Times are changing, lets face that ! This new Countryman it is outstanding ! As a regular BMW and Merc Owner ... this New Mini change my mind at all , spacious, solid and well made, materials you need to touch it because are amazing and keep a little bit of nostalgia of the brand mixed with a completely new era of electronics we need to accept. If the future and technology cause you a frustration ... just bought a vintage Mini Cooper and have it on you garage covered for a weekend drive each month, but this New Countryman really Rocks and it is really attractive for new customers like me. And one more thing it is for shure if we let the romanticism behind.. New cars are better than ever ! Security, Consuming, Environmental, confort etc. Just open your mind. Ohh by the way , really great review man !!
Think compared the prior model it looks terrible inside and out. Even the software is very sluggish, which is was not before. What the hell are mini doing.
The thing doesn't even have a boot and it's presented as a feature. Yeah I'm grumpy. Even the guy gets out of camera view to not show (in relativity) how small it is. Still grumpy. Anyways.
It’s model dependent, my mom and I got one for the weekend and it had moveable headrests, if you don’t know a feature on a car, look it up and stop complaining
@@wendyhopkins2902 And that pretty much says it all. The choices among £35 to £40k EV's out there are now comprehensive. I wouldn't even contemplate spending £35K plus on a Mini, with the choices there are out there now.
The fact that if you buy the cheapest model the option to have union jack lights don't work is ridiculous, if you go on the website and configure the car you see the picture of the base model rear lights and they have just 2 strips of light that light up. I know because I bought it, thought they've done that to make you buy the level 1 pack to get them
@mikadavies660 you can haggle on a Countryman, too. The difference is that the Countryman residuals are much better than those of the X1 so you might be £200 better off a month in the Countryman. You'll also find the seats are similar and the Mini is a better fit for that size of car. BMW only makes sense from 3 series/X3 torsen AWD and up.
It's amazing that I got the S engine (All 4 2.0L 4cyl) with Sport trim and Level 3 for the same price as this reviewed car. You must barter like I did (i.e., by saving £4k).
My Wifes always had Minis and had nearly every model, BUT she says she wont get the new ones with the screens only dashboard. Its getting hard to find cars without them now.
The union jack lights don't work on the base model, you have to get level pack 1 to get them to work. I know because I bought the base model without knowing this 😢
I don’t like touch screens with all the controls on. I am fed up with car manufacturers making expensive cars full of technology I don’t want that is dangerous to use while driving.
The Mini used to be known for its luxurious interior with toggle switches and a stylish classic exterior. Now what is it? Kia Sorento? It seems something's wrong with the Mini's designers. Either a new young designer didn't capture the voice of the previous one, or the brand just followed market trends. The Mini used to occupy a special niche, but now it's become ordinary, nothing special. And I loved Mini precisely for its uniqueness!
Oh man I was so excited for the screen and I expected the dashboard to be in all models regardless but now you're telling I have to pay more for the bare minimum?? Nah I'm going for the previous model I guess
Hmm, can't really fathom why they have what resembles a dinner plate in the middle of the car,you certainly couldn't call it a dashboard . The air vent controls appear to be from a toaster and the shroud ahead of steering column resembles a curtain over a Rat hole Is Roland Ray hiding in there .Shocking😞
Had my BEV Countryman S E Sport L 3 since April 9 and the only faults I can find are the front seat head restraints force your head forward and that is uncomfortable and there are still a lot of bugs in the electronics in the dash - mine refuses point blank to give me satnav voice instructions in English, German, French, Spanish or Italian it just tells me that it doesn’t recognise those languages even though they (and a whole lot more languages are available) in the settings. Even when the setting is set to English I get a message on the screen telling me that English is not available for satnav instructions! Not that it bothers me as 99% of my charging is at home but I also haven’t been able to get it to connect to the Plug and Charge system so,used my Electroverse card instead and got a discount on Octopus. Drove mine to Harrogate and back last weekend and it’s a hoot to drive on the motorway and is very comfortable and quiet at speed. it’s not too thirsty at motorway speed having averaged 3.4m/kWh overall - charging on Ionity and EVPoint chargers was no problem at max 150kW but it’s a pity that the charging curve starts to taper off that at 35-37% SOC in this day and age. 40% to 80% on a 350kW Ionity at Carlisle took 20 minutes and 22 minutes on a 150kW charger at Starbucks in Harrogate to do similar. The augmented reality display is brilliant but spoken satnav routing instructions are more useful as you don’t have to take your eyes off the road to see where to turn. The ride is great on the 19” wheels on mine - I’m used to driving air sprung Range Rovers and New Defenders and it’s as comfortable as those even on rough road surfaces. Might have been more appropriate of BMW Mini to have resurrected the old Maxi name for it though - it’s 10cms longer than my 2023 Defender 90, it cannot go quite as far off the tar as the Defender too even though mine has a “trails” mode setting in the experiences - best to limit your off road ventures to a forest drive I have found.
