Mini has performed a mid-life refresh on the four-year old Mini Clubman, rival to the Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus.
Most of the changes are aesthetic, but there are improvements in lighting and some fresh colour and alloy wheel choices. There’s also a new sports suspension option, which lowers the car’s ride height by 10mm, while adaptive dampers remain an option.
The line-up remains unchanged, save for the deletion this coming July of the Clubman City, an entry-level model aimed at fleets that will be dropped. Its absence and an across-the-board price increase of £900 means that the range will start at £21,200 rather than £19,995.
The refresh is most obvious from the front, where the black bar bisecting the grille has been removed to tidy the Clubman’s nose, while the black grille of the Cooper S features a slender horizontal décor strip. A chrome grille finish can also be specified.
The lower air intake has also been redesigned, as have the LED headlamps and adaptive Matrix lights, which automatically maximise illumination without dazzling other road users, are an option. LED tail-lights are now standard and feature the distinctive Union Jack design of smaller Minis. The Clubman’s door mirrors have also been resculpted.
Join the debate
Add your comment
the interior
they really need to up-grade the 'instrument cluster' it look so cheap and nasty, make it digital and good looking!!
I'm glad the Clubman exists,
I'm glad the Clubman exists, as at least its a non-SUV choice to make the motoring landscape a bit more interesting, but I agree the previous model was much more attractive. The new grille looks far too bulbous, but I think the tail lights on this are a better interpretation of the Union jack design than the less subtle ones on the hatch.
cool
like the facelift but the tail-lights... wouldn't be so bold with the design, it looks neat but i would prefere the old ones.