The redesigned Mini Countryman has been noticed testing within the wild. Anticipated to debut for the 2023 mannequin yr, this redesign is predicted to supply a extra future-proof SUV that might not be fairly so “mini” anymore.
Yep, it appears to be like massive, and our spies mentioned that impression carries over to actual life. The following Countryman will once more journey on a spinoff of BMW’s FAAR architecture dubbed UKL1, additionally shared with Land Rover. This is similar platform that underpins BMW’s front-wheel-drive primarily based X1 and X2 crossovers, and it’ll give the Countryman room for extra folks, extra cargo and, most necessary, extra tech — powertrain tech, to be particular.
This electrification-friendly platform ought to imply more-advanced hybridization and certain an all-electric mannequin for the next-gen Countryman, constructing on the present automotive’s plug-in hybrid providing, which already will get a fairly first rate 18 miles on all-electric energy, care of a 9.6-kWh battery. That is already 50% greater than what the PHEV mannequin launched with, so mood your expectations, however additional enchancment definitely is not out of the query.
It is a far cry from the manual-transmission, all-wheel-drive Cooper super-hatch that debuted a decade in the past. Yep, the Countryman nameplate is greater than 10 years outdated now. Are you able to consider that? We should always be taught extra concerning the new Mini Countryman someday within the subsequent yr, forward of what’s anticipated to be a late 2022 or early 2023 launch. That would change, in fact, given the present state of the world.
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