Bold MINI Countryman Update

Bold MINI Countryman Update

MINI is considering adding a automobile version of the all-new Countryman to its vary as associate degree indirect replacement for the previous Paceman, motor vehicle categorical will reveal. Our exclusive main image shows however the new automotive might look – though it’s not glorious whether or not this model are going to be the fifth associate degreed final model in MINI’s product vary or just an extension of the Countryman line-up.

We spoke to BMW cluster style chief Adrian van Hooydonk, UN agency told North American nation that the corporate was consideration up a special attack the Paceman formula. The new five-door automobile would seemingly launch in 2018, giving the all-new Countryman some respiratory area once it lands early next year.

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“Part of the difficulty was the 3 doors,” van Hooydonk told North American nation. “We have looked into lots of things, however all of our [BMW] SUV coupes square measure five-door vehicles.

“As very much like individuals in all probability drive the cars with only 1 or 2 individuals, they just like the comfort of an additional set of doors. they need to hold additional stuff – throw a bag within the rear or take somebody.”

The automobile can sit on constant UKL1 platform because the new Countryman, however as our image shows it'll sit lower to the bottom and have a additional sharply raked roofline. it'll be a right away rival to cars just like the vary Rover Evoque, and provide a equally compromised rear cabin and boot.

Due to its shared platform, the new Paceman is probably going to elevate the Countryman’s vary of 3 and four-cylinder engines unchanged. meaning constant entry-level one.5-litre Cooper, additional economical Cooper D and racy Cooper S. A flagship John Cooper Works hot SUV is additionally associate degree choice.

“At the instant we tend to square measure egg laying the foundations for the next-generation MINIs,” van Hooydonk told North American nation. “There square measure lots of things that we tend to square measure discussing. What style of technology, what style of style, and what style of vehicle line-up. i'm concerned during this on a each day.