I found myself rummaging in old magazines once again when I bumped into two different design sketches for a Mini Marcos Estate version, both were done by illustrator Steve Kirk but they are different and come from different magazines. He must have been a real advocate for this variant, although as far as I know it never materialized. Well a Mini Marcos four-door estate did see the light of day, but it was perhaps not quite similar to Kirk's ideas... (click here).
The illustrator in one of the articles: "There's really no need for the original style car to return although I feel plenty of people might buy a natty little sports estate with non-rust glassfibre monocoque construction, economical Mini power, a practical 2+2 interior layout and reasonable capacity for luggage loaded through the rear tailgate."
And some styling talk: "2+2 Hatchback, restyled front and rear to incorporate rectangular side windows and lift up rear window. Rear end features recessed lights behind a matt black tubular grille with wraparound bumper and moulded number plate surround. Wheel are 12" x 6" chrome steel with centre covers in fibreglass spray finished to body colour"
The sketches look good, though it depends on if the real thing would have lived up to the promise.
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