Huge fan of Vicki since the days of the Fifth Gear and good to see her back ( and Jonny of course ! ). Will there be Tiff and Jason too? Miss those days with the 'Fab Four'
VB-H showing us how a car review should be done! Even if she does sound a bit toffee-nosed she never fluffs or makes a mistake in diction! Good on you Vicki!
❤ Vicky, it’s great to see you doing car reviews again so pleased to hear your voice and your expertise. I do pay attention to what you say do with cars because we both started to racing at the age of 12 years old and go kart so we have quite a lot in common keep up the great work. I’ll look forward to the next review. xXx ❤
Hey Vicki Brilliant Review............The new Mini Countryman looks like it's come from Land of the GIANT'S Think it looks good and really like the interior. Best bit When you said "Hey Mini" and that little dog 🐶 appears.
Great review but the car isn't for me. I can cope with the fact it's no longer a mini but there are way too many gimmicks. The central toggle switches that control the 'emotions' or 'moods' or whatever, is just about as bad as it gets in driver inconvenience. Tosh like that should be relegated to a sub menu on the screen where hopefully it can never see the light of day. Toggle switches should be given something to do which might actually make driving easier and safer like HVAC control. Please please please car companies, stop treating your customers as 5 year olds with ADHD and prioritise function and form to lead your design choices, not kindergarten graphics and how many colours the interior lights can display.
Vicki - my wife drove a Countryman as a rental car and really liked it EXCEPT for the seats. We both found them to be uncomfortable- mainly the back cushion and they way it was curved. We would likely have been interested in getting one if the seats had been comfortable. Do you find the seats to be the same in the Clubman as they are in the Countryman?
Great review 🚙 I’d say a self charging version would be a welcome addition for many. MPG isn’t great on petrol versions and I don’t believe the electric range is enough to sway many customers to sign on the dotted line. Not just Mini but more Manufacturers need to invest in self charging if they want to do better in the UK 🇬🇧
I cancelled my test drive date after viewing the interior with the textile dash, and experiencing the laggy performance of the screen. Also hiding basic functions into a 3 step screen operation - after creating “short cuts” - was a deal killer for me. I stay with my Mini Countryman JCW 2020 until something better comes up. But not this half baked product.
I trust drove it last week and in all honesty the car was brilliant. Handling was super great, not that spongy-suv feel and it was really nippy through the corners. The interior is personal taste of course. For the screen I can't report any issue, it all worked fine.
I wonder what Vicky would prefer (driving away with) doing a comparison test with this and new (2024) BMW X1 (X-Line vs Cooper-S) or (X1 M vs JCW) for spec, interior & style ~ both having the same chassis ! 🚙
Its a good looking car from the outside but the interior is just awful especially the large round infotainment system. Plus not having a Manuel version is a oversight in my view
My experience would have been enhanced if Vikki had also shown us the rear passenger seats, and leg room for it. Just saying. Otherwise an interesting experience in the latest mini countryman. 👍
The original mini was a practical thoughtful brilliant idea. It was tiny, cheap, cheerful and spartan. This is a pointless styling exercise designed to appeal to nostalgia. The original mini was a brand new concept This is a mish mash, as big as a series 2 Land Rover and way too expensive.
Quite too high tech,but most cars are going in that direction ,the latest 15 most unreliable cars English made cars came 3 and 4, Subaru and Toyota were number 1 and 2,not as fancy as the Mini,but I live in Australia and prefer function over reliability over flash.
NOOOOOOOOO !! I took issue with the first reborn Mini, joking that you could use it to encase a Mini 😳 Successive versions have grown, bigger, bigger and uglier……… this one is a monstrosity !! The scale, the proportions, the shape……… the stupidly large screen, distracting you from “the Screen”……… the one you SHOULD be looking through. Shameless marketing bauble for the hard of thinking, albeit, wealthy as well. Staggering to see a Mini on 20” wheels, when the original had 10” wheels……. VBH - stunning as ever, natural and fizzing in front of a camera - don’t stop 🥳🇬🇧🏁
You and you passengers can play games! Taking selfies! Come on MINI, is it a car you have made or a huge very expensive phone? Get rid of the gimmicks, the cartoon character and concentrate on a decent looking car! I owned the second generation MINI Countryman Cooper S for four years, 2017 - 202, that was a good car!
