Just one year on from the reveal of the New MINI, the family expands to welcome a new and very important new member, the Mini Clubman.

With its exciting and imaginative design, the Mini Clubman stands out. It’s clearly a Mini from every angle, yet its proportions and dimensions immediately secure rapt attention due to the fresh approach to the design of the rear. Authentic Mini design cues are given a fresh new twist.

Open the driver’s door, then open the rear-hinged Clubdoor, to enter a new world of Mini accommodation, boasting greater legroom and headroom for rear occupants.

Behind this remarkable rear seating comfort lies a significantly increased and very flexible load space that caters to diverse needs.

Mini Clubman: Three motors on debut in Europe

Equipped with a twin-scroll turbocharger and direct petrol injection producing a maximum output of 128 kW at 5,500 rpm, and 240 Nm of torque between 1,600-5,000 rpm (260 Nm with Overboost), the Mini Cooper S Clubman is the most powerful.

The Mini Cooper S Clubman offers not only impressive performance, but also an exceptionally good balance of driving pleasure and economy.

The Mini Cooper Clubman features fully variable valve control developed from BMW Group’s VALVETRONIC technology, for spirited performance and amazing economy under all engine loads. Its naturally aspirated engine produces 88 kW at 6,000 rpm and maximum torque of 160 Nm at 4,250 rpm.

As with all Mini vehicles, engine power reaches the road via the front wheels. All Mini Clubman models feature a standard six-speed manual gearbox or an optional six-speed automatic transmission. The automatic transmission has a manual mode whereby the driver may select gears via steering wheel mounted paddle shifts.

Mini Clubman: Bold design and five doors in brand-new shape

The new Mini Clubman is the ideal vehicle for a driver who enjoys not only sporty performance but also revels in unique design features.

The new generation of the Mini is the world’s only compact premium car to combine ingenious design with incomparably agile driving characteristics, high quality and acclaimed safety features and standards, as well as a wide range of customisation options, all delivered with truly outstanding efficiency.

And now the Mini Clubman adds further room for enjoyment.

There’s 240 mm more Mini to love in overall length, comprising an 80 mm greater wheelbase, all of it dedicated to enhancing rear passenger accommodation.

The new Mini Clubman is instantly recognisable by its more muscular roofline and its rear vertically-split doors.

The Clubdoor turns the Mini Clubman from a four-door to a five-door, though thanks to the deft touch of inspired design, there is no external handle to interrupt the smooth flow of the coachwork.

Both front doors remain exactly as there are in the Mini Hardtop; in fact the Mini Clubman and Mini Hardtop are identical as far back as the B pillar.

On the driver’s side, access to the rear is supplemented by an additional rear-hinged door, the Clubdoor. For safety reasons, this can only be opened by the internally mounted handle, when the driver’s door is opened.

The Clubdoor offers comfortable and convenient access to the rear, which in some markets will be offered with an optional three-seat bench.

At the rear of the Mini Clubman, the twin doors open wide to allow easy loading for bulky goods, the load bay swallowing 260-litres with the rear seats up. With the seats folded forward a significant 960-litres of space is available for loading.

The rear Seat backrest is divided 50/50. When folded and teamed with an optional folding floor section, it provides a long flat load bed. Thanks to a generous load height in the rear, plenty of sporting equipment can be carried inside, including a mountain bike with the front wheel removed.

Mini Clubman: Modern interpretation of a classic concept

In its split-door configuration, the Mini Clubman recalls the Austin Mini Countryman, the Morris Mini Traveller, and the Mini Clubman Estate sold in great numbers between 1960 and 1982.

The great potential offered by a modern interpretation of this kind of vehicle was clearly proven by the four Mini concept cars (MINI Concept Geneva, Mini Concept Frankfurt, Mini Concept Tokyo and Mini Concept Detroit). Now the most important highlights are available on the production version; the new Mini Clubman.

Mini Clubman: A typically Mini driving experience

Despite its longer wheelbase and rear overhang, the Mini Clubman retains the classic Mini bulldog stance.

At the front, MacPherson spring struts ensure excellent wheel guidance, keeping the steering smooth and responsive at all times, unaffected by engine torque both on winding roads and when accelerating or applying the brakes.

The central-arm rear axle also benefits from the full competence of the BMW Group in state-of-the-art development. This advanced design is unique in the Mini segment, offering optimum road contact at all times thanks to its elaborate, sophisticated kinematics.

Aluminium longitudinal arms help to optimise the car’s weight, while anti-roll bars additionally promote the safe handling of the Mini Clubman.

Reflecting the extra power and its enhanced performance, the suspension set-up on the Mini Cooper S Clubman is even more sporting and dynamic than the sports-oriented suspension of the Mini Cooper Clubman.

In Europe, the new Mini Cooper Clubman will fetaure15-inch light alloy wheels, while the Mini Cooper S Clubman has 16-inch light alloy rims with runflat safety tyres which remove the inconvenience and safety risks of changing a punctured tyre at the roadside.

MINI Clubman models on runflat safety tyres may be driven a considerable distance even when one or even all four tyres are completely flat or punctured.

Electrical Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) gives the driver exact feedback, the steering remaining sporty and direct at all times, with power assistance geared to road speed.

A further advantage of Electrical Power Assisted Steering is it weights much less than a conventional steering system. The steering function is also geared to actual demands in order to save energy. The servo motor is used only when power assistance is required by the driver.

The sports-oriented suspension of the Mini Clubman is supported by a highly efficient and powerful brake system featuring highlights such as anti-lock control (ABS), Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD), Cornering Brake Control (CBC) and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) including hill start-off assistance all coming as standard.

The Brake Assistant on the new Mini recognises emergency application of the brakes and immediately builds up maximum brake pressure whenever required to keep stopping distances as short as possible.

Mini Clubman: More than 40 exterior colour combinations

Driving a Mini is more than just getting from A to B, it is an expression of driving pleasure and the joy of powerful, trendsetting design.

The new Mini Clubman offers the enthusiast customer the choice of more than 40 combinations for the exterior paintwork alone. This amazing array of choice is further enhanced by a wide range of accessories and a great selection of options and special equipment geared specifically to the Mini Clubman.

Mini Clubman: Everybody is an artist - freedom in interior design

All Mini Clubman customers may choose their very own individual interior design, combining four interior colours and five Colour Line variants.

Seats are available in cloth upholstery, a cloth/leather combination, full leather or the premium Leather Lounge, complete with contrasting piping and fluted panels. Cloth/leather and full leather comes in a wide variety of colours.