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Official production car pictures leak on to the internet

These are the first pictures of the Mini Countryman, which have leaked out just hours after the company began the build up to the car's launch with a teaser video.

Well-placed sources have confirmed the images are genuine, although Mini has yet to officially confirm the veracity of the pictures.

See the leaked Mini Countryman images

The exterior photos show a Cooper S version of the Countryman carrying an 'All4' four-wheel-drive badge. Although it rides lower than the Beachcomber concept, this is thought to be largely because it is sitting on smaller tyres.

Inside, the layout remains faithful to the new Mini, including the oversized speedo and toggle switches.

The first official images of the car had been scheduled to be released next month, before it was unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March. The Mini Countryman goes on sale this September from around £17,000.

The new model is a shade over four metres long and shifts Mini into more family-orientated territory.

The Countryman will be the first of the BMW-generation Minis to be built outside of the UK. Instead of being made at Cowley, the Countryman will be manufactured by Magna at its Graz plant in Austria.

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lilianna 4 April 2014

I have to agree with others,

I have to agree with others, I much prefer the esthetics of the model to the right of the car.
7700 20 January 2010

Re: Mini Countryman revealed

The designers at Mini must have Swine Flu, because the Countryman looks like a Pig.

Squonk61 20 January 2010

Re: Mini Countryman revealed

HiltonH wrote:
My typical weekend. On Saturdays I park up on the eastern end of the King's Road, Chelsea and go for a walk into central London. On Sundays I fill the boot with newspapers, recycling stuff and piles of junk and head off to the giant local council tip.

But any number of cars would do this quite easily. Most of them smaller on the outside cheaper and more efficient. And all of them better looking...

This hasn't answered any questions that haven't already been asked!

Apropos the Cadbury analogy - One of the big worries is that Kraft will meddle with the recipies (like Nestlé did with Rowntrees).

So, take some thing essentially British, take it over, call it the same, make it look the same but underneath change the recipe.

Sound familiar?