I so wish they had gotten rid of the C-pillar thingy, and while at it also the circular display. I mean, outside it would look so much better! And on the inside, right now I think it looks like a car designed to be driven by women. Which is a shame, limiting the audience :)
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I am an owner of a 2020 Countryman which I love. However, I am so impressed with this new 2025 Countryman that I have one on order.
What Mini Countryman review... oh, yeah right... Sorry I came to see Vikki...
I am here for Vicki. This Mini is just too big for me. :)
My God Vicki looks absolutely the same as in the first episodes of Fifth Gear. Time hasn't passed
Yes but she needs the denim mini skirt.
I rather watching her than this mini
Vicki always look hot in leather! Wow❤
Vicky could save TOP GEAR ⚙️
I love the quality of the review and short, basic and right to the point ! thanks
Hooraaay! Vicki at laaaast!!!!!
I just love Vicki Butler Henderson, and not in 'I need a restraining order' way. Trust her implicitly!
Huge fan of Vicki since the days of the Fifth Gear and good to see her back ( and Jonny of course ! ). Will there be Tiff and Jason too? Miss those days with the 'Fab Four'
I enjoyed watching the Video Review. You look amazing Vicki 😊
Mr Bean was speechless when he heard the price.
Great review Vicki! Much love and peace from South Africa ❤️🇿🇦
Great vid, and car. We love you VB-H!
A mini dealer told me that if everything inside the new mini was removed you can fit the original mini inside it!!
Never been a fan of the newer Minis as they've become more and more bloated over time. Surely it's now an oxymoron of it's original DNA!
Love it so much ❤
VB-H showing us how a car review should be done! Even if she does sound a bit toffee-nosed she never fluffs or makes a mistake in diction! Good on you Vicki!
Absolutely love new MINI Countryman 2024 ❤ Great review, high quality well made video 👍
Did a test drive yesterday, amazing car! Really impressed
Great review! Ordered my Countryman and this played a part in it. Thank you.
Love it, great to see the evolution of design and tech.
Pleasant review ❤
It’s hardly a mini far too big. Have had mini coopers for many years. The joy of a mini is that they are small and compact
❤ Vicky, it’s great to see you doing car reviews again so pleased to hear your voice and your expertise. I do pay attention to what you say do with cars because we both started to racing at the age of 12 years old and go kart so we have quite a lot in common keep up the great work. I’ll look forward to the next review. xXx ❤
I loved my Countryman so much I'm getting another one, I've had four mini's now, and my ultimate goal is a Countryman JC Works. 🤩
The mini was always the best value for money of any car on the road, both in terms of purchase and performance . And it drives so bloody well
Hey Vicki Brilliant Review............The new Mini Countryman looks like it's come from Land of the GIANT'S
Think it looks good and really like the interior. Best bit When you said "Hey Mini" and that little dog 🐶 appears.
Hey Vicki😊 awesome MiNi plus hybrid not bad😊
Vicki hasn’t changed but the Mini has. It should be called a ‘Maxi’.
Really great video
I'm a guy and I never really liked the Mini but I'm loving the look of this new Countryman. It looks really classy.
I do have the have my 2nd Mini...never again ! To much stuff broke down early already and the BMW service is a scandal !!!!
Mini not a reliable brand then? Never owned one myself.
Great review but the car isn't for me. I can cope with the fact it's no longer a mini but there are way too many gimmicks. The central toggle switches that control the 'emotions' or 'moods' or whatever, is just about as bad as it gets in driver inconvenience. Tosh like that should be relegated to a sub menu on the screen where hopefully it can never see the light of day. Toggle switches should be given something to do which might actually make driving easier and safer like HVAC control. Please please please car companies, stop treating your customers as 5 year olds with ADHD and prioritise function and form to lead your design choices, not kindergarten graphics and how many colours the interior lights can display.
