Hi guys & girls, thought I'd share this with you in case anyone else is in the same situation. Recently I've been getting into cycling and while riding around my local area is fine I thought it would be nice to have the option to throw the bike in the car and take it for a ride around the river. For most people this isn't an issue but with my 6MPS getting the bike to fit in the boot involves removing carpet and structural bracing so I can fold the seats down and fit the bike through. I've looked as some of the other options (that don't require a tow bar) like roof rack mounted bike or the strap on types but wasn't too keen to have hooks attaching to my boot lid and possibly damaging the paint so I decided to come up with a different approach. So one lunch time at work I took a few measurements and made a quick drawing and here's what I got
Its a fairly basic frame that bolts directly to the 2x M20 ferrules behind the rear bumper and allows me to use a standard tow ball mounted bike rack. Install takes about 2 min and can be completely removed just as fast. Boot can still be opened even while bikes are on the rack. I've jumped up and down on it a few times and its very sold. Not sure what the ferrules are rated for but if you can use it to tow the car I'm sure it can support a bike.
bike rack Layout1 (1).pdf <--- click here for better quality