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Prices revealed for new Mini Countryman range
18.02.2010 |
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The seven-strong all-new Mini Countryman range will go on sale in the UK on September 18 with prices starting at £16,000 on-the-road for the entry-level One extending to £20,810 for the Cooper S. Claimed to be the largest Mini model ever, the Countryman is the first Mini four-door, five-seat model and extends the brand to four model lines with two more to come.
The arrival of the Countryman will see Mini enter the crossover segment as it becomes the first model from the company to offer four-wheel drive, to the UK market.
At launch the Countryman range will include three petrol and two diesel models, as well as two ALL4 all-wheel drive models - the Cooper D ALL4 and Cooper S ALL4 with a Cooper ALL4 version to follow in 2012.
The petrol engines are the new 1.6 litre power plants - emissions range from 137-146 g/km and MPG from 44.8 to 47.9 - already announced for the Hatch, Convertible and Clubman models due in March. The diesel units are shared with the rest of the Mini range. All engines are Euro5 compliant and return emissions of 116 g/km and fuel economy of about 65 mpg.
The ALL4 models will cost £1,065 for the Cooper D and £1,220 for the Cooper S above the standard front-wheel drive Countryman models.
Countryman offers 190 litres more luggage capacity than a Mini Hatch with the seats up (a total of 350 litres) and 1,170 litres with the rear seats folded flat. Ground clearance is 10 mm higher than other Mini models.
All UK models will be built as five-seat cars, although customers can specify the four-seat option at no extra cost.
New elements of Mini design will debut on the Countryman with oval interior door elliptical trims that continue from front to rear door and back and a Central Rail system that runs from front to rear instead of a conventional centre console and opens up new, individual options for integrating all kinds of storage boxes, cupholders, power chargers, music players, mobile phones and other accessories.
Standard equipment includes: roof rails that facilitate various attachments like roof boxes or roof racks, air conditioning, heated door mirrors and washer jets, rear park distance control, dynamic stability control, electric power steering with Servotronic speed-related assistance, six airbags, tyre puncture warning system and Bluetooth telephone preparation.
Meanwhile, the manufacturer has announced that future Mini models will include a Coupe and Roadster thereby transforming the range into a six-model family. The Coupé and Roadster models will be built at Mini’s Oxford plant.
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