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Displaying both an awareness of
tradition and talent for innovation, the MINI design team
developed the vision of a car that takes up impressively little
space on the road but boasts an enviably spacious interior. The
MINI Rocketman Concept therefore carries over the classic
virtues of the brand into a pathbreaking vehicle concept. It
offers a fresh interpretation of unmistakable MINI design
features, and uses cutting-edge construction and manufacturing
technology to create unique solutions in body and interior
design.
The innovative character of the
study is defined by the systematic application of lightweight
design principles and a pure-bred interior geared to maximum
driving fun and unbeatable variability. A carbon spaceframe
construction, whose striking surface structure is visible at the
front end of the car, around its doors and in the interior,
forms the basis for a weight-minimising construction. Indeed,
the MINI Rocketman Concept offers the ideal platform for
achieving outstanding efficiency. To this end, it is designed to
allow the integration of a drive system which combines further
enhanced sprinting ability with average fuel consumption of just
three litres per 100 kilometres (94 mpg imp).
Wide-opening doors with
double-hinge joints and integrated sills facilitate entry into
the MINI Rocketman Concept. The lightweight seats are contoured
in customary MINI style and can be arranged in a variety of
different positions. This allows owners to choose between
maximum driving fun two-up, a comfortable amount of room for
three occupants, or even an exceptionally efficient division of
space accommodating four seats.
The capacity of the luggage
compartment can be adapted to passenger requirements just as
flexibly. The two-part tailgate consists of one section which is
attached to the roof and opens extremely high, and a lower
section which extends out of the body in the form of a drawer.
The operating logic of the MINI
Rocketman Concept is also geared to the multi-layered demands of
a contemporary target group, whose mobility needs are shaped by
their desire for driving fun, flexible usage possibilities and
extensive connectivity with their lives outside the car. The
central control unit can be taken out of the car and configured
on a computer before the journey begins to update navigation
destinations, the music playlist or contact details for mobile
communications.
Photo: BMW/MINI
(23.02.2011) |
