edmunds.com got its first drive in a 2013 MINI Paceman S ALL4 in Puerto Rico and came away torn between what the vehicle is and what MINIs have been in the past:
If the Paceman's goal is to provide more room than the Hardtop and be less soccer-mom-oriented than the Countryman, mission accomplished. But whether it will ultimately add much to Mini's bottom line is hard to gauge. It's a bigger, more useful version of the top-selling Hardtop, so that's good. Then again, the mini-ness of the original is often why it's so popular. Mini will soon find out if bigger is better when it comes to its fickle fan base.
