The 2024 Mini Cooper Clubman will mark the final mannequin 12 months for the Mini wagon physique type and its quirky cut up rear doorways.

Mini confirmed Tuesday that it’ll ship off the Clubman with a Ultimate Version mannequin restricted to 1,969 items, referencing the introductory 12 months of the first-generation Clubman. Introducing the cut up rear doorways, a function extra generally seen on vans than wagons, the unique Clubman additionally featured a stretched wheelbase in comparison with the unique Mini. Manufacturing lasted by means of 1981.

The Clubman returned in 2007 beneath BMW’s stewardship of the Mini model, once more with cut up rear doorways, but in addition with full-size doorways solely on the motive force facet, and a smaller reverse-opening rear door, just like extended-cab pickup vans, on the passenger facet.

The present, third-generation Clubman was unveiled in 2015 and went on sale as a 2016 mannequin. This time it acquired a correct set of 4 doorways, plus the cut up rear doorways, primarily making it a six-door wagon. It spawned a 228-hp John Cooper Works mannequin, which was later upgraded to 301 hp.

Mini’s Ultimate Version Clubman relies on the Cooper S model, that means you get a 2.0-liter turbo-4 producing 189 hp and 206 lb-ft of torque. Whereas Mini has introduced again guide transmissions for some fashions, the Clubman is predicted to stay with a 7-speed automated to the tip.  Each front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive will probably be out there in at the very least some markets, though it is unclear if that can apply within the U.S.

The Ultimate Version is principally distinguished by beauty adjustments, together with Nanuq White, Enigmatic Black, and Melting Silver paint colours with copper exterior trim and stripes, a “one among 1,969” badge on the C-pillar, and 18-inch wheels in a novel design. The inside options brown leather-based upholstery with cloth inserts and distinction piping, “Ultimate Version” door-sill plates, and inexperienced and copper trim items. Pricing hasn’t been introduced.

Like many automakers, Mini’s future product plans focus extra on electrical crossover SUVs than quirky wagons. A redesigned Countryman will arrive this 12 months, adopted by a smaller electrical crossover primarily based on the Aceman idea. That mannequin is predicted to reach in 2024 as a 2025 mannequin, presumably with a special title. Mini plans to launch is closing fuel automobile in 2025, and finally promote solely EVs.