RE: Mini-Van is reincarnated as Clubvan arrives

[stuttgartmetal]

They missed a trick here, and should have developed a pick-up, that had a removable top, and foldable rear screen.

[smartphone hater]

Six Fiend said:

And anyone else who drives one of the many thousands of small vans on the roads

With possibly solid residuals these could do very well. Could have got probably 95% of my courier jobs in one easily and had a much better drive than in the Nemo or Connect.

You could probably get 95% of your courier jobs in an estate which you'd find cheaper on the whole than the van version of the same vehicle, plus more available without the vat, plus lower Dartford crossing charges & allowed in the auto pay lanes.

I hope people realise when buying these things that they wont get third party cover on other vehicles when insuring a van, another reason for an estate over a small van.

[daemon]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

daemon said:

I really like these.

I am sure the lease offers will be really good, as residuals should be high.

I actually think the lease deals will be crap on these unfortunately, I've been thinking about getting one since they announced it.

Why? The residuals will be considerably higher than equivalent vans, so deals should be better?

[FWDRacer]

fredbrad said:

I'm now waiting for the pick-up.

Oh

[rtz62]

FFS
Mini will diversify further soon, and start making skirts.
fking rubbish.
A mini van (original) was cheap and cheerful back in the day; IMHO this is neither - I'd do as a previous poster suggested and get a used Transporter / VW van or similar.
Oh and I own a Cooper S, and am getting bored and fed up with the increasing brand dilution.

[_Batty_]

FWDRacer said:

Oh

+1. will be buying one as soon as it arrives.

[Jonny5Five]

donkis2032 said:

It should do - chap at work has the estate version and his bike goes straight in with both wheels on. I'd love a transporter but they're MEGA money for what they are, or cheap and knackered. 11k doesn't buy you much of a transporter, or a new one of these (pov spec mind)

My entirely excellent and not knackered T4 for 3.5k must have been a bit of a bargain then!



Do like the look of the minivan but can't see it appealing to surfers and mountainbikers. Maybe bodyboarders and unicyclists!

[Fast Bug]

Six Fiend said:

And anyone else who drives one of the many thousands of small vans on the roads

With possibly solid residuals these could do very well. Could have got probably 95% of my courier jobs in one easily and had a much better drive than in the Nemo or Connect.

Although you're probably not a million miles away from being able to buy 2 Nemo's for the cost of the Mini

[MrTappets]

Just thinking of the Z-Cars feature from a couple of weeks ago. I reckon there's plenty of room for an LS-series in the back of that, and you'd never know from the outside

[RacingBlue]

rtz62 said:

Oh and I own a Cooper S, and am getting bored and fed up with the increasing brand dilution.

That was one of the reasons I got rid of mine. The primary one being that it was sh*t.

[V8Bart]

No, no, no, no........NO!

Is it me are are BMW making the mini range more and more ugly & pointless?

[WCZ]

was hoping they'd make a JCW version of this, shame there's never been a quick van ever made.

[Six Fiend]

smartphone hater said:

Six Fiend said:

And anyone else who drives one of the many thousands of small vans on the roads

With possibly solid residuals these could do very well. Could have got probably 95% of my courier jobs in one easily and had a much better drive than in the Nemo or Connect.

You could probably get 95% of your courier jobs in an estate which you'd find cheaper on the whole than the van version of the same vehicle, plus more available without the vat, plus lower Dartford crossing charges & allowed in the auto pay lanes.

I hope people realise when buying these things that they wont get third party cover on other vehicles when insuring a van, another reason for an estate over a small van.

Good points but:

Often type of work I did couldn't be done in a car - not allowed for legal and/or security reasons / specific client requirements.

In addition insuring a car as a proper courier vehicle is worse than insuring a van. Or at least was.

Dartford crossing I did once in 2 years and the client had that popped on the bill

As the Mini is a proper car derived van that would get car rate on the Severn crossings and get away with car speed limits

[theJT]

WCZ said:

was hoping they'd make a JCW version of this, shame there's never been a quick van ever made.

Not exactly a production model to be sure but:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Supervan

[Donkey62]

no mention of load capacity? can't deny its tempting

[neil-f]

This Mini van was shown at Geneva show this year how come PH did not see it till June?

[smartphone hater]

WCZ said:

was hoping they'd make a JCW version of this, shame there's never been a quick van ever made.

Yeah JCB version would be good. I could dig my own driveway.

[Six Fiend]

Fast Bug said:

Six Fiend said:

And anyone else who drives one of the many thousands of small vans on the roads

With possibly solid residuals these could do very well. Could have got probably 95% of my courier jobs in one easily and had a much better drive than in the Nemo or Connect.

Although you're probably not a million miles away from being able to buy 2 Nemo's for the cost of the Mini

A new Nemo with air-con came in at around £8-9k plus VAT. I managed to buy an ex-demo for a fair chunk less Mind you the Nemo is awful on anything but billiard table smooth roads - willing to bet the Mini will be far better.

[suffolk009]

Six Fiend said:

suffolk009 said:

I think it's designed with mobile dog groomers and signwriters in mind.

And anyone else who drives one of the many thousands of small vans on the roads

With possibly solid residuals these could do very well. Could have got probably 95% of my courier jobs in one easily and had a much better drive than in the Nemo or Connect.

I was mocking their previous similar vans which were launched with ficticious signwriting on the side - for groomers and signwriters.

This version is obviously intended for white van man.

Personally I think they'll soon be doing a Luton body van, a flat bed recovery vehicle, and a fifth wheel version for pulling the RV trailer or offshore powerboat.

[B17NNS]

After_Shock said:

A sensibly priced Mini for a change.

Good value. I was expected much higher.