MINImino: Pioneer custom pickup for tuner show
You'll find Pioneer sound systems in vehicles of all shapes and sizes, but this is something entirely different. To garner some attention and demonstrate its latest multimedia equipment, Pioneer has created a one-of-a-kind MINI pick-up in pure Cooper-mino style.
The vehicle, as you can see, is all decked out in chocolate brown and white. Pioneer started with a MINI Cabrio and fitted a unique, miniscule, covered cargo bed to house all the electronics and blend in with the custom white roof – because what would a custom MINI be without a white roof – with a surfboard mounted atop. 18" powder-coated white wheels complement the accents, held on with a Spax sport suspension that drops the ride height by 60mm. MS Design helped round out the look with an aero kit, and there's a Remus center-exit exhaust out back. Inside, Pioneer has fitted all its latest equipment, including two optical drives, 3 subwoofers, four amplifiers and a whole mess of speakers we couldn't even count. Of course it's iPod-compatible, and the show car has a Nano mounted front and center atop the white center stack. Brown and white Recaro racing buckets and steering wheel round out the interior of this very unique MINI with an assuredly mega sound, which Pioneer will be demonstrating in a few days at the Paris Tuning Show.
Check out the images in the gallery below. Thanks for the tip, Henri!
Gallery: Pioneer MINI pickup
[Source: Pioneer France via Le Blog Auto (translated)]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tbirdman 8:13PM (2/26/2008)
the system may be one of a kind, but the bodywork isn't. in seattle there are redbull minis. they have been converted into pickup with a redbull display can in the back.
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iamhoff 4:46PM (2/27/2008)
And in San Diego.
Eek 9:17PM (2/26/2008)
Yeah we have those Red Bull Mini's in CT too.
If I were Pioneer, I probably would've used the Clubman to make a pick-up instead.
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chaser892 9:39PM (2/26/2008)
It looks like an old Suzuki x90
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madgamer 11:36PM (2/26/2008)
The alpine mini kicks its face in.
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Wallyo 11:56PM (2/26/2008)
Not exactly one-of-a-kind...I saw a Redbull version of the same car driving around Houston....
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f3rg 5:49AM (2/27/2008)
You better buy some REALLY small lumber to throw in that bed. Cool idea, though.
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john.paulsson 7:03AM (2/27/2008)
I saw a Red Bull Mini in Sundsvall, Sweden... They're apparently not that rare.
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DCragtop 8:08AM (2/27/2008)
Very practical....as a 'pick-up'. I'm sure the audio equipment is water/salt/sand-proof....you know, for when you take your Mini-up to the beach and drop that rad board man. What a pointless piece of automotive concept. Someone at Pioneer should be FIRED. There, I said it. I didn't want to, but the mini-up made me say it. Honestly.
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Rocketboy 8:44AM (2/27/2008)
Enough with the speaker companies thinking that they can customize cars. It's bad enough that some people think that a car's not phat enough unless it wakes your neighbours (next time that happens, I'm going to break into their house when they are sleeping, and start smacking frying pans together, i'm sure that they would have no problem with it).
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Rick 11:17AM (2/27/2008)
As much as I love thump in my truck, what's the point here? Just seems like it would be louder for those not in the car?
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steve-o 3:54PM (2/27/2008)
red bull mini's are here in Toronto as well.
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beken 2:32PM (2/27/2008)
Actually, I was at my local MINI dealer a couple of weeks ago and they were converting a Redbull MINI for another advertising client. The Redbull can was removed and the car was painted brown/orange, but unfinished at the time.
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Duncan 2:59PM (2/27/2008)
Fools.
Of course, the only name for this creation is...
...the El CaMini. :)
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