The new Mini Countryman will be produced at 100 000 units/year according to Inovev forecasts
- The brand Mini (subsidiary of the BMW group), specialized in compact cars (C-segment) and subcompacts (B-segment) unveiled the new generation of the Countryman, SUV version of the Clubman.
- Longer by 20cm than the previous model and wider by 3cm, it can be considered that the new Countryman (4.30m long) passes from B-segment to C-segment (a Nissan Qashqai is 4.37m long), the segment which Is the most popular in the SUV category. The new Countryman is sized between an Audi Q2 (4.20m) and an Audi Q3 (4.40m).
- The new Mini SUV adopts the new BMW platform (UKL) designed for front wheel drive models. This platform is already used on the other Mini recently renewed as well as on the BMW X1, Active Tourer, Gran Tourer, and will be used on the future BMW 1 Series which will pass from the propulsion to the traction when they will be replaced in 2017.
- The new Countryman abandons its former 1.6 petrol and diesel engines. In petrol, it is equipped with a 3 cylinders 1.5l 134hp and a 4 cylinders 2.0l 189hp. In diesel, it is equipped with a 4 cylinders 2.0l 148hp and a 4 cylinders 2.0l 187hp.
- The new Countryman (for which Inovev expects a production of 100 000 vehicles a year) will no longer be produced on the Magna-Steyr site in Graz, Austria, but in Cowley, England, (capacity of the plant: 250,000 units per year) alongside the Mini Clubman (50 000 produced in Cowley) and part of the Mini One (100 000 vehicles in Cowley). A part of the Mini One (50 000 units) will be also produced in the Dutch factory in Born which already produces Mini One.
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