I think this new one is much much better. I feel like I'm actually sitting inside it , Rather than on top it. Well , that is what i thought about the previous car anyway. Well done Mini .. except it's not !!!
Mini is mini no more😢. But about tech I actually really like graphics and funkiness this is Mini after all. Just not sure are they aiming for premium market or middle one. Keep up with great work
That interior is just ghastly, and poorly designed. It’s ‘look at me but don’t use me’ style of design. As they say built by the designer and not the engineer.
Just a niggling point? Why are Union Jack lights considered divisive by this reporter? Slip of the tongue or his true feelings about our country? It annoyed me. And the reporting is like a BBC country file/blue Peter report. A bit of humour would not go amiss. I’ll stick with CarWow.
The union jack lights don't work on the base model, you need level pack 1 to make them work. You get 2 strips of light either side on the base model and the option to change them is removed on exterior lights settings. Bit of a cop out by mini to make you buy the level 1 pack to get them to work, they have the same union jack tail lights but they don't work
Absolutely awful interior! An idiotic dinner plate looking display that is the very deifinition of looking bolted on as an afterthought and a terrible seat design And those Union flag lights are frankly appalling
Just a quick warning to anyone buying the base model 1.5c it doesn't come with the union jack lights, it's got the same rear lights but you can't get them to work. You just get 2 strips of light either side, which I think is quite a cop out of mini. I took mine back to mini and asked them why they don't work and they said they do and to bring it in and they'll show me. They got in touch with mini and they told the staff they don't work on the base model 1.5c. Pretty disgusting to be fair, the car is definitely a upgrade to my 2020 countryman which I traded in 👍
Fixed headrest and the infotainment screen providing driver information feels like a deal breaker. Some really odd design decisions making it impossible to defend as an option and be a realistic choice😢
This is where Mini will lose out. Right now, if you wanted a small-ish car with heaps of style, you'd be speaking to your nearest Renault dealer about their new R5.....
I don’t care how good this car is to drive - it has to have one of the most badly designed interiors I’ve ever seen in a car….with regard to the control interface. My partner has the previous countryman (which she loves) and to me is a much better designed car as far as interacting with the car is concerned.
Mini have truly destroyed the mini by cutting costs and materials in the mini, but then but the price high enough for a more premium car. They clearly didn’t listen to customer feedback back .
Exterior design awful MINI sold itself to China and the option packs are unacceptable and over priced car is even more expensive as they won’t put the simplest of things as part of the car Hard plastics again not acceptable previous generation had a better quality interior but selling out to China and made the car cheaply Made
BMW/Mini Have trashed the interior in new Mini EVs. The Old, BMW, "traditional" mini interior was what made recent mini's special. I will never buy a mini with this new, stripped out, cheap, junky interior design. As far as I'm concerned this is a perfect example of "scimp-flation".
This infotainment screen only access for important controls is utter idiocy and keeps getting worse, and that means less user friendly and more dangers.
What can i say about the dash......shite, i expect more from bmw but looking at the grilles on the evs my expectations are low......the screen looks like it was an afterthought....if the mini gets any bigger its a maxi,allegro,metro(Im showing my age) and loses any resemblance to the original....WHY DOES WE SELL ALL ITS COMPANIES, INDUSTRIES AND TRADEMARK TO FOREIGN INVESTERS !!!!!!
Not sure why the Union Jack tail lights are divisive, we are in the United Kingdom after all and Mini is a very British piece of car history..though i have to admit this is nothing like the mini and they seem to have lost thier way on the design...
