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Morgan Flanagan Creagh
MINI'S NEW COUNTRYMAN HAS ALL BASES COVERED Morgan Flanagan Creagh reviews the latest range of Countryman offerings from Mini It’s been a very long time since the Mini was actually mini and the beefedup Countryman is the biggest of the range. The big Mini has had some design updates for 2020 and a plug-in hybrid system. It’s also available with two petrol engines and one diesel engine featuring the latest TwinPower turbo technology. It’s also better for the planet, thanks to some serious work on emissions performance. This includes particulate filters for petrol engines and SCR with AdBlue injection for diesel engines, meaning that all model variants of the new Countryman now meet the particularly rigorous Euro 6d
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Like the petrol engines, the diesel engines also have a new starter generator with optimised efficiency
emission standard. Mini’s TwinPower Turbo Technology is used in the three-cylinder petrol engines of the new Mini Cooper Countryman and in the four-cylinder
petrol engine of the new Mini Cooper S Countryman. It now includes an exhaust manifold integrated in the cylinder head, along with turbo charging, in highly effective cooling of the exhaust gases and the turbo-charging system. At the same time, crankcase cooling can be reduced when demand is low in the partial load range by means of a new split cooling valve. Like the petrol engines, the diesel engines also have a new starter generator with optimised efficiency. In the four-cylinder engines of the new Mini Cooper D Countryman, the turbo-charging system features exhaust gas recirculation and common rail
