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Production of the Mini Clubman is slated to end in early 2024 with no successor planned, according to the latest reports out of the US and Europe.
The current-generation Mini Clubman – a ‘six-door’ hatchback one size larger than the traditional Mini hatch – is not expected to be replaced, amid slow sales and a focus on SUVs.
The Clubman – which has six doors, with a ‘barn-door’ split-opening tailgate – is in its second generation, positioned one size above the more popular three- and five-door Mini hatchbacks.
However, reports out of Europe in recent months have claimed another generation is not planned, amid low sales – as the Clubman wagon is among Mini’s slowest sellers – and the expansion of Mini’s SUV range to two models.
US Mini specialist website MotoringFile claims production of the current Clubman is due to cease in a year from now – in February 2024 – giving today’s car a life cycle of nine years.
It is unclear if this end of production date is specific to the US market, or applies globally. Drive has contacted Mini Australia for more information.
Available in Cooper S and John Cooper Works guise in Australia, the Clubman is priced from $49,700 plus on-road costs – about $2000 more than a smaller Mini five-door hatch.
The departure of the Clubman is tipped to form part of a restructure of the Mini model range, which will see an all-new Mini Electric three-door hatch introduced alongside a heavy facelift for the now-decade-old petrol version.
When the 4.27m-long Clubman departs showrooms, buyers looking for a more practical Mini than the four-metre-long five-door hatch will likely be directed to the new Countryman, expected to grow to 4.3 or 4.4 metres in length.
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