Mini Countryman
Mini Cooper S ALL4 Countryman (since 2010)
The Mini Countryman (internal designation: R60 ) is the fourth model of the Mini brand of German car manufacturer BMW. The Countryman is produced by Magna Steyr in Graz. The five-door vehicle is about four meters long and can accommodate four or five people. Optionally available for the Cooper S, Cooper D and Cooper SD models a ALL4 all-wheel drive called.
The concept car of the Countryman, the Mini Crossover Concept was presented at the Mondial de l'Automobile in October 2008 to the public. The launch of the Countryman took place on September 18, 2010 The term " Countryman " goes back to the Austin Mini.; it was there the name of the three-door station wagon.
Rally Sport
In the 2011 season takes mini with a developed in collaboration with Prodrive World Rally Car version (1600 cc turbocharged ) of the Countryman in selected rounds of the World Rally Championship ( WRC) in part.
With the factory riders Dani Sordo and Kris Meeke Mini WRC Team takes the 2011 season to six rallies in part: Italy, Finland, Germany, France, Catalonia and Wales. The presented in Geneva John Cooper Works S2000 Prodrive team starts already from March 24 to 27 at the Rally Portugal.
Already at the Rally Germany 2011 achieved Dani Sordo surprising third overall. In the Rallye de France, he was second overall.
During the Dakar Rally 2011, the German private - Team X -Raid sat first time a Mini Countryman ( MINI All4 Racing) as a competition car. Unlike in the World Rally Championship, these were a SUV in the prototype class, which must have technically no relation to the production vehicle, but the silhouette was modeled on the production model of the Country Mans. On the rest day of the Dakar Rally Chicherit retired after a rollover during a test drive on overall 9 out lying. In the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2011 Stephane Peterhansel took the first victory in the MINI All4 Racing. During the Dakar Rally 2012, the Team X -Raid MINI All4 joined with five Racing and was the overall winner as well as the places 2, 4, 8 and 10 in the overall standings reach "Auto".
A new overall victory as well as the rankings 3 and 4 arrive at the Rally Dakar 2013.
Mini Countryman WRC
Specifications
The boot of the Mini Countryman holds 350 liters, this can be extended by moving the rear seats to 450 liters and by folding the seats to 1170 liters.