This video is a first-person tour and documentation of a 2019 MINI Countryman. I cover the vehicle’s history, specifications & other details, as well as start the engine and give a thorough showcase of both the interior and exterior.
Welcome to another startup and complete car documentation what we’re looking at today is a 2019 mini cooper s countryman all four this countryman is painted at midnight black with a contrasting white painted roof does have smart key access on the front doors the front door panels have storage areas with bottle holders you have ambient lighting as well your
Tailgate release and you got usual power windows locks and mirrors it also has a premium harman kardon sound system this one comes in the carbon black interior color scheme the seats are finished in sensitec leather and upholstery both the front seats are fully powered and the driver’s seat also has two person memory settings now that we’re behind the wheel let’s
Go ahead and start it up and along with smart key it also has keyless ignition but it’s not a push button it’s a toggle switch so that’s pretty cool the original mini was a british icon not only for its looks but also its famous space-saving strategy using front-wheel drive and a transverse mounted engine to maximize interior roominess long story short by the
Dawn of the 2000s the mini nameplate was now under the ownership of german automaker bmw and for 2001 they came out with the mini hardtop which was a modern take on the mini using a larger much more modern platform albeit with plenty of retro styling cues to pay tribute to the minis of old over the next several years mini would introduce more models into its new
Lineup besides just the hard top one of those new models was this a small five-door crossover known as the mini countryman the countryman made its u.s debut for 2011 and as of 2022 is still in its second generation the model was not only the first full-on five-door mini but also the brand’s first crossover and its first car to offer all-wheel drive this 2019 model
We have here represents the countryman’s second generation codenamed f60 which made its debut for model year 2017. it rides on the same architecture as some of bmw’s newer front wheel drive cars like the current x1 and x2 for 2021 the f60 countryman got a mid-cycle refresh the u.s market 2019 mini countrymen came in the following model variants cooper cooper
S the high performance john cooper works and the gas electric hybrid cooper s e then we come to the engine options the standard cooper uses a 1.5 liter turbo 3 cylinder with 134 horsepower then there’s the cooper s like this one which uses a 2 liter turbo inline 4 with 189 horsepower the john cooper works also has a 2-liter turbo 4 but this time around making
228 horsepower finally the cooper se pairs a 1.5 liter turbo 3 with an electric motor to make a combined 221 horsepower cooper and cooper s models can be had with either front wheel drive or the mini all four all-wheel drive system the john cooper works and the se have all-wheel drive as standard as for the cooper s all4 like this one there’s two transmissions
To choose from those being a six-speed manual or an eight-speed automatic within the main cooper s model are three trim packages which are classic signature and iconic the one in this video is a mid-range signature so as for the instrument cluster you have two analog gauges your tachometer and speedometer you also have this nice fuel gauge as well and then a
Central digital info display you can go through that via the button on the end of this stock right off that some of the stuff you got here this one is a nice john cooper works three spoke design leather wrapped multifunctional steering wheel very big sport grips you also have red contrast stitching and perforated sections also paddle shifters to manually shift
The transmission and as for controls on this side you have your cruise control and then on this side you have your audio and hands-free phone controls the steering wheel is tilt and telescopic your headlight controls also fog lights air vent right here is your high beam and turn signal stock which also has your information display control and then on this side
Is your wiper stock so going down the center of the interior and a speaker up top air vents and here is your central infotainment screen normally this giant circular area front and center on a mini would be a speedometer like in the older ones but this one an infotainment system you have a screen or you can control that via here we’ll go over all that in a
Bit a little bit of storage you have your hazard switch and your intelligent safety button some physical controls for that your volume power tuning different modes your presets all the controls for your dual zone automatic climate control three-stage heated front seats as well and then here are this is pretty cool you got all all these toggle switches as opposed
To your boring buttons in most cars your auto start stop toggle traction control toggle the well i would say push button ignition but your toggle switch ignition and then your drive mode selector so you have three driving modes you have sport mid which is like a normal mode and then green below that you have a usb port and a power outlet some storage two cup
Holders there’s the backup camera as well you have the electronically operated parking brake and then all of your information or infotainment system controls a little bit of storage you also have a two-tiered center console you have an auxiliary sun visor on this side the rest are grab handles both the main sun visors have vanity mirrors and lights now we’ll
Go onto the overhead console so you have your overhead lighting this is your power sunroof control dual pane and this is pretty cool you can go between the different ambient lighting colors so you also get your passenger airbag indicator and your roadside assistance so finally here is the infotainment system you can use a touchscreen i’ll be going through
With this set of controls now bear with me this is my first time checking one of these out so i may miss a couple things first of all this ambient lighting ring if you turn the volume up on the radio it does this i’ll just do a brief overview on this is a pretty substantial system really cool though my mini so it’s mainly your vehicles vehicle settings stuff
Corresponding to the vehicle all sorts of settings change how different things work this is pretty cool though mini country timer click on vehicle status sport displays show the power and torque are using driving info i mean i can go on and on with this system even have an owner’s manual got media and radio so all those way all the different ways to listen to
Music you have am fm xm bluetooth audio but now we’ll go ahead and roll down the driver’s window all four windows are fully automatic and have a look at the engine bay this cooper s countryman’s signature is sporting 18 inch 10 spoke alloy rims painted in a gloss black powering the cooper s is a bmw twin power turbo 2-liter twin scroll turbocharged inline-four
Engine it’s a dual overhead cam 16-valve power plant with direct injection and double vanos it puts out 189 horsepower at 5000 rpm and 207 pound-feet of torque at 1350 rpm this engine is paired to the optional 8-speed automatic transmission with manual shift ability and power is delivered to all four wheels via this one’s available all four all-wheel drive system
Premium unleaded is recommended and with a 16.1 gallon fuel tank epa estimates for about 22 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway it has a mcpherson strut front suspension and a multi-link rear suspension it also has four wheel disc brakes with the front ones being vented curb weight for this one is about 3 600 pounds the rear door panels also have some
Pretty big storage areas you do have storage areas on the back of both front seats you also have rear air vents got a coat hooks on either side back here as well so i’m about six foot one and i put the driver’s seat roughly where i’d have it if i was driving and space is actually not too bad i feel like i could actually be alright riding back here for a trip
It’s not the biggest not the most spacious in the world but i do have a little bit of headroom my head’s not touching the ceiling quite yet my leg room is all right but i’m decently comfortable back here it’s for something called a mini it’s a surprisingly all right back seat it does have dual exhaust in your rear wiper with the rear seats up the countryman
Offers 17.6 cubic feet of cargo space fold the rear seats down and you now have 47.6 cubic feet of course you can fold down the back seat backs as well as you saw earlier the fuel cap is also on the passenger side anyhow thanks for checking out this tour of this 2019 mini countryman and as always stay on the lookout for future tours
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2019 MINI Cooper S Countryman All4 (Signature) – A Start-Up & Complete Documentation By Cal’s Car Corner
