{"id":47661,"date":"2023-04-18T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=47661"},"modified":"2023-04-18T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:30:44","slug":"spied-2024-mini-countryman-seen-uncamouflaged-and-with-odd-c-pillar-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=47661","title":{"rendered":"SPIED: 2024 MINI Countryman Seen Uncamouflaged and With Odd C-Pillar Detail"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s pretty easy to figure out what the next-generation MINI Countryman<\/a> will look like, especially now that some new spy photos have released, showing it completely free of camouflage. However, the test mule in these photos has a very odd C-pillar detail and we\u2019re not quite sure what it is. (We don\u2019t own the spy photos but you can see them here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

For the most part, this MINI Countryman test mule is unsurprising. It shares much of its design with the MINI Aceman<\/a> Concept and the recently revealed MINI Cooper<\/a> (MINI really has to get better at hiding its cars). Though, it\u2019s clear that the Aceman is the precursor to this Countryman, as the latter shares so much of its design with the former. Even the Countryman\u2019s headlights and wheels are nearly identical to the Aceman\u2019s. That\u2019s not to say it looks bad, as it actually looks quite good. It\u2019s more wagon-like than the previous-gen, which was more SUV-like. It\u2019s just completely predictable.<\/p>\n

However, there is one curious detail and it\u2019s the odd squarish piece of trim on the C-pillar. Is it just some sort of decorative trim piece? It does look like it says \u201cAll4\u201d on it. Is that dark gray stripe light up, giving its exterior some flashy lighting? It\u2019s hard to tell what it is, what it could be for, or why it\u2019s there. It certainly looks like it\u2019s supposed to be there, considering the roof is even notched a bit to fit it in there. Ironically, the MINI Aceman Concept has no such piece. It isn\u2019t horrific looking, it just seems a bit pointless.<\/p>\n

The next-gen MINI Countryman is actually a surprisingly important car for the BMW Group as a whole. That might seem odd, considering the lack of importance held by the current Countryman, but it\u2019s true. The next-gen Countryman will debut two things for BMW: the first electric MINI crossover and iDrive 9.<\/p>\n

There will be gasoline and diesel-powered Countrymans (Countrymen?) but the electric one is the big news. There will be two model variants, one all-wheel drive and one front-wheel drive, and it could have almost 300 miles of range. It\u2019s unusual that BMW would debut its latest iDrive 9 system on the MINI Countryman but that seems to be the case at the moment.<\/p>\n

So as vanilla as the current Countryman is, the next-gen model is actually going to be quite important. Plus, it should look pretty good, too.<\/p>\n

[Source: Autoblog<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s pretty easy to figure out what the next-generation MINI Countryman will look like, especially now that some new spy photos have released, showing it completely free of camouflage. However, the test mule in these photos has a very odd C-pillar detail and we\u2019re not quite sure what it is. (We don\u2019t own the spy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}