Road Test

Mini Cooper D Clubman

Test Date 31 October 2007  Price When New £15,405



Verdict

 7 stars out of 10

The fair-to-middling rating we have awarded this car shows how much we value the depth of its engineering, particularly in the way it handles, the clear quality of its construction and how cheap to run it is. Because as a concept, the Clubman is flawed to say the least.

Even if the looks present you with no particular problem, you will have to deal with that single rear door being on the wrong side of the car. Add the two boot doors and it smacks of a company thinking too hard about how such things should look and not enough about how they should work.

The odd thing is, we quite like the Clubman because it is at least an ambitious mould-breaker. However, our problem lies with its execution, which, sadly for such an apparently interesting product, is just not good enough.

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