The mini just grew bigger. Well slightly with the new mini clubman. Its a bold new step for the mini and a needed one at that. Here’s the first look……

The Clubman hits showrooms on 10 November. We’ll be the first to drive it in the coming months, but have in the meantime got our hands on all the highlights. The key focus is on offering more space for rear passengers, sorely neglected in the current hatch, while also boosting practicality and luggage space. That it also happens to create an uber-funky shooting-brake MINI, a la coachbuilt Aston Martins, is… well, not at all coincidental, actually. Here is the much-needed expansion of the MINI line: in more ways than one, it’s MINI, going maxi.

Mo