BMW has made the most of a name which its British originator ran into the dust. Yes it's quite big now but it's Mini in comparison with other SUV type vehicles. It isn't huge or really big... It's a Mini SUV .... Gee how many more reviews have to keep repeating that it's bigger than the original mini .... Nobody wants a crude noisy biscuit tin that comes from the factory with rust anymore; that was only exciting in 1959 when it re-defined small car design ... oh sure it's a nostalgic memory of the mini everybody drove way back when... But does anybody really want that when it has to compare with any number of sophisticated smallish cars. I guess if you don't like it you won't buy it, there's plenty of choice. But please get over the size.... We all know it's bigger than it ancestor.
Nathan is one of my favorite reviewers on TFL but when you combine his soft speaking voice and loud music I end up turning up the volume to hear him and way back down because the music is way too loud. TFL editors need to figure this out!!
mini should really work on reliability if they wanna charge $45,000+ for a compact size car. I know a lot of people here in NY that bought a Carola and some Elantra's after their mini because of the ownership experience with the mini. They miss their mini but they are still not buying another one.
I agree with Nathan to a point, yet the caveat is, that the name Mini has unfortunately evolved from an actual meaning in the sixties, to just a brand today. Though the Countryman shares the platform with the Cooper, it's still a Mini underneath, though bulked up a bit. Quite...a bit.
Yeah the price is getting crazy, in fact , when you think of it,..prices of vehicles in general are getting a bit ridiculous,....'money grab' comes to mind. BUT,...I'd love to have one,....to go along with my 'play toy' 2010 Mini Cooper Convertible. They are a fun car to drive,.I agree with Nathan here 100 percent. ( in fact I agree with Nathan in all he's said in this video.)
I own a 2017.5 which is the new body style. I opted for the tricked out black on black everything countryman S. It’s fast as hell but very delicate. So far the transmission has had technical issues twice, but the dealer did fix it with no problems. I find it when you’re driving this car for a long period time it’s very uncomfortable. So after a year and a half I decided to trade my car only to find out that my $37,000 car is only worth $21,000. Ps. My car only has 11k miles on it. I will never buy this brand again.
They should use another brand for the larger Mini models + the 2-series Active Tourer. Sadly BMW sold off most other names so they only have Triumph and Riley left of the British brands but Riley is quite unknown and Triumphs are roadsters and sporty sedans. Would have prefered the Austin brand
the previous years small minis have a lot of negative reviews but because i find them beautiful i still want to buy one.....but big one like this is not as appealing as the small one
This is a MINI Cooper Countryman. If you want to keep on talking about how sizeable MINIs have become, please compare to regular MINI Cooper hatch. Oh and please take into consideration all the new safety stuff.
My son had a 2006 mini which was a money pit and a money pit from hell if you took it to the dealership for service. Now he has a 2014 Countryman, it is beautiful and roomy and nice to look at but I’m begging him to trade it for a Tacoma before the nightmare begins all over again
Saw a 2013 Countryman S at a used dealers yesterday with very faded black now erm grey powdery looking plastic trim above the front wheel arches that is shocking a for 5 a year old BMW in the UK so not the hottest place on the planet,i was also looking at a Cooper JCW convertible last summer test drove it and the rattles and same shi--y but now piano shiny plastic bits all over the outside trim on a pre Reg less than 3 months old full of hair line scratches on the shiny plastic cheap trim bits. Anyway long story short i walked away for the price Mini's are covered in this high gloss plastic now. Car was fun to drive though but very hard ride JCW's to expected though!
$45K !!! I could get a well optioned XT4 for that price and still average the same MPG. Why go for the mini PHEV ? Didn't think there would ever be a day when a Mini is bigger than a Caddilac, but here we are...
wow, a bash fest of the MINI. "it's a really good car" but lets just talk about how awful it is! A.)its the fastest MINI in production...watch AlexOnAutos he got 5.9 seconds B.)its expensive but with federal and/or state incentives it brings it down to the cost of a countryman S (which is slower and less efficient) C.)talking about advertised mpg but if you watch many other videos you will find that people are getting around 35 mpg combined and about 20 miles of electric range. Sure, that is much less than the Volt but you are also getting a much more usable cargo space and wider hatch opening.
