Start with what the Mini Countryman is: a 5-door SUV with 1.6 L I4, built from 2010, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Michael Szavits.
How it came about
The Mini Countryman, also called Mini Crossover in Japan until 2024, is a compact crossover SUV, the first vehicle of this type to be launched by BMW under the Mini marque. It was launched in 2010 and received a facelift in 2014. The second generation vehicle was released in 2017 and received a facelift in 2020. The third generation of the Countryman was released in 2023.
The hardware
The engine is 1.6 L I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1265 kg. Drive goes through a 6-speed manual / 6-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2595 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Mini line-up the Mini Countryman has a clear place: the factory was Graz. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Nissan Leaf, the Lexus LFA. Its Mini stablemates include the MINI Beachcomber and the Mini (3rd Generation).
Owning one today
Buying one now means $24,900–$35,800 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,217–$3,581 a year. Insurance sits around $1,660–$2,340 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.
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