We posted spy photos published by
worldcarfans.com that it claimed were of the next generation MINI winter testing.
MotoringFile claims worldcarfans.com got it all wrong. It says, about the photos:
Our sources are telling us that this car is actually the test mule for the upcoming FWD BMW camouflaged to look like a MINI. Because it shares the chassis platform with the F56, this FWD BMW 1-series mule has what is basically an improvised R56 body on top of it and an equally improvised BMW interior. Given the platform sharing, you could say this is the F56 in a round-about sort of way, but that body shape you’re seeing there is nothing to bother about. We know from sources deep inside MINI that the next generation MINI Hardtop will be a much more radical departure from the current MINI or even the R50/R53. This mule isn’t radical at all. It’s just swirly.