There are no state incentives for this car (not in CA), at least. Federal yes, about $4K. The gas engine is too dirty. Go ahead look it up. Not eligible for HOV stickers. Electric rage is atrocious. No people are not getting 20 miles on this, maybe plus or minus 12 to 15 miles. Combine gas and electric range is only 270 miles because of the small gas tank. The gas engine Countryman's range is 403 miles. This is the only electrified car that spends more time at a gas station!
bruintoo Oregon has state incentives for PHEV. www.fuelly.com/car/mini/cooper_countryman/2018?engineconfig_id=764&bodytype_id=&submodel_id= (fuelly.com link to what owners are seeing for real world mpg)
I would say the current mini offerings from BMW should go the next model name just like BMC did back in the 1960's and 70's. BMC move on to the model label "Maxi", that the Canadians nick named "land crab" which might fit model much better. That's if BMC didn't sell the name off to the makers of feminine hygiene products and is still available.
Would rather have the 4cyl 2.0 Turbo with a manual. No hybrid BS for me. It's the auto transmission in this thing a DCT or a T/C unit ? DCT its CRAP unless you live in the middle of nowhere with no traffic or inside a racetrack. Take it up Gold Mine Hill !
Is it a 'Maxi-...'? Now hang on a second, here, Nathan. "It's a good car"? The last Consumer Reports I saw on the BMW Mini line showed it to have THE worst reliability of all vehicles in the market!
Josh Lambert We don’t have the resources to do many long-term reviews. Only a handful to be honest. So, with the majority of the cars I review, I base my opinion on dynamics and if it’s fun to drive. This car IS a hoot to drive.
Sorry that car is not worth that price tag. People who buy that want to appear to be "cultured" or "Euro" centric / minded to some degree. If that's the case, great, but know you are paying for nothing that's better than an actual SUV in the same price category. Basically pointless!
This mini PHEV sucks. First, it is not eligible for any HOV stickers anywhere because the gas engine is too dirty. The all electric range is 12 miles. The combine gas and electric range is 270 miles (small gas tank). The regular ICE Countryman is 403 mile range. This is the only electrified car that spends MORE time at a gas station! It's not even eligible for CA clean air car rebate!
I own a 2015 F56 Cooper S and it has been one of the most reliable cars I have ever had. Bought the car new and I’m pushing almost 70K miles
BMW has made the most of a name which its British originator ran into the dust. Yes it's quite big now but it's Mini in comparison with other SUV type vehicles. It isn't huge or really big... It's a Mini SUV .... Gee how many more reviews have to keep repeating that it's bigger than the original mini .... Nobody wants a crude noisy biscuit tin that comes from the factory with rust anymore; that was only exciting in 1959 when it re-defined small car design ... oh sure it's a nostalgic memory of the mini everybody drove way back when... But does anybody really want that when it has to compare with any number of sophisticated smallish cars. I guess if you don't like it you won't buy it, there's plenty of choice. But please get over the size.... We all know it's bigger than it ancestor.
Nathan is one of my favorite reviewers on TFL but when you combine his soft speaking voice and loud music I end up turning up the volume to hear him and way back down because the music is way too loud. TFL editors need to figure this out!!
I agree, Nathan to me is a lil more relatable. Even thought tfl and other car review pages & reviewers aren’t very Diverse..
The editors are better than they were but still not where they need to be. The ratio between voice and music was way worse in the early days.
Mini is a brand, not a car.
The countryman Cooper S is nice, solidly put together, surprisingly so. Also a nice quiet cabin when on road.
mini should really work on reliability if they wanna charge $45,000+ for a compact size car. I know a lot of people here in NY that bought a Carola and some Elantra's after their mini because of the ownership experience with the mini. They miss their mini but they are still not buying another one.
Jay G are you talking of the old ones? Because the before 2014/2013 ones are not really reliable but the new ones are very reliable!
@@elia4783 I'll believe that if the 2015 and 16's ect make it past 5 or 6 years.
I agree with Nathan to a point, yet the caveat is, that the name Mini has unfortunately evolved from an actual meaning in the sixties, to just a brand today. Though the Countryman shares the platform with the Cooper, it's still a Mini underneath, though bulked up a bit. Quite...a bit.
