Owners Manual

Drastically longer and wider than each the previous Clubman and the present 5-door hatch, the new Clubman also has a committed suspension set-up and is the first Mini offered with an eight-pace automatic gearbox. Engines include three and 4-pot rapid petrols and diesels, starting from 134bhp to 189bhp. costs start at £19,995 – placing the car within £25, 2mm on overall length and 20 litres on seats-up boot house of Volkswagen’s least expensive 5-door Golf 1.four TSI. 

So can Mini tone down its trademark ‘go-kart handling’, flip up the great, alleviation and value, continue its allure and take some of the largest hatchback market segments of all of them through storm? Let’s find out.