Mini’s third-generation Countryman has touched U.S. soil for the primary time following the world debut earlier this month on the 2023 Munich auto present.
The U.S. debut occurred on Monday on the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York Metropolis, at an occasion organized by City-X, Mini’s in-house startup incubator.
Mini did not present any particular particulars for the U.S. market aside from the showroom look focused to happen by fall 2024. The brand new compact crossover will arrive as a 2025 mannequin.
The model proven was the Countryman Electrical, or Countryman E, the bottom electrical model of the brand new Countryman which is predicted to come back with 188 hp and a 64.7-kwh battery. A sportier Countryman SE can also be deliberate, which is predicted to come back with 308 hp and the identical 64.7-kwh battery.
2025 Mini Countryman Electrical
There can even be gas-powered variations of the brand new Countryman. Mini hasn’t revealed any of those however has launched revealing teasers of the John Cooper Works Countryman. It’s anticipated to hold a 2.0-liter turbo-4, identical to the outgoing mannequin.
Although it is but to be confirmed by Mini, an electrical John Cooper Works Countryman can also be potential.
Each the electric- and gas-powered Countrymans are primarily based on the identical FAAR platform from Mini’s BMW Group guardian. Manufacturing of each variations can also be being dealt with on the identical BMW plant in Leipzig, Germany. The plant additionally builds FAAR-based BMW fashions like the most recent X1, a detailed cousin of the Countryman.
Mini additionally has a redesigned Cooper hatch due for 2025. There might be electrical and gas-powered variations, although timing for the U.S. market hasn’t been introduced. The gas-powered Cooper is predicted to reach subsequent yr and the electrical model following round 2026, when it begins manufacturing at Mini’s plant within the U.Ok. alongside an electrical subcompact crossover to be known as the Aceman.