It's called a Mega Cooper
Great video 🤘
Hahah. Giant Mini. Like Jumbo shrimp.
hahaha, how oxy of you:)
Will these rattle themselves to pieces in ~75,000 miles like the regular Mini?
I really like this car/suv. I've chosen this over the bmw x1 or 2 series because I prefer the interior ☺
Awesome 😀 😀 2018 mini Cooper sport review .
Yeah the price is getting crazy, in fact , when you think of it,..prices of vehicles in general are getting a bit ridiculous,....'money grab' comes to mind.
BUT,...I'd love to have one,....to go along with my 'play toy' 2010 Mini Cooper Convertible. They are a fun car to drive,.I agree with Nathan here 100 percent.
( in fact I agree with Nathan in all he's said in this video.)
I own a 2017.5 which is the new body style. I opted for the tricked out black on black everything countryman S. It’s fast as hell but very delicate. So far the transmission has had technical issues twice, but the dealer did fix it with no problems. I find it when you’re driving this car for a long period time it’s very uncomfortable. So after a year and a half I decided to trade my car only to find out that my $37,000 car is only worth $21,000. Ps. My car only has 11k miles on it. I will never buy this brand again.
Bugs Bunny OMG a used car which is worth less than a new one.
It takes about a week of driving to get used to the regen brakes. (Ford Cmax owner here).
They should use another brand for the larger Mini models + the 2-series Active Tourer. Sadly BMW sold off most other names so they only have Triumph and Riley left of the British brands but Riley is quite unknown and Triumphs are roadsters and sporty sedans. Would have prefered the Austin brand
I think I saw a Riley Elf concept? A MINI with a trunk - that might be somewhere to put a motor.
I would still buy it though.
the previous years small minis have a lot of negative reviews but because i find them beautiful i still want to buy one.....but big one like this is not as appealing as the small one
This is a MINI Cooper Countryman. If you want to keep on talking about how sizeable MINIs have become, please compare to regular MINI Cooper hatch. Oh and please take into consideration all the new safety stuff.
My son had a 2006 mini which was a money pit and a money pit from hell if you took it to the dealership for service. Now he has a 2014 Countryman, it is beautiful and roomy and nice to look at but I’m begging him to trade it for a Tacoma before the nightmare begins all over again
I like this car and the size does not bother me in the least. Only why is it made as a hybrid rather than all-electric car? 12 miles is nothing.
I wouldn't consider Mini Coopers big by any means. A friend of my sister's has one and last time I saw it, I thought "Wow that thing is tiny."
I used to want one but their almost unrecognizable now and now they have the fiata 124567 headlights smh 🤦♂️
20 miles on battery? 27 mpg? Sounds like run flats instead if a spare tire. Add a cylinder, loose the battery and its weight... Get 30 mpg lol
Saw a 2013 Countryman S at a used dealers yesterday with very faded black now erm grey powdery looking plastic trim above the front wheel arches that is shocking a for 5 a year old BMW in the UK so not the hottest place on the planet,i was also looking at a Cooper JCW convertible last summer test drove it and the rattles and same shi--y but now piano shiny plastic bits all over the outside trim on a pre Reg less than 3 months old full of hair line scratches on the shiny plastic cheap trim bits.
Anyway long story short i walked away for the price Mini's are covered in this high gloss plastic now.
Car was fun to drive though but very hard ride JCW's to expected though!
why to the American versions have a claimed 12 mile electric range and the European (UK in my case) its 25 miles!?
Any concern with 3 cylinders?
There are so many reasons why it’s no a mini. The only thing it shares in common is the name and 4 wheels
That is 2019 and I have one I get 20 miles on electric only
Giant Mini is a ........Giant amino.
Great family car
This giant mini is an unreliable abomination
$45k Mini? Nope....Maybe they will sell well in Germany.
$45K !!! I could get a well optioned XT4 for that price and still average the same MPG. Why go for the mini PHEV ?
Didn't think there would ever be a day when a Mini is bigger than a Caddilac, but here we are...
It's not only not bigger than a Cadillac xt4, it's about 20 inches shorter.
It stopped being a mini when it became a BMW
Biggie Cooper
The notorious mini countryman
Meshech Blake 😂🤣
Giant Mini = $30,000 plus
Used car prices drop pretty quickly for Mini's.
