MINI shipped the first Countryman 250,000

All staff working at the Magna Steyr plant in Graz, Austria held a small party recorded impressive milestone, the official first MINI Countryman 250,000 left the production line.

This achievement has been more than two and a half years since the official car on the market. MINI Countryman is the 4-door car and up to five seats and a large tailgate. Cabin volume of vehicles will increase from 350L to 1.170L if folding rear seat.

Countryman is also the first car equipped MINI ALL4 option - transmission system directly to the front and rear wheels. All Countryman versions are equipped with Brake Energy Regeneration and Auto Start-Stop system.

Standard equipment of the MINI Countryman is the six-speed manual gearbox, the petrol engine version will be the six-speed automatic gearbox.

Mini Countryman has three version gasoline engine and two diesel versions, the maximum capacity of this car in the range of 90 hp to 184 hp. The most advanced version with 184 horsepower engine will be equipped with direct fuel injection, turbocharged 1.6-liter Twin 218 horsepower (160 kW) horsepower, this engine is that Mini is equipped Cooper S .

Last year, the MINI has sold 102,250 Countryman, mainly two models Cooper S and Cooper. In which 37 percent of vehicles sold in 2012 were equipped with diesel fuel, but this version does not appear in all markets.