2024 MINI Countryman Review: The BIGGEST MINI ever! 

Hi Vicki, We originally thought it had gone too big, beyond what defines a mini. However on a test drive we absolutely loved it. We have ordered a sport in Legend grey and level 1. We also tried Tesla and the iX1 forgetting BMW want excessive money for the extras to bring it up to "Normal" Looking forward to delivery. The range is horses for courses.

Charging port is at the back quarter panel on all of the pictures I’ve seen, behind the legacy fuel filler flap I thought the panel in the front grill was for sensors.

I do understand why Mini have done this to make more money on these cars. however it is not mini sized or mini priced. If you add all the packs on you are heading for North of £50k FOR A MINI lets get real.

I love this car and am very glad I chose it. I have the petrol version. Re Vicki’s comments regarding the steering wheel. I find it is very comfortable to hold and the chunky pads are for your palms if you are holding it high. I am a woman with normal size hands. Otherwise a good review.

Great review Vicki. My issue with BMWs ownership of mini is the stretching of a model into a brand. The mini was originally a single model in a range to which a few variants were added as time went on. I know this was about 200 years ago but the impact that car had on the world due to its combination of affordability and practicality born out of genius thinking and innovation means that car is embedded in our psyche. So, when something large, goopy looking, with doors draped in what appear to be my nan's old doilies comes along, it's generally difficult to react with anything but hollow laughter. And that's before you find out how much the sodding thing costs. The shock of that would wipe the smile off the face of the Joker. Ford are committing the same cultural vandalism with their new Capri and are now the laughing stock of the motoring world. If your only criteria for car selection is that it absolutely must have a mini badge on it and the interior has to light up like some knitted Christmas tree, I guess rob a bank and get one. But in any sane world, surely there are objectively much better cars to consider. No, mini is dead to me now. This is not that car and doesn't have any right to wear its badge.

Saw one in the Asda car park last week in a flat paint gray, it looked as big as a Range Rover Sport

What’s in a name? Personally, I see Mini as a brand with a range of cars with styling cues that differentiate them from the rest. My personal jury is out atm on the styling of the new incarnations. I feel once they’ve been around for a while they will be accepted as okay. My problem generally is the increasing size and heft of vehicles. The Countryman has grown to a size beyond my personal interest. I’m happy with previous gen thanks. Oh, and mine runs 225/50 18” with runflats and the ride is perfect, and absolutely still fun to drive.

Almost time for a MINI-MINI...On the plus side a Yahoooo is better than a farting seat one has to say.

My wife's got very small hands and she loves it.

A neat design but overpriced. Poor real world range. Not for me.

God no🤡💀 Crossover-SUVs are an utter scourge. And we question where all the inflation and lack of diversity comes from after +15 years of automakers/shareholders demanding that buyers only want crossover-SUVs that happen to be the most profitable to finance. Anyone blaming EVs and not crossover-SUVs for the current mailaise clearly aren't thinking critically.

Are you sure charge port is on nose of car?? You switch down to B mode for 1 peddle driving then same down to put into adaptive breaking (which can be configured).

We need to get past the name. Mini hasn't been Mini since it pretty much came back in the early 00s. It's a brand nowadays and has nothing to do with the size of the car. Have not liked any of the pics or videos of these however in the metal actually it does have something I like. JCW styling does add something to it too. The interior is really smart, although there are some cheaper (like Poundland cheap) plastic-feeling bits down the lower half of the interior. I do like that it's a little more unusual to look at than the usual squarish boxed SUVs. Sadly the cost and people's anxiety about range might put some off, even though most owners won't be doing long trips and will be able to charge at home.

Surely models like MINI are dead in the water when the EV3 comes out in another month or 2. Cheaper, better equipped and with a massive battery.

Can’t agree, it barely looks like a Mini and it’s too expensive.

Should change its name - can hardly be called a 'mini' now can it? £42k for a mini - ouch - I'd rather have a Tesla thanks.

BMW should never had been allowed to own The Mini brand. As with The Fiat 500, The Mini was designed as an A to B car that most people could afford. BMW have made it bigger and very expensive. The VW UP was more Mini like, at an affordable price. I won't be buying one that's for sure and as for BMW, just an over hyped car brand.

What is the point in this car? It's Larger and its electric, both of which don't suit british roads or the Brand.

The comments saying it isn’t a ‘MINI’ are so tiresome. It’s 2024, move on 😂

Words big and Mini to describe a car is a bit of a contradictory:p

too expensive

Quite happy to talk up her test car where the equipment levels are loaded with expensive cost options but thinks that reducing wheel size is guaranteed to improve the ride comfort. How does she know this ?

Still £12-14K too much. Saw it in the metal at FOS 2024. It's massive and ugly (in my opinion)! It's not a MINI. Like the new Ford/VW Capri, it is not a Capri. What is going on?!

Over £50'000 for a well spec'd mini just sounds wrong to this 58 year old.😢

LOVE THE EXTERIOR STYLING❤ much better than the standard mini hatch which looks out of proportion. Still not a fan of the fabric on the dash - will mark and stain and not wear well

its' the new Mini Maxi! 😂

Each to their own. First time I’ve totally disagreed with you for a very long time . I think it’s a tacky overpriced blob and nothing like a Mini should be. Weight, size, poor range and charging speed, interior and exterior design, full of gimmicks you will quickly get bored of, poor toggle quality and infotainment. I do like the colour though.

‘Quite a bit smaller than a Tesla Model Y’. I did nearly laugh. What isn’t?! TBH, I genuinely saw the thumbnail pic first, and thought there was a new small Range Rover launched. It’ll sell, to anyone determined to keep on buying a mini. The philosophy behind the design of this, is the same as the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise of movies/books…the idea is, the audience grows up and so do the characters in the story, and the way it’s told. I’m fascinated to see if that philosophy works for a car. Good review, take care all.

Experience button. Oh my god! Get in the bin!

This car (imo) does not have a single good angle.

Old school Plastic HUD (not projected onto Windscreen like a proper one)..part of a £2000 pack……You jest……

Looks like a 'mini' Range Rover 😅😂

Mini,🤔🤔more like a battleship 😂🎉

It feels like MINI or BMW pay to you for this review

Definitely not a mini !

Range isn't good enough, too expensive and the looks are well rubbish.

YUCK!!! A New Mini. Looks Like A Small Land Rover Discovery.....

What Electric 😳- OFF ❗️

I would prefer to skirt around this mini!🤭

"Mini"??? Mini what? Those tin tanks are now a joke. What ever happened to trading standards? 🤷🤬

Horrible design. The previous design with the UK flag in the lights was amazing.

Soccer mom special. Who wants more size on top of the boring styling?

Aaa

Ugly car from the outside, disgusting steering wheel, too expensive, and short range.

Desperate for a car that’s better than the Skoda Enyaq, but nothing seems to be better than it, despite its age.

What a bloated monstrosity of a car. Where's the 'mini' part exactly? That seems to have been lost a long time ago. And the price - oh the price. Say it slowly and quietly - 'starts at £42000'. For a mini (electric or not). Holy cow. Do car makers really want to sell these? Only virtue signalling Knightsbridge/Chelsea drivers with a concience need apply.

We have had the last two countryman’s but wont be getting this one . What an ugly look car .

What a pile of over priced shite.

Mini is mini no more 😢😢

Never buy an EV. A blind alley in car evolution

You lost me at 'electric' I need my car to do more than just go to the shops and back

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