End of the road for 小型の's 広い地所 car: Brand's big-booted model dating 支援する to the 1960s has been killed off to be 取って代わるd by a new electric SUV
- 小型の's 広い地所 bloodline runs 支援する to the?早期に 1960s and the 初めの Traveller
- Having stopped making an 広い地所 in 1970, BMW 生き返らせるd the Clubman in 2007
- Final 見解/翻訳/版 現れるd from 工場/植物 Oxford - new Aceman EV crossover 取って代わるs it
小型の's UK factory has produced the brand's last 広い地所 car as it is 始める,決める to be 取って代わるd by a new electric SUV.
The final 小型の Clubman has 現れるd from the 工場/植物 Oxford 議会 line, putting an end to 17 years of 生産(高) since BMW 再発進するd the nameplate.
The move also signals the end of the road for 小型の 広い地所s dating all the way 支援する to 1960 and the iconic Traveller, with the Clubman making way for the 来たるべき 殴打/砲列-力/強力にするd Aceman crossover.
小型の says goodbye to the 広い地所: The last Clubman has come off the 生産/産物 line at 工場/植物 Oxford, signalling the end of a bloodline that dates 支援する to 1960
The 初めの 小型の 広い地所 was 最初 開始する,打ち上げるd as the Morris 小型の Traveller in 1960. It was updated as the Clubman 広い地所 in 1970 (pictured)
The Clubman - as we've come to know in 最近の years - first went on sale in 2007 as the 広い地所-団体/死体d 見解/翻訳/版 of the 小型の hatchback.
Its bloodline goes 支援する some 64 years.?
The 初めの 小型の 広い地所 was 最初 開始する,打ち上げるd as the Morris 小型の Traveller in 1960.?
It was updated as the Clubman 広い地所 in 1970 and then 改名するd the 1000HL before 存在 axed in 1970 until the 指名する and 広い地所 団体/死体 was reborn by BMW in 2007.?
Keeping with the tradition of the 初めの 広い地所s, two 世代s of BMW 小型の Clubmans have featured a pair of barn-style boot doors - a unique feature to this car in the last two 10年間s.
While the sixties 初めのs were two-door models, BMW's first 試みる/企てる at a compact 広い地所 was a quirky three-door variant, with one 後部 door on the nearside of the car.
While this was 有益な for kerbside 入ること/参加(者) and 出口 in countries where 運転者s 運動 on the 権利, it wasn't rebodied for the UK market and - as a result - was bought in far smaller numbers than the 従来の hatchback.
Both the 初めの?Austin S even 同国人 and Morris 小型の Traveller were two-door models with a pair of barn-style boot doors at the 支援する
BMW 再発進するd the Clubman in 2007 and 保持するd the hinged pair of 後部 doors as a nod to the 初めの 小型の 広い地所s
The first-世代 BMW 小型の had a quirky 選び出す/独身 後部 door - the only problem was it was on the 道端 for British 顧客s and not the kerbside, which 限られた/立憲的な its 控訴,上告
Pictured: The last 小型の Clubman to come off the 工場/植物 Oxford 議会 line in 最近の days. The second-世代 BMW 小型の Clubman 逆戻りするd to a more 従来の four-door layout
The second-世代 Clubman, 開始する,打ち上げるd in 2015, 修正するd this 問題/発行する with a more 従来の four-door design.?
Its demise comes as the 人気 of 伝統的な 広い地所 cars has gone into 拒絶する/低下する, 特に as a result of 増加するd 需要・要求する for SUVs models, as 最高潮の場面d in This is Money 排除的 分析 of the new car market over the last 10年間.
In fact. the Clubman has stood almost alone in the small 広い地所 car segment for the last three years, 特に since the culling of the few 競争相手s that had 存在するing on the market, 含むing Seat's Ibiza ST and Skoda's Fabia 広い地所.
The only 競争相手 to the 小型の on sale today is Dacia's Jogger - the smallest seven-seat model sold in Britain, which is an 広い地所 見解/翻訳/版 of the Sandero supermini.?
The Clubman's demise is a result of dwindling 需要・要求する for 伝統的な 広い地所 cars and more drivers wanting SUVs
従業員s at 工場/植物 Oxford stand と一緒に the final Clubman 広い地所 to come off the 議会 line in 最近の days
The Clubman has been 製造(する)d at the brand's Cowley 施設 since it first went on sale as part of 小型の's 復活 of its 範囲.
Over 1.1 million Clubman cars have been created in total, with over half of those 存在 built at the Oxfordshire factory.?
The end of the road for its 生産/産物 will 許す for 工場/植物 Oxford's 近づいている regeneration.?
It is 予定 to be 昇格d as part of a 連合させるd £600million 投資 from BMW and the UK 政府 to 変える it to an EV 生産/産物 施設.?
Commenting on the end of 生産/産物, Dr. Markus Gr?neisl, ceo of 工場/植物 Oxford and the Swindon パネル盤-making 施設, said: 'We are incredibly proud to have built the 小型の Clubman at 工場/植物s Oxford and Swindon over the last 18 years for 顧客s all over the world.?
'With its 出発, we look ahead to welcoming members of the new 小型の family to our Oxford and Swindon lines, 含むing a new 転換できる model which we will start to produce at the end of this year.'
This is the Clubman's 交替/補充 - the Aceman crossover. The EV is spotted here during final hot-天候 実験(する)ing?
With four doors, a large tailgate and room for five inside, the Aceman is 予定 to sit between the 小型の Cooper and 小型の 同国人
The Clubman's 交替/補充, the Aceman, has recently been spotted 実験(する)ing - though ひどく disguised ahead of its 十分な 明かすing in a few months' time.
With four doors, a large tailgate and room for five inside, the Aceman is 予定 to take the Clubman's 位置/汚点/見つけ出す by sitting between the 小型の Cooper and 小型の 同国人 as the third stand-alone model in 小型の's new all-electric family.
It will be 申し込む/申し出d only with an all-electric powertrain and 54.2 kWh 殴打/砲列.
The new Aceman will be built 最初 in 中国, under a 共同の 投機・賭ける with Chinese carmaker 広大な/多数の/重要な 塀で囲む.