Going undie cover

Naughty but nice is the latest take on the Mini Clubman, which looks set to continue its starring role in fun and fashion events around the world.

This time the Clubman, which was the subject of a dress-up game that resulted in many wild concepts before the car even got to showrooms, has been dressed to impress by British lingerie label Agent Provocateur, which has a huge following in Europe.

Agent Provocateur has really done a number on the Clubman. By harking back to the days when the original Mini was a police paddy van in Britain, it has turned the 1960s machine into a patrol car that would be a dream machine for petty criminals.

“The divvy van with a difference has been kitted out like a burlesque bedroom on wheels, thanks to the manic machinations of Agent Provocateur's founding father Joseph Corr,” Mini Australia spokesman Alexander Corne says.

“It comes with fold-flat reclining rear seats and restraints for ankles and wrists, ensuring the wickedly dressed assume a supremely supine position for interrogation.

“Barred rear windows, obscured by luscious blinds, ensure no one, especially the paparazzi, gets to peek in while the rozzers do their thing.”

Corr has even included a whip, in case the police need some extra persuasion.

The body of the car has been painted in regulation white and black, but the look also includes drag-racer-style alloy disc wheels.

Inside, it's a padded cell with pink and black leather trimming.

The Agent Provocateur Clubman was created to star at one of Europe's biggest annual fundraising events, the Life Ball in Vienna, which helps fund research for a cure to AIDS.

For the past four years Mini has provided a one-off car created by an edge artist, including Donatella Versace, to sell through the ball.

Now that the Clubman has made its run up the red carpet and starred in a shoot with models also dressed by Agent Provocateur, it goes up for auction on eBay from June 5-15.