Writing this from an Austrian hotel room, where I've been driving the new MINI Coupe (not in the hotel room, obviously). At dinner last night I was chatting to senior executives from the company about future plans. The Paceman concept, a sort of Countryman coupe, has been given the green light for production and the brand will launch in the potentially huge market of India in 2013. MINI seems unable to do anything wrong; the Coupe we drove yesterday is another great little car, a two-seater with a surprisingly big if slightly odd-shaped boot to add a dash of practicality. But what about extending the brand in new directions? MINI showed some scooters a couple of years ago so could there be a two-wheeler on the way. I'm told not. Top brass say the core competence is cars and it will always be that way.
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