If there is a Mini that would advantage from a torquey, fuel-sipping diesel, it is the biggish and reasonably heavy Countryman crossover. Luckily, that is precisely what Mini seems to be pondering, as nicely, simply because it is designing the subsequent-generation U.S.-spec Countryman to at least be capable of offering an oil-burner.
The current Countryman can be ordered with a diesel in other markets, naturally, but its platform is not made to hold the urea tank and SCR filter required to meet U.S.-industry emissions requirements. That hurdle will be cleared with the subsequent-gen model, we lately discovered from a Mini executive.
Of course, Mini hasn’t confirmed a diesel Countryman for our market, only that it will be achievable to sell a single right here when the subsequent-gen model arrives in 2017. The next Countryman will be built atop BMW’s new front-wheel-drive platform, which is shared with the 2014 Mini Hardtop and the upcoming BMW 2-series Active Tourer.
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