The new MINI John Cooper Works Countryman 2023 continues with its testing program. What will be the banner of the range of the new Oxford brand SUV has been hunted in the vicinity of the BMW FIZ headquarters in Munich.
The tests of new MINI John Cooper Works Countryman 2023 They remain, for now, concentrated around the BMW headquarters in Munich. The third generation of one of the Oxford firm’s best-selling models is one of the models in the range that has been developed from scratch, sharing all its mechanical plant with the compact equivalent of the Bavarians, the X1.
For now, the most conventional versions of the new Countryman have been seen, and also the one with the sportiest and most extreme stamp, the JCW, and which we can see in this set of spy photos. A prototype that has been revealed by a truly unusual configuration and never used before, such as the four exhausts grouped in two pairs, each one at each end of the rear.
2023 MINI JCW Countryman Spy Photos
This extreme variant will present a more aggressive design than the current and usual configuration in these MINI models that, for now, has all the ballots to leave the two exhausts for the Cooper S. But the new JCW Countryman also will stand out especially for a much more dynamic set-up than its predecessor, as the platform below is new and lighter, the “FAAR We”.
With a more technological interior, the new MINI JCW Countryman 2023 will follow the typical line in the design of the dashboard, with a large touch screen in the center of the center console in the form of a sphere, bringing together practically all configurations. And it is that one of the details of the new Countryman is that will “disconnect” the center console from the transmission tunnelleaving the dashboard without center support. Which will not prevent you from stocking up on the latest in connectivity, comfort and security assistants.
The MINI technicians are working hard on this new version that will once again have the block of four cylinder turbo from 2.0 liters, but with a maximum power that will reach 320 hp. The same configuration on board the X1 M35i, with change 8-speed sports automatic and “ALL4” all-wheel drive. However, it will not be the only sports option, because the brand also plans to take over the powerful 2 Series 230e xDrive plug-in hybridwhich will arrive in the coming months with a maximum power of 270 hp and a generous electric range.