Weels.ca Pits Countryman vs. Juke
The Nissan Juke one of the more obvious cross-shop vehicles for the MINI Countryman. It’s small. It’s sportish. It’s funky. It’s got a turbocharged engine. It’s got all-wheel-drive. So it’s inevitable that...
CNET on Current AWD Systems
CNET has a very interesting piece this morning highlighting the different technologies used by auto manufactures to put power down through all four wheels. Featuring everything from MINI’s All4 system, to Mazda’s...
Rocketman To Be Produced, But This Isn’t It
AutoExpress, the overly sensational british auto tabloid, has done it again with a set of “photos” claiming that this is the production version of the MINI Rocketman concept. They are not. In...
CNN Money Reviews the Countryman All4
It’s Countryman review season, as regular readers have probably noticed, and today’s comes from CNN Money. Par for the course is the usual summary, the usual “doesn’t quite drive like it’s smaller...
Green-Car-Guide gives Countryman SD All4 a “10”
With a combined fuel economy of 57.6 mpg, it’s not a big surprise that Green-Car-Guide.com gave the Countryman SD All4 a score of 10-out-of-10. GCG gave the same score to the Countryman...
MINI Edges out Fiat 500 in Car and Driver Comparison
Writing at length about both cars, Car and Driver have pitted the MINI Cooper against the Fiat 500. What we find refreshing is that C&D hasn’t just assumed that these two cars...
MINI Gets Best MPG Among Sports Cars
Our friends over at Edmonds.com have done a rather interesting comparison of fuel economy in 19 sports cars available in 2011. Monthly fuel costs ranged from $330/month for the Corvette ZR1/BMW M3...
Video Link: Countryman vs. Go-kart
Yet another MINI Countryman review today, this time from FoxNews.com. Overall, writer Gary Gastelu likes MINI’s new crossover offering, and we’ll give a tip of the hat for acknowledging that it’s MINI,...
MINI, The Ultimate Urban Car
Let’s face it. More of us live in cities than ever. According to Cars.com’s Kelsey Mayes, one in every 6.4 Americans live in one of the country’s largest 50 cities as of...
Video: Motorweek Drives the MINI Countryman
Watch the full episode. See more MotorWeek. PBS’s MotorWeek is celebrating 30 yawning years on the air and here we have their mostly summary review of the Countryman. Overall, they like it,...