Club Door is on the wrong side for the Irish/UK/Asian/Australian markets. The next model Clubman chassis will be shared with a BMW which is codenamed the BMW 'Joy' and will have 2 Club Doors - similar to the setup in the very trick Mazda RX-8.

Thoughts?

I think the Clubman will always be one of the best shaped new MINIs, and I'd love an S Clubman at some point. Throw in all the new tech like MINI Connected, etc, and you'd have a serious motor on your hands.

[Bawnee]

Yes the door is ridiculous at times, sounds like a plan & as for an S the extra oomph would be welcome, I've mine almost a year & still think it's it's pick up is sluggish at times... Any photos

[Step_7]

I wouldn't call mine "sluggish" - not as quick as the R53 but then that's to be expected. Do you have the Sport button on yours?

[Bawnee]

Maybe sluggish is too strong, nope no sports button!

[Owen]

Ger's is anything but sluggish. Without trying to sound like an ass, are you driving it correctly to allow the engine to develop all its power? If you're in too high a gear, or are at too low an rpm, the engine will perform as well as a 1997 Starlet. You need to have the needle close to the redline and use the lowest gear possible for the car to really perform.

Also, a difference people don't realise between BMW/MINI accelerator pedals and everything else, the MINI doesn't respond to where the pedal is, it responds to the force used. If you feed the accelerator in gently right to the end of the pedal travel, even though you're at full throttle the car will accelerate gently. You need to stamp it into the floor for it to respond.

[Bawnee]

Mm road test coming up!! Cheers!

[Step_7]

You need to stamp it into the floor for it to respond.

I would never do that......

The Sport button makes things appear a bit more responsive but if you're really ragging it (again something I would never do... ) it pulls really well regardless.