PRESS KIT: MINI CONCEPT DETROIT - NAIAS 2006.

1. MINI Concept Detroit. Short Story. 3 2. MINI Concept Detroit. Sporting and Full of Style - Now in the Early 21st Century. 6 2.1 Typical in Design, but New in Every Inch. MINI Concept Detroit Exterior. 8 2.2 Floating Elements. MINI Concept Detroit Interior. 16 3. The 1960 Mini Traveller. The Expression of a New, Mobile and Active Lifestyle. 20 4. Happy Birthday, Sir Alec. 2006: Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Alec Issigonis, the Inventor of Mini. 21

"Go Sports!" The Reinterpretation of an Ingenious Idea.

MINI Concept Detroit combines sporting engine performance and a sporting
ambience inside the car with the flexible, intelligent use of space.

This is a car where friends on board are always welcomed, where there is lots
of space for sports equipment, and where innovative roof carriers and cargo box
systems offer additional storage space.

Now entering the year 2006, the year marking the 100th birthday of Sir Alec
Issigonis, the "inventor" of Mini, MINI is proudly presenting a design study in
the guise of MINI Concept Detroit at the North American International Auto
Show, entering the 21st century with a reinterpretation the fundamental idea of
the Mini Traveller under the motto "Go Sports!".