We don’t know what it is about MINI->ke57, but somehow, someway, our favorite little car always finds itself in the headlines.

This time though, there are no funny commercials or unique calendars, just a tie-up between BMW->ke178 and Rolls-Royce->ke74 to produce a luxury version of the MINI.

Now, it seems that a BMW-Rolls partnership is something that we wouldn’t have thought of, but these guys have proven time and again that nothing is impossible for them.

According to Autocar, the ‘Rolls Mini’ is likely to come with added features unique to itself, including the commission of genuine coachbuilt features such as new interior fittings.

Details behind the partnership have yet to be released but sources have said the program will be announced sometime in the next year. If we can use history as a precedent, we can go back to the 60’s when bespoke coachbuilt MINIs became such a hot item, a number of celebrities like Peter Sellers and the Beatles commissioned tuners to make them luxury MINIs that had high-spec wood and leather-trimmed interior.

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