Mini completed its concept station-wagon hat trick with the Detroit concept — matching its Frankfurt and Tokyo versions in style, if not theme. Where the Tokyo Mini was about taking tea by the roadside, the Detroit model's about sports. This time, the Mini Traveller prototype's Sports Utility Box is packed not with Earl Gray tea, but with actual sports equipment. A rooftop cargo unit holds skis, snowboards and those who've downed a few too many chilled vodka shots.

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