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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

When Will The Countryman Hit US Shores?

MotoringFile writes that it expects:
. . . production ready vehicles to start rolling off the line this September in Austria with European and UK dealers getting the first allotments shortly afterwards. MINI will launch with five models in Europe initially: Cooper, Cooper D, Cooper D ALL4, Cooper S, and Cooper S ALL4.

For the US market, MINI USA is doing everything they can to move up the launch from February to late January however final dates are still being determined. However rest assured each dealer will likely hold launch parties of the car on the weekend of launch. For the US market the models will be paired down to three; Cooper, Cooper S and Cooper S ALL4.