Summary: great to look at in your neighbour's driveway. Laggy software, bad touchscreen, and the interior colours of a soviet fighter plane. Petrol only. Bad acceleration.
“…and the interior ColourLock of a soviet fighter plane.” Upon reading this I extinguished my morning breakfast through my nostrils via the coffee I was drinking. Very funny!
Liking this guy a great reviewer explians well chats calmly and clear and everything is covered liking it what car
Times are changing, lets face that ! This new Countryman it is outstanding ! As a regular BMW and Merc Owner ... this New Mini change my mind at all , spacious, solid and well made, materials you need to touch it because are amazing and keep a little bit of nostalgia of the brand mixed with a completely new era of electronics we need to accept. If the future and technology cause you a frustration ... just bought a vintage Mini Cooper and have it on you garage covered for a weekend drive each month, but this New Countryman really Rocks and it is really attractive for new customers like me. And one more thing it is for shure if we let the romanticism behind.. New cars are better than ever ! Security, Consuming, Environmental, confort etc. Just open your mind. Ohh by the way , really great review man !!
Looking cool but interior seems less quality.
Think compared the prior model it looks terrible inside and out. Even the software is very sluggish, which is was not before. What the hell are mini doing.
That fixed forward facing headrest on the front seats is such a stupid design.
Agreed. Even if it's just touching the back of your head, it will eventually drive you crazy..
i dont get the new obsession with integrated head rest.
The classic base model has moveable headrests.
The thing doesn't even have a boot and it's presented as a feature.
Yeah I'm grumpy.
Even the guy gets out of camera view to not show (in relativity) how small it is.
Still grumpy.
Anyways.
It’s model dependent, my mom and I got one for the weekend and it had moveable headrests, if you don’t know a feature on a car, look it up and stop complaining
" Generous amount of under floor storage." 🤣😂😂Even the wool they pull over your eyes is 90% nylon.
I would remind you that the ORIGINAL Austin 7 Mini had the instrument panel on a single central circular dial.
You're missing the point. We should be comparing the interior's of BMW minis, not going back 60 years to the original.
I'm watching in absolute horror to see what they've done with my beloved Mini.
I think Mini have totally taken a back step , not one on my list !!
I know it doesn't even offer ventilated seats
@@YankeeMav , my E.V Niro level 4 is so much better equipped than this mini
@@wendyhopkins2902 And that pretty much says it all. The choices among £35 to £40k EV's out there are now comprehensive. I wouldn't even contemplate spending £35K plus on a Mini, with the choices there are out there now.
The fact that if you buy the cheapest model the option to have union jack lights don't work is ridiculous, if you go on the website and configure the car you see the picture of the base model rear lights and they have just 2 strips of light that light up. I know because I bought it, thought they've done that to make you buy the level 1 pack to get them
@@YankeeMavit does doesn’t it? there is heated seats but I haven’t gotten to test the ventilated seats yet
Another case of style over substance maybe?
Not really as you wouldn't say that about the X1 it underpins. I drove both cars and went for this. The drive is much better.
Not only that, it was top in all tests when it came to battery and driving
The mini that is
One of the few reviews that are critical of the interior. It's a massive upgrade on the old tired, old gen looking interior.
It's ugly and cheap looking both inside and out now.
@@savedfaves it really isn't. It's a big step up on the 10 year old predecessor.
The seating in a BMW X1 is better, as is the fit & finish. I would rather haggle a good X1 deal than pay the full rrp on the Countryman.
@mikadavies660 you can haggle on a Countryman, too. The difference is that the Countryman residuals are much better than those of the X1 so you might be £200 better off a month in the Countryman. You'll also find the seats are similar and the Mini is a better fit for that size of car. BMW only makes sense from 3 series/X3 torsen AWD and up.
It's amazing that I got the S engine (All 4 2.0L 4cyl) with Sport trim and Level 3 for the same price as this reviewed car. You must barter like I did (i.e., by saving £4k).
I will keep my F60 Countryman...I never owned such a reliable car 😊
Good car but the U25 is better. When the time comes for you, look
My Wifes always had Minis and had nearly every model, BUT she says she wont get the new ones with the screens only dashboard. Its getting hard to find cars without them now.
Same here, Ive had 6 and went tolook at this on the weekend.....and walked away. Vile.
