{"id":734621,"date":"2010-05-27T09:45:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=57669"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:45:13","slug":"report-mini-beachcomber-concept-very-likely-to-enter-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/734621","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mini Beachcomber Concept very likely to enter production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 573px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mini Beachcomber Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_main.jpg?resize=563%2C343\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mini Beachcomber Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Mini Moke is back&#8230; well, almost. Mini bosses are currently looking at whether or not to put the buggy-inspired Beachcomber concept into production. Mini says that the new Countryman based crossover concept was<a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/01\/11\/2010-detroit-mini-beachcomber-concept-shows-minis-outdoor-side\/\"> a huge hit at the 2010 Detroit Motor Show<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will come back to this to see if there is a business basis, as we were overwhelmed by the reaction. MINI will never show a concept that won\u2019t make production,&#8221; said head of brand management Dr Wolfgang Armbrecht.<\/p>\n<p>The Mini Beachcomber Concept was built around the road-going version of the Countryman, but gave up two doors to pay tribute to the Mini Moke &#8211;  the legendary Mini-based take on the classic beach buggy.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see the Beachcomber go into production? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section after the jump.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mini Beachcomber Concept<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_007.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mini Beachcomber  Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_007-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"Mini Beachcomber Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mini Beachcomber  Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_008-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"Mini Beachcomber Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_010.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mini Beachcomber  Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_010-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"Mini Beachcomber Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_011.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mini Beachcomber  Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mini_beachcomber_concept_images_011-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"Mini Beachcomber Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-57669\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622884435429%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622884435429%2F&amp;set_id=72157622884435429&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/news\/autoexpressnews\/252304\/the_moke_is_go.html#ixzz0p8YAG2vl\">AutoExpress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s4qk_2OpNBxJ-smPD6hkqEcnH8Q\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s4qk_2OpNBxJ-smPD6hkqEcnH8Q\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s4qk_2OpNBxJ-smPD6hkqEcnH8Q\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s4qk_2OpNBxJ-smPD6hkqEcnH8Q\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=n5DgHh2RKjM:HWIChyscLtM:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Beachcomber Concept The Mini Moke is back&#8230; well, almost. Mini bosses are currently looking at whether or not to put the buggy-inspired Beachcomber concept into production. Mini says that the new Countryman based crossover concept was a huge hit at the 2010 Detroit Motor Show in January. &#8220;We will come back to this to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-356J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836121,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734621\/revisions\/836121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}