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01-11-2008, 11:51 PM
Filed under: Spy Photos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/), BMW (http://www.autoblog.com/category/bmw/), MINI (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mini/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/mini_moke_spy_shot.jpg (http://news.windingroad.com/auto-news/bmw/spied-mystery-mini-mule/)Could it be true? Could there be an as-yet-unheard-of MINI variant added to the pile? Spy pics of some yellow beastly thing wearing a MINI front and rear have a few folks wondering if MINI might make a Moke. The original MINI Moke from the sixties was an offroad vehicle that Alec Issigonis was trying to sell to the military. We doubt BMW would have any such aims for a Moke revival, but at the very least it could be a much more capable four-wheeler than the Crossman/Monte looks like it's going to be. A "possible retractable hard-top convertible, or a stripped down, open-air speedster variant," and even the possibility of a small truck bed have been thrown into the guessing game basket. Or, as ever, it could just be a test mule and mean nothing at all. But knowing MINI, we doubt it. Oh, and BMW might also want to change the car's name: moke means adull or boring person, adonkey, or an old, broken-down horse.
[Source: Winding Road]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/mini_moke_spy_shot.jpg (http://news.windingroad.com/auto-news/bmw/spied-mystery-mini-mule/)Could it be true? Could there be an as-yet-unheard-of MINI variant added to the pile? Spy pics of some yellow beastly thing wearing a MINI front and rear have a few folks wondering if MINI might make a Moke. The original MINI Moke from the sixties was an offroad vehicle that Alec Issigonis was trying to sell to the military. We doubt BMW would have any such aims for a Moke revival, but at the very least it could be a much more capable four-wheeler than the Crossman/Monte looks like it's going to be. A "possible retractable hard-top convertible, or a stripped down, open-air speedster variant," and even the possibility of a small truck bed have been thrown into the guessing game basket. Or, as ever, it could just be a test mule and mean nothing at all. But knowing MINI, we doubt it. Oh, and BMW might also want to change the car's name: moke means adull or boring person, adonkey, or an old, broken-down horse.
[Source: Winding Road]
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