Have you driven the car? Probably not…
You mean you’re old and can’t understand the technology
7:40 it actually looks like a Range Rover 😂!!
love it perfect for family of three...seriously considering one
Thank you for your comments, they look like a good thing, but no spare wheel... not good for us in OZ.
Vicki - my wife drove a Countryman as a rental car and really liked it EXCEPT for the seats. We both found them to be uncomfortable- mainly the back cushion and they way it was curved. We would likely have been interested in getting one if the seats had been comfortable. Do you find the seats to be the same in the Clubman as they are in the Countryman?
Great review 🚙 I’d say a self charging version would be a welcome addition for many. MPG isn’t great on petrol versions and I don’t believe the electric range is enough to sway many customers to sign on the dotted line. Not just Mini but more Manufacturers need to invest in self charging if they want to do better in the UK 🇬🇧
It’s nothing like a mini!
Why do people keep saying "its not for me" and then tell us why. Well if it is not for you, then shut up.Don't spoil it for the rest of us who like.
I don't know. I'm just not sure it's for me.
Ev crap
My heart is telling me to buy one but my head says no; we will see which way it goes!
I cancelled my test drive date after viewing the interior with the textile dash, and experiencing the laggy performance of the screen. Also hiding basic functions into a 3 step screen operation - after creating “short cuts” - was a deal killer for me. I stay with my Mini Countryman JCW 2020 until something better comes up. But not this half baked product.
I trust drove it last week and in all honesty the car was brilliant. Handling was super great, not that spongy-suv feel and it was really nippy through the corners. The interior is personal taste of course. For the screen I can't report any issue, it all worked fine.
Love it!!!!!!!!!!! Picking up ours this week. Can't wait 😀
A good review.
Team JCW 🇬🇧 excellent review 😊 well done
The jcw all 4 is a superb car ❤
I am a guy and I think its great! Its not too big! It is on my shortlist for my next car .
I am considering it as downsizing. Does anyone know what the ride is like long distance & motorway driving
I wonder what Vicky would prefer (driving away with) doing a comparison test with this and new (2024) BMW X1 (X-Line vs Cooper-S) or (X1 M vs JCW) for spec, interior & style ~ both having the same chassis ! 🚙
What about running costs, servicing, insurance ?
The door handles remind me of those in the Nissan 350z
La mini in generale la mia passione
‘…. to give every owner a happy ending’. Yes please!
How on earth can you call such a large car a mini ???
Should've reverted to the Maxi name! Not a car I'd buy.
Its a brand name, get over it.
Im guessing it shares a lot with the X1
Can't afford it but I like it
For a second I thought what?! Did the new Suzuki swift get a suv version😅 whoopsie
Bought the old model new just before this was launched Thank God ! No Mini you have lost the plot sorry!
It’s better than your old one
Is this the whole Fith Gear cast?
I don’t want to ride around in a car with a knitted dash board
Good God it starts at $39k in the US. That’s a lot for a Mini.
Oh dear, just one long advertisement!
I quite like that
What’s Mini about it?
How can you call something a mini when it's in the suv catagory
More of an advert for Mini than a review. Was expecting something far more in-depth from VBH.
That’s NOT a Mini. That’s a Maxi. BMW, what are you thinking??? It’s a Maxi, not a Mini.
such a shame there's no manual gearbox
Its a good looking car from the outside but the interior is just awful especially the large round infotainment system.
Plus not having a Manuel version is a oversight in my view
Looking nice there Vicky👍.As for the Mini, it's OK,but not my cup of tea.Will continue with Audi l think.
Bella machina❤😊
Always nice to see you review a car, I personally think like a lot of new BMW,s they are ugly.