I’m opposed to screen only in the center, but if it’s got a HUD then I’m fine since I find myself not needing the speedometer.
Mazda is sticking with haptic buttons for the essential stuff. Super reliable too. Would get a CX5 over this any day.
The F60 is a better car in so many ways.
The Union Jack "headlights" are actually tail lights!
The union jack lights don't work on the base model, you have to get level pack 1 to get them to work. I know because I bought the base model without knowing this 😢
We went for the XC40 ass despite its age its interior is so much better built and the materials are excellent.
Residual values aren't as good so you'll pay a lot for the Volvo.
@@da_great_mogulDo you work for Mini ?
@@UraFlight no
"a step backwards" Yep
One giant leap backwards for Countryman.
I don’t like touch screens with all the controls on. I am fed up with car manufacturers making expensive cars full of technology I don’t want that is dangerous to use while driving.
"they've made it bigger but is it anymore practical" now park it next to a multistorey with a narrow up ramp Vs the old one
I definitely think the headlights are tooooo high.
I love the new ‘25 Mini Countryman. I currently have a ‘20 and have a new one on order.
You don't get the union jack lights on the base model, I know I've bought it 😢
@@steves9941you need level 1
No manual option will put some buyers off, although I prefer an auto myself....
I find it funny how people go crazy with Tesla about the speedo in the middle and it's been in the middle for years in mini 😂
Two speedos previously. I'm guessing they have replaced the one visible through the wheel with the little hud screen on this one. Keeping that option
My 1963 mini was in the middle, and in those days it was a small car with lots of room inside.
And I don’t like the central speedometer in the Tesla either. The head up display can only be had with an expensive option pack
This guy did not hold back with his review and we all like it
Mini’s now need global appeal and therefore it may lose uk sales. Last generation looked so much nicer
I cajt wait till we collect our red and black one in August
The Mini used to be known for its luxurious interior with toggle switches and a stylish classic exterior. Now what is it? Kia Sorento?
It seems something's wrong with the Mini's designers. Either a new young designer didn't capture the voice of the previous one, or the brand just followed market trends. The Mini used to occupy a special niche, but now it's become ordinary, nothing special. And I loved Mini precisely for its uniqueness!
Can you explain what type of auto box it has please.
It looks like a Chinese knock-off of a Mini
That's the best description of this...thing...I've seen yet!
now it has become a german knock off
In person this facelifted countryman is the smartest mini I’ve seen
Absolutely spot on!
@@jgreen8339 what is your emotional pain? Your father? Mother?
Exterior wise, they nailed it. However, when it comes to the interior, I really dislike the fabric design on the dash board. Does not look good.
I thought it looked hideous
You can take out the parcel shelf for most cars...why was that special?
Because you cannot store it under the boot floor.
You have to be kidding, did they pay you, this car looks nothing like a mini it’s more of a Suzuki
How does it not look like a mini?
They should have called it the MAXI.
Well then again, maybe not!
It's a mini...so shhh
Very expensive option packs
Oh man I was so excited for the screen and I expected the dashboard to be in all models regardless but now you're telling I have to pay more for the bare minimum?? Nah I'm going for the previous model I guess
It's nothing like a MINI
Hmm, can't really fathom why they have what resembles a dinner plate in the middle of the car,you certainly couldn't call it a dashboard . The air vent controls appear to be from a toaster and the shroud ahead of steering column resembles a curtain over a Rat hole Is Roland Ray hiding in there .Shocking😞
How tall is the reviewer? Tricky to gauge rear passenger seat space unless we know. Okay for 6ft 3 adults sitting in back?
The most ridiculous automotive oxymoron…the 'Biggest Mini ever'.
It's a nice vehicle but I don't like that all the drives information is in that center screen, I prefer the one before.
Had my BEV Countryman S E Sport L 3 since April 9 and the only faults I can find are the front seat head restraints force your head forward and that is uncomfortable and there are still a lot of bugs in the electronics in the dash - mine refuses point blank to give me satnav voice instructions in English, German, French, Spanish or Italian it just tells me that it doesn’t recognise those languages even though they (and a whole lot more languages are available) in the settings. Even when the setting is set to English I get a message on the screen telling me that English is not available for satnav instructions!
