Verdict: Pushes the MINI brand straight into the white-hot competitive space of the family car market.
Business Car Manager Road Test Verdict
The five-door pushes the MINI brand straight into the white-hot competitive space of the family car market which form the bulk of the corporate car park inhabitants.
Quite whether these more sober buyers will be happy to trade the unique style of the MINI brand for the more greater space practicality of many of its competitors is something only sales will reveal.
Let’s face it, many of us gave the Countryman a very cool reception and that has proved a global runaway success, so what do we know?
The Low Down…..
| Doors and body style | 5 door hatch |
| Engine/gearbox: | 2.0-litre 4-cyl turbocharged petrol/6 speed Steptronic auto |
| CO2 Emissions: | 128g/km |
| Economy: | 46.9mpg |
| Power/torque: | 190BHP/280Nm |
| 0-62mph/top speed: | 6.8secs/142mph |
| Insurance group: | 26 |
…..and what it costs
| P11D Value | £20,695 |
| Monthly business rental (ex VAT) | From £xxx (3yrs/30,000 miles) |
| Road tax (VED) | £170 |
| Company Car Tax Bands 2014/15 to 2016/17 | 18%, 20%, 22% |
| Benefit in kind 2014/15 to 2016/17 | £3,725 £4,139 £4,553 |
| Annual/Monthly fuel benefit (20%) | £781/£65 |
| Annual/Monthly fuel benefit (40%) | £1562/£130 |
| Annual/monthly company car tax (20%) | £745/£62 |
| Annual/monthly company car tax (40%) | £1490/£124 |
| Figures correct at time of posting | 19.09.2014 |
| For latest figures | Use our company car tax calculator |