Giant Mini=Oxymoron...
wow, a bash fest of the MINI. "it's a really good car" but lets just talk about how awful it is! A.)its the fastest MINI in production...watch AlexOnAutos he got 5.9 seconds B.)its expensive but with federal and/or state incentives it brings it down to the cost of a countryman S (which is slower and less efficient) C.)talking about advertised mpg but if you watch many other videos you will find that people are getting around 35 mpg combined and about 20 miles of electric range. Sure, that is much less than the Volt but you are also getting a much more usable cargo space and wider hatch opening.
There are no state incentives for this car (not in CA), at least. Federal yes, about $4K. The gas engine is too dirty. Go ahead look it up. Not eligible for HOV stickers. Electric rage is atrocious. No people are not getting 20 miles on this, maybe plus or minus 12 to 15 miles. Combine gas and electric range is only 270 miles because of the small gas tank. The gas engine Countryman's range is 403 miles. This is the only electrified car that spends more time at a gas station!
bruintoo Oregon has state incentives for PHEV. www.fuelly.com/car/mini/cooper_countryman/2018?engineconfig_id=764&bodytype_id=&submodel_id= (fuelly.com link to what owners are seeing for real world mpg)
My mini not run that fast I like it but alot of problem. A lot of compliments about my mini coz it's cute car. Very picky on gas don't like cheap gas.
❤ my 04 cooper s ... s is for supercharger!
Why is the Mini Countryman better than a Hyundai Kona, spec for spec.
You're comparing a $25k car to a $45k one ? Why not just compare it to a Chiron while you're at it ?
DigitalYojimbo Remember the challenge? Spec for spec. Clubman S. How is it better?
DigitalYojimbo Prices start at 26K for the Mini.
I would say the current mini offerings from BMW should go the next model name just like BMC did back in the 1960's and 70's.
BMC move on to the model label "Maxi", that the Canadians nick named "land crab" which might fit model much better. That's if
BMC didn't sell the name off to the makers of feminine hygiene products and is still available.
First off none of the current "Minis" are real. Germany isn't British. LOL.
Would rather have the 4cyl 2.0 Turbo with a manual. No hybrid BS for me.
It's the auto transmission in this thing a DCT or a T/C unit ?
DCT its CRAP unless you live in the middle of nowhere with no traffic or inside a racetrack.
Take it up Gold Mine Hill !
What do You Call a Giant Mini? An Oxymoron...
any mini with nathan inside would be over 2 tons
f Does that make you feel better?
A Maxi ?
Turned a car line into a brand and lost the plot on the way imo.
Mini in name only .. it’s bigger than a focus.
BMW built the C. for U.S. customers and it's bad.
wow ... when launch in india
India isn't still making one?
You call it a MAXI...like the pads. Buy at your own risk.
You really don't want an Austin Maxi!
Is it a 'Maxi-...'?
Now hang on a second, here, Nathan. "It's a good car"? The last Consumer Reports I saw on the BMW Mini line showed it to have THE worst reliability of all vehicles in the market!
Josh Lambert We don’t have the resources to do many long-term reviews. Only a handful to be honest. So, with the majority of the cars I review, I base my opinion on dynamics and if it’s fun to drive. This car IS a hoot to drive.
@@NathanDAdlen
Fair enough. Thanks for the reply. Love the reviews, keep 'em coming!
Josh Lambert Will do!
Sorry that car is not worth that price tag. People who buy that want to appear to be "cultured" or "Euro" centric / minded to some degree. If that's the case, great, but know you are paying for nothing that's better than an actual SUV in the same price category. Basically pointless!
Americans stopped buying cars , esp small expensive ones
Unreliable and expensive to maintain. As for mini, think of it as a mini SUV instead of a bloated mini cooper
mini please get bankrupt again and let toyota or honda buy you please LOL
LMAO.
This mini PHEV sucks. First, it is not eligible for any HOV stickers anywhere because the gas engine is too dirty. The all electric range is 12 miles. The combine gas and electric range is 270 miles (small gas tank). The regular ICE Countryman is 403 mile range. This is the only electrified car that spends MORE time at a gas station! It's not even eligible for CA clean air car rebate!
Mini on steroids, nah.
Does not worth the money