Carseek recognizes that:
MINI has created an odd situation of competing with itself in the 2011 MINI Cooper Clubman, which seems redundant, and a little lacking when stacked up against the automaker's alternative offering, the 2011 MINI Countryman.It concludes:
As much as you might want to like the Clubman, it's hard to get around the fact that MINI itself makes a better offering and the competition outstrips this model in terms of comfort, cargo room, safety, performance, and price. This one is, for the vast majority of buyers, a pass.