My experience would have been enhanced if Vikki had also shown us the rear passenger seats, and leg room for it. Just saying. Otherwise an interesting experience in the latest mini countryman. 👍
The original mini was a practical thoughtful brilliant idea. It was tiny, cheap, cheerful and spartan.
This is a pointless styling exercise designed to appeal to nostalgia.
The original mini was a brand new concept
This is a mish mash, as big as a series 2 Land Rover and way too expensive.
This countryman is larger, but better looking
Quite too high tech,but most cars are going in that direction ,the latest 15 most unreliable cars English made cars came 3 and 4, Subaru and Toyota were number 1 and 2,not as fancy as the Mini,but I live in Australia and prefer function over reliability over flash.
NOOOOOOOOO !!
I took issue with the first reborn Mini, joking that you could use it to encase a Mini 😳
Successive versions have grown, bigger, bigger and uglier……… this one is a monstrosity !!
The scale, the proportions, the shape……… the stupidly large screen, distracting you from “the Screen”……… the one you SHOULD be looking through. Shameless marketing bauble for the hard of thinking, albeit, wealthy as well.
Staggering to see a Mini on 20” wheels, when the original had 10” wheels…….
VBH - stunning as ever, natural and fizzing in front of a camera - don’t stop 🥳🇬🇧🏁
I have the old model and I really like the look of it. This new one is bloody awful. I definitely won’t be buying one. 💀
It’s 4.4m long and 2m wide so about the same size as a Range Rover Evoque. It really should be called the Maxi.
It is a travesty to put a Mini badge on that but that is the reality we are living in. Horses for courses.
7:36 if it gives every driver a “happy ending”, maybe the cloth interior is not the best choice ..?
It's hardly a "Mini". More like a Range Rover!!!
You and you passengers can play games! Taking selfies! Come on MINI, is it a car you have made or a huge very expensive phone? Get rid of the gimmicks, the cartoon character and concentrate on a decent looking car! I owned the second generation MINI Countryman Cooper S for four years, 2017 - 202, that was a good car!
Front end looks like the Suzuki Swift haha
Vicki looking good as always,as for the countryman not so interesting 🙃🙃
This is growing on me, however, they missed a trick by not making a manual version 😢
bit too much in-video ads by the sponsor... tone that down
Take off the badge and no one would guess it’s a mini from the outside!
They should drop the name "Mini" these days - they have just become rather odd looking medium sized (and not particularly practical) family cars.
I was expecting an Evoque to be hidden behind it
I so wish they had gotten rid of the C-pillar thingy, and while at it also the circular display. I mean, outside it would look so much better! And on the inside, right now I think it looks like a car designed to be driven by women. Which is a shame, limiting the audience :)
What I love about the mini....I don't and never will own one
What is Mini about that SUV?
It's hardly a Mini.That thing is massive.
NICE NICE LADY ❤❤❤❤❤AND MINI CLUBMAN 😮😮😮😮😮😮
BIG BIG IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO OLD MODEL 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Do Ikea design cars.
I hate it when the wheels go round and round
Yes that's errr Mini.... and the English flag on a German car just tops it off nicely 🙈
Don't know what substance they've been on recently, but here's another car ruined by BMW designers. A truly ugly, characterless Mini 😞
Nope totally disagree test drove it for my daughter 21st birthday present, excellent quality and tech, comfortable and fun
@@alanwayte432 Glad the quality has finally improved. But it's still as ugly as an 80s Toyota.
The countryman has never been a looker but this should not bear the mini-name. Like the mustang it doesn’t fit. Glad to see Vicki again
Beauty is subjective
Another tank to fill up the road.
No longer a “Mini”. Apologies but it’s butt ugly,no physical HVAC buttons and too full of gimmicks 👎
I’ve had 4 countryman’s over the years but this one is a bit Fiat 500L. So I’ve decided to make a change and gone for the Jaguar e Pace. Sorry BMW.
For a micro SUV it’s not that bad.
Mini in size, mini in price - neither are true. Still love VBH though.