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If your most fervent yearning is unusually a brand-new Mini Paceman, you"d better get a wiggle on. The Paceman dies at the end of this year.The Paceman will join the two-seat Coupe and Roadster on the list of deceased ultra-niche Mini body styles.We know this because the Paceman, alongside the Countryman, isn"t actually built at a Mini or BMW plant. Instead the job is done by contractor Steyr in, er, Steyr, Austria. And Steyr has announced it"s about to start sharing the build of the next-generation 2017 BMW 5-series. To do that, it"ll stop making Minis.There"s a new Mini Countryman on the way. We"ll see it before the end of the year. But there"s no sign of a replacement of its oddball semi-coupe three-door sibling.Mini bosses have long said they want to cut away the bodies that don"t get much buyer interest. That"s why we now have a big-selling five-door hatch, plus the Clubman, which despite having six doors is more mainstream than the previous Clubman.The Mini nameplate wants to be distinctive. But it doesn"t want to be perverse.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 16 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5023
If your most fervent yearning is unusually a brand-new Mini Paceman, you"d better get a wiggle on. The Paceman dies at the end of this year.The Paceman will join the two-seat Coupe and Roadster on the list of deceased ultra-niche Mini body styles.We know this because the Paceman, alongside the Countryman, isn"t actually built at a Mini or BMW plant. Instead the job is done by contractor Steyr in, er, Steyr, Austria. And Steyr has announced it"s about to start sharing the build of the next-generation 2017 BMW 5-series. To do that, it"ll stop making Minis.There"s a new Mini Countryman on the way. We"ll see it before the end of the year. But there"s no sign of a replacement of its oddball semi-coupe three-door sibling.Mini bosses have long said they want to cut away the bodies that don"t get much buyer interest. That"s why we now have a big-selling five-door hatch, plus the Clubman, which despite having six doors is more mainstream than the previous Clubman.The Mini nameplate wants to be distinctive. But it doesn"t want to be perverse.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 16 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5023