Not that it bothers me as 99% of my charging is at home but I also haven’t been able to get it to connect to the Plug and Charge system so,used my Electroverse card instead and got a discount on Octopus.
Drove mine to Harrogate and back last weekend and it’s a hoot to drive on the motorway and is very comfortable and quiet at speed. it’s not too thirsty at motorway speed having averaged 3.4m/kWh overall - charging on Ionity and EVPoint chargers was no problem at max 150kW but it’s a pity that the charging curve starts to taper off that at 35-37% SOC in this day and age. 40% to 80% on a 350kW Ionity at Carlisle took 20 minutes and 22 minutes on a 150kW charger at Starbucks in Harrogate to do similar. The augmented reality display is brilliant but spoken satnav routing instructions are more useful as you don’t have to take your eyes off the road to see where to turn. The ride is great on the 19” wheels on mine - I’m used to driving air sprung Range Rovers and New Defenders and it’s as comfortable as those even on rough road surfaces.
Might have been more appropriate of BMW Mini to have resurrected the old Maxi name for it though - it’s 10cms longer than my 2023 Defender 90, it cannot go quite as far off the tar as the Defender too even though mine has a “trails” mode setting in the experiences - best to limit your off road ventures to a forest drive I have found.
So you can’t turn the heating on when wearing gloves. What brain trust though that was a good idea.
Very fair review ✌️
Is there a different head lining on the classic
You'd need to go for Sport trim to get the black headliner. It'll also give you adaptive suspension and paddle shifters.
I think this new one is much much better. I feel like I'm actually sitting inside it , Rather than on top it. Well , that is what i thought about the previous car anyway. Well done Mini .. except it's not !!!
Cars with forward headrest is a big No for me. I find it really uncomfortable and not a user friendly design.
Раньше было лучше.
Mini is mini no more😢. But about tech I actually really like graphics and funkiness this is Mini after all. Just not sure are they aiming for premium market or middle one. Keep up with great work
I'd say they're aiming at cheap, cheap, cheap! Well at least as far as the interior is concerned!
That interior is just ghastly, and poorly designed. It’s ‘look at me but don’t use me’ style of design. As they say built by the designer and not the engineer.
Just a niggling point? Why are Union Jack lights considered divisive by this reporter? Slip of the tongue or his true feelings about our country? It annoyed me. And the reporting is like a BBC country file/blue Peter report. A bit of humour would not go amiss. I’ll stick with CarWow.
The union jack lights don't work on the base model, you need level pack 1 to make them work. You get 2 strips of light either side on the base model and the option to change them is removed on exterior lights settings. Bit of a cop out by mini to make you buy the level 1 pack to get them to work, they have the same union jack tail lights but they don't work
The interior is amazing !
If ugly is your thing, yeah. The prior most was 5-star luxury compared to this 2-star Travelodge with somehow much more sluggish software.
Mini Pick Up or Mini Countryman
Sorry, but it looks like its own Chinese clone 😮
How is a British light divisive? Grow up
Absolutely awful interior!
An idiotic dinner plate looking display that is the very deifinition of looking bolted on as an afterthought and a terrible seat design
And those Union flag lights are frankly appalling
😂😂
The union jack lights are not on the base model, if you want the union jack lights to work then you have to buy the level 1 pack.
Why this obsession with car play and android auto , i would suggest that most people don't use it
Actually, most people who use satnav *will* use it a lot. Updates are way more frequent.....
lol every si for people I know use it
Logical review Spock…beam me up!!
You don’t get adapted cruise control on the label 2 as part of the package.
Just a quick warning to anyone buying the base model 1.5c it doesn't come with the union jack lights, it's got the same rear lights but you can't get them to work. You just get 2 strips of light either side, which I think is quite a cop out of mini. I took mine back to mini and asked them why they don't work and they said they do and to bring it in and they'll show me. They got in touch with mini and they told the staff they don't work on the base model 1.5c. Pretty disgusting to be fair, the car is definitely a upgrade to my 2020 countryman which I traded in 👍
No idea why the Tiguan was brought into the comparison when the T-Roc is clearly a closer competitor in the Countryman's class.
Did you film with an iPhone in cinema mode? It doesn't look great in this way of cinematography.
