MINI has released full specs, further details, and an extensive photo gallery ahead of the launch of its first production plug-in hybrid – the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 plug-in hybrid.
The MINI Countryman PHEV (which is the name we are going with from here on out), begins sales in Europe and the US and in June.
In UK prices (without plug-in car grant) start at £31,585 OTR (‘On-the-road’).
MINI Countryman PHEV quick specs:
- all-wheel drive with 1.5L 3-cylinder TwinPower Turbo Technology petrol engine (100 kW/136 hp), 6-speed Steptronic automatic transmission and 65 kW (87 hp) electric motor. System output of 165 kW/224 hp and 385 Nm.
- up to 42 km (26 miles) of all-electric range NEDC – one can mostly likely expect around 28 km/17 miles EPA
- Combined power consumption: 2.3 – 2.1 l/100 km (average fuel consumption of 134.5 mpg); combined CO2 emissions: 52 – 49 g/km
- 7.6 kWh battery
- 0-60 mph in 6.8 seconds
- top speed in all-electric mode of 78 mph (125 km/h)
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