As much as I liked the Mini and the Clubman, I just can't stand the Countryman.
Besides bearing the Mini name, it has lost all the retro nouveau appeal of the two other models.
The Mini was, well, a Mini, with deliberate hints at the original such as the big round headlights or the central round speedo. Not to mention the driving sensations it provides.
The Clubman reminded me more of a modern Morris Minor, but it still had its charm and a very British air of shooting brake. A car that Emma Peel of
Avengers fame might have chosen as a daily driver.
But the Countryman looks like nothing. It doesn't have the charisma of the originals, and let alone the 'reference capital' to an vintage similar Mini. I find it a typical marketing spin off to capitalize on the Mini brand success.
Yeah right, I digress...