2016 Mini Cooper Clubman All4 Goes on Sale This April

M ini has been producing ever-bigger and more down to earth autos since the brand was reawakened in the mid 2000s. The most recent in this line of more standard offerings in an all-wheel-drive variant of the new 2016 Mini Clubman wagon - the Clubman All4.

Smaller than normal initially presented the All4 terminology and framework with the first Mini Countryman, which we had for a Four Seasons test in 2011. The all-wheel-drive 2016 Mini Clubman All4 will be offered with both of the motors right now accessible on the standard front-wheel-drive Clubman. That implies a base 1.5-liter turbocharged three-chamber with 134 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque, or a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-barrel for the Clubman S with 189 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque. Both the base Clubman All4 and Clubman S All4 will accompany a standard six-velocity manual transmission or a discretionary eight-rate programmed transmission.

Like Mini's different autos, the 2016 Mini Clubman All4 will work typically as a front-wheel-drive auto. At the point when the electronically worked framework detects wheel slip or calls for added torque to the back amid fast cornering, the back hub is locked in to send up to 30 percent of motor torque to the back wheels. That implies even with all-wheel drive, the Clubman All4 is all that much a front-wheel-drive-one-sided auto.

The base 2016 Mini Cooper Clubman will be the first marriage of BMW and Mini's new eight-rate programmed transmission with the 1.5-liter three-barrel. The mix is utilized for a variation of the BMW 2-Series Active Tourer in European markets.

Contrasted with the base front-wheel-drive 2016 Mini Clubman, the All4 includes 265 pounds for an aggregate of 3,370 pounds. It sprints from 0-60 mph in a languid 9.2 seconds with a manual (9.3 seconds with the programmed), while the all the more capable Clubman S does the deed in a more respectable 6.7 seconds with a manual (6.6 with the programmed). In spite of the added haul to the Clubman S All4, it shaves as much as 0.3 second from its 0-60-mph run contrasted with the standard Clubman S.

At the point when the elite 2016 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works in the end arrives, it will probably come standard with All4 all-wheel drive and the 228-hp adaptation of Mini and BMW's turbocharged 2.0-liter four-chamber, a motor as of now offered in other new Mini JCW models. That blend can likewise be discovered as of now in the 2016 BMW X1. We're additionally due reasonably soon for an all-new Mini Countryman, which guarantees to be a lifted form of this Clubman All4 with the same extent of motor and transmission choices.

Expect the 2016 Mini Clubman All4 to charge a value premium of about $1,500 over the standard model, at an aggregate beginning cost around $26,500. For the Clubman S All4, that number ought to move to about $30,000. The 2016 Mini Clubman All4 will touch base in showrooms this April.

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