View Full Version : MINImino: Pioneer Custom Pickup for Tuner Show


NiGhTFaCe
27-02-08, 05:41 PM
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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.

AutoBlog.com (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/minimino-pioneer-custom-pickup-for-tuner-show/)

NiGhTFaCe
27-02-08, 05:43 PM
It looks really cool! Though I didn't like the way they changed the console to.
I was wondering why they didn't use the new model, where the answer is that they used to the Cabrio to turn it into a pickup.

Dam3eti
27-02-08, 06:01 PM
hehe looks nice! I love the color, and the surf board.

Mesmie
27-02-08, 06:01 PM
So is this supposed to be a pickup? hmm


One word: "a5eeeeeeeeeeeeeee" lol

Rossonero
27-02-08, 06:27 PM
Looks cool wallah

Lightning2
27-02-08, 07:22 PM
loooks cute......i mean i just like seeing it around but not owning one :P

AMARANT
27-02-08, 11:41 PM
^^^ exactly my thought ;)

[AB]
28-02-08, 12:00 AM
looks very nice and unique .. I like ..

BLING
28-02-08, 09:35 AM
This kind of pick ups which you drive and 10% of the people will think you're cool and the rest will laugh at you.
Take it off-roading and this toy is going to cry.

Mesmie
28-02-08, 09:37 AM
^ Haha exactly! Looks like a toy..I wasn't even sure it was a pickup till I read the title

Pen_it_Black
28-02-08, 09:41 AM
Lol...the aerodynamic thingie on the top is cute.

Pickups should be monsters...not cuties :p

BLING
28-02-08, 09:43 AM
Mesmie and PIB: Don't we all feel like squashing this bug with the real SUVs? :p

And I thought Hummer H3 is gay.

Dam3eti
28-02-08, 12:30 PM
It's not a pick up to carry stuff around, It's a pioneer sound system thing, for music and stuff, explains the surf board.

[AB]
28-02-08, 12:38 PM
IT is a pickup .. and in the trunk there is all the sound system's speakers and stuff .. and if you take those speakers out .. it will be exactly like a pickup .. but a mini pickup :cute:

not all pickups has to be huge!

Mesmie
28-02-08, 01:42 PM
Okey but it still looks gay...you can't deny that :P

NiGhTFaCe
29-02-08, 12:41 AM
People should know this car been made for a tuner show. Oh well sometimes I really wonder if they read whatever is written there! :bored:

pixie girl
29-02-08, 01:11 PM
For some reason the interior reminds me of being in a submarine...a baby submarine :D