Richard Bremner had the opportunity to drive a prototype of the 2013 MINI Paceman Cooper S for
Edmunds Inside Line. Bremner concludes:
. . . the 2013 Mini Paceman will be familiar to a Countryman driver save for the relocation of the electric window switches to the doors, a change that will find its way into the four-door next year. And much like in the Countryman, excess wind noise, the odd dash rattle and the general sense that this car is not as refined as it should be, remain. All of which will be a little harder to swallow given that Mini says it will be charging a premium of around $650 over the Countryman for this more dashing coupe.
There will be plenty who find this more decisively stylish, bigger Mini hard to resist, though, especially as its enlarged packaging is undoubtedly more practical than the standard Cooper coupe. Those who still value a precise, tossable package above all else will be better served by a standard Cooper S, though, as it's still the quintessential Mini.