Misfire from BMW in my opinion.
A fireable misfire IMO.
"Patriotic and divisive! Really? So the union flag is divisive is it?
Fixed headrest and the infotainment screen providing driver information feels like a deal breaker. Some really odd design decisions making it impossible to defend as an option and be a realistic choice😢
Mini. A joke. What's the point. Just make a mini small. It'd sell better even if they overpriced it...they all do anyway.
This is where Mini will lose out. Right now, if you wanted a small-ish car with heaps of style, you'd be speaking to your nearest Renault dealer about their new R5.....
Or you could get the new iteration of the new cooper which is a 3 door SMALL car for people that want a small mini
Boomermobile
I don’t care how good this car is to drive - it has to have one of the most badly designed interiors I’ve ever seen in a car….with regard to the control interface. My partner has the previous countryman (which she loves) and to me is a much better designed car as far as interacting with the car is concerned.
This is such a step back, in every way. It looks very cheap, very Suzuki like.
Mini have truly destroyed the mini by cutting costs and materials in the mini, but then but the price high enough for a more premium car. They clearly didn’t listen to customer feedback back .
Exterior design awful MINI sold itself to China and the option packs are unacceptable and over priced car is even more expensive as they won’t put the simplest of things as part of the car
Hard plastics again not acceptable previous generation had a better quality interior but selling out to China and made the car cheaply Made
Mini is owned by a German car manufactur
And not built in China?! J01/j05 exceptions until 26
The British presenter describes the Union Flag as “divisive “what have we become. That said Otherwise the car is great!
BMW/Mini Have trashed the interior in new Mini EVs. The Old, BMW, "traditional" mini interior was what made recent mini's special. I will never buy a mini with this new, stripped out, cheap, junky interior design. As far as I'm concerned this is a perfect example of "scimp-flation".
ugliest Mini in the multiverse
I like it yet dont like it. 😂
US , Japan, UK, Europe all are stuck on designing electric vehicles 😂
The IVI is a total disaster for the driver. What were BMW thinking?
This infotainment screen only access for important controls is utter idiocy and keeps getting worse, and that means less user friendly and more dangers.
What can i say about the dash......shite, i expect more from bmw but looking at the grilles on the evs my expectations are low......the screen looks like it was an afterthought....if the mini gets any bigger its a maxi,allegro,metro(Im showing my age) and loses any resemblance to the original....WHY DOES WE SELL ALL ITS COMPANIES,
INDUSTRIES AND TRADEMARK TO FOREIGN INVESTERS !!!!!!
Not sure why the Union Jack tail lights are divisive, we are in the United Kingdom after all and Mini is a very British piece of car history..though i have to admit this is nothing like the mini and they seem to have lost thier way on the design...
you should wash the car before making the video
It’s absolutely hideous
What a huge mistake in design. It looks like a Kia.
British flag is patriotic for a Sino-German car maker. Hmmm… The powers of marketing. 🤦🏻♂️
Isn't the goal of driving safely is to keep your eyes on the road and not on a round tablet??
Nah not for me
This thing looks so ugly lol
Tacky
Completely ruined
Another man who thinks the Union Jack is divisive. What is this country coming to.
The union jack lights don't work on the base model,you need to purchase level 1 pack to get them to work. I know I bought the base model
Minis are terrible cars. Never buy one.
Looks terrible.
You're titles are LAME!
*your*
0 to 60 in 5.4 seconds isn't bad
and you'll be focusing on the road and not the interior too!
Yeah, but then you have to be seen in this ugly box.
The main words of this review look like "Bit of a shame" and "Frustrating" and I agree with this after having my test drive.
The Countryman is my dream car, but until they improve on the design...I will wait.
Looks like new Suzuki Swift from the front
It looks like a truck.
Summary: great to look at in your neighbour's driveway. Laggy software, bad touchscreen, and the interior colours of a soviet fighter plane. Petrol only. Bad acceleration.
“…and the interior ColourLock of a soviet fighter plane.” Upon reading this I extinguished my morning breakfast through my nostrils via the coffee I was drinking. Very funny!
This feels like Stellantis have got their hands on it… Nothing much seems to resemble the last version 😢.
I don't remember an uglier successor in the automotive industry.
Liked the colour but that’s it…