If there is a Mini that would benefit from a torquey, fuel-sipping diesel, it is the biggish and relatively heavy Countryman crossover. Fortunately, that is precisely what Mini appears to be considering, as properly, because it is designing the next-generation U.S.-spec Countryman to at least be capable of supplying 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 essential to meet U.S.-market place emissions requirements. That hurdle will be cleared with the next-gen model, we lately learned from a Mini executive.
Of course, Mini hasn’t confirmed a diesel Countryman for our market, only that it will be feasible to sell 1 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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