MINI x Vagabund Countryman
Austrian design studio Vagabund built its reputation reworking vintage BMW motorcycles and Porsche Safari builds into something sharper and more considered than the originals. For their latest project, they turned to MINI, transforming two Countryman S ALL4s into a pair of one-off show cars built around a single idea: the car as a mobile sound system. The rear side windows are gone on both, replaced by a purpose-built speaker housing cast in polymer granite, chosen for its acoustic properties, with tweeters and mid-range drivers integrated into the bodywork and subwoofers that activate when the tailgate opens. Reworked wheel arches push a wider stance, the ride height is raised, and 20-inch wheels wear fully enclosed 3D-printed covers that deliberately reference loudspeaker design. A laser-cut aluminum roof rack with a stainless-steel mesh surface continues the speaker motif. One car is finished in Melting Silver, the other in monochrome Midnight Black, a pair designed to be seen together as a composition. Both debut at Auto China in Beijing before heading to live events. Neither is for sale.

