Cars MINI Countryman 2010 Reviews

Cars MINI Countryman 2010 pictures

Cars MINI Countryman 2010 pictures

Earlier we acquaint up three leaked images of the MINI Countryman; now BMW has appear abounding advice and a complete arcade of the MINI brand’s fourth model. The Countryman crossover is MINI’s aboriginal four-door and aboriginal four-wheel drive agent – ALL4 all-wheel drive is an option. But don’t worry, the brand’s acclaimed “go-kart feeling” is retained, BMW claims.

A best of three petrol and two agent engines are available, all Euro 5 compliant. The 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol agent in the Cooper S combines absolutely capricious valve administration (Valvetronic) with a twin-scroll turbocharger and absolute ammunition bang for the aboriginal time, authoritative 184 bhp and 240 Nm (260 Nm on overboost). 0-100 km/h is done in 7.6 abnormal while top acceleration is 215 km/h. The 122 bhp/160 Nm artlessly aspirated agent in the Cooper is acceptable for 0-100 km/h in 10.5 abnormal and a 190 km/h top speed. The access akin MINI One Countryman comes with an dull 98 bhp and 153 Nm – basic stats are 12.7 abnormal to 100 km/h and a 175 km/h top speed.

More accepted in Europe will be the Cooper D, its capricious agent geometry able commonrail turbodiesel blame out 112 bhp and a stout 270 Nm. 0-100 km/h in 10.9 sec and top acceleration of 180 km/h looks apparent on paper, but absolute apple achievement should be great, as is the 22.7 km/l ammunition consumption. Also accessible is the One D, with 90 bhp/215 Nm.

All versions appear with a six-speed chiral as standard. Petrol variants can be had with a six-speed Steptronic auto with council about-face paddles.

The alternative abiding ALL4 all-wheel drive employs an electrohydraulic cogwheel that sends up to 50 per cent ability to the rear auto in accustomed conditions, and up to 100 per cent beneath acute conditions. The abeyance is fabricated up of advanced McPherson struts and artificial clue ascendancy accoutrements to abate torque beacon and rear multi-link units. All versions can be had with sports abeyance that lowers ride acme by 10mm. The council is an EPS arrangement with Servotronic. BMW says that a ambit of John Cooper Works Achievement Components will be available.

Inside, MINI highlights the Center Rail, an aflame belvedere that runs the breadth of the cabin, acceptance occupants to personalise their own amplitude by abridgement on holders, bins and armrests, besides active in audio or advice devices. The Center Rail ends afterwards the advanced seats if you specify the three-seat rear bank (at no added cost, four seats are standard).

And how big is the Countryman exactly? It measures 4,097mm, about 400mm best than a MINI auto while the wheelbase is 2,595mm, about the breadth of a C-segment saloon’s. Boot aggregate is 350 litres, abundant to 1,170 litres by folding the rear seats.