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If a two-door coupe version of the Mini Countryman sounds odd, that's probably because you're thinking of the Countryman as a pocket-sized SUV. Think of the Countryman (and you should) as a Golf competitor with an all-wheel-drive option, then the Paceman makes sense. It's a sort of three-door GTI. And it looks good.
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Which is just as well as it's going to be built, starting a bit over two years from now. Expect the usual Cooper and Cooper S engines (more powerful by then) and diesels, and yes All4 drivetrain for an extra grand or so.
Inside we're told (though the show car had rockstar blacked-out windows) that it'll be like a Countryman, but with fixed instead of sliding rear seats like any other three-door hatch.
Mini's lineup will be getting positively jammed by then. As well as the hatch, cabrio, Clubman and Countryman, this year there will be both a two-seat coupe and equivalent roadster, previewed by show cars at the Frankfurt show in 2009.
Would look good as a rally car wouldn't it? In two years time it'll be there.
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What do you think?
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THEDARKSTIG commented on this article
at 07:38 pm on 10 January 2011
MINI DAKHAR CONCEPT Coming Soon...
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Alex87 commented on this article
at 07:54 pm on 10 January 2011
More of a DS3 than a Golf but of course this Mini looks better
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at 08:00 pm on 10 January 2011
Up next- the MINI CountryClubRoadster. A high riding long wheelbase four and a half door convertible crossover..
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Up next- the MINI CountryClubRoadster. A high riding long wheelbase four and a half door convertible crossover...
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Afaque commented on this article
at 08:30 pm on 10 January 2011
There is a Mini Countryman racing in the Dakar rally right now. Though its not really a Mini. Its a BMW X3 with a country man body. Though there's even the Mini Countryman WRC coming out this year to compete in the WRC series. Should be interesting to see what it's made of and if it can stand to the likes of Loeb and Jari Matti!
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