MINI Crossover won’t be called Crossman, Maxi name a contender

Posted: Oct 10, 2008
Filed under: Auto Shows, MINI

MINI’s upcoming crossover may not be called the ‘MINI Crossman’ after all. According to GoAuto who spoke with BMW’s global sales and marketing chief, Ian Robertson, the MINI Crossover Concept seen in Paris will have a different badge when it hits the markets in two years.

“I can assure you it won’t be known by that name,” Robertson said.

Robertson refused to confirm or deny another name in the rumormill – ‘Maxi.’ The name was used by British Leyland for a five-door hatch in 1969 that shared many features with the ADO15 Mini project. We would prefer ‘Crossman’ over ‘Maxi’ any day. Let us know you’re opinion in the comments section below.

Click through for high-res photos of the MINI Crossover Concept.

Live from Paris 2008: MINI Crossover Concept:

   

 

 

MINI Crossover Concept:

 

 

Source: GoAuto (via MotoringFile)

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  • Turkle
    Am I the only one that thinks that Infinit and Mini worked together in designing this new "Maxi's" front end and the front end on the new FX-45? They have the weird bending in all the wrong places look that I simply cannot get past. It looks like curves were placed in the body for no reason other then to keep it from looking square.
  • Turkle
    JC, thou holiest of people... should you be making such a crass joke?
  • JC
    I can hear it already... "you drive a Maxi-pad!!!"
  • cristian armen
    Maxi sounds like a dog name to me.. Crossman is much better
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