The wraps are set to come off what could be the latest addition to the Mini range.

The Crossover Concept will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show on October 2 and will be a larger, four wheel drive car aimed at the leisure market.

Described by parent firm BMW as a Sports Activity Vehicle or SAV, the Crossover is a completely new design from top to bottom.

It will also be the first Mini to be made outside the Cowley plant with capacity restrictions meaning that it will go into production at BMW's plant in Graz, Austria.

Mini spokesman Dan Connell said: "This is a completely new body style from the ground up and is not a modern interpretation of a classic vehicle as there wasn't a four wheel drive Mini in the 1960s."

While the concept will not be the finished production model, Mr Connell added that it would be close with the Crossover featuring five doors, one of which slide open on the driver's side and four individual seats.

There will also be a host of unusual features including a central rail inside the car onto which cupholders, storage units and entertainment consoles and then passed from front to rear.

The Crossover Concept, which will go on sale in 2010, is also likely to be the most expensive Mini with Mr Connell predicting prices to be about £1500 above the current Mini Clubman Cooper S which retails at £17,210.