The Mini Paceman is a three-door subcompact crossover SUV sold by German automobile manufacturer BMW under the Mini brand. It is the three-door counterpart of the R60 Mini Countryman. It was introduced as the Paceman Concept at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. The production model debuted in September 2012.[2]
Like the Countryman, the Paceman was offered with a choice of two or four-wheel drive (known as ALL4), and with 1.6-litre petrol or diesel and 2.0-litre diesel inline four engines in various states of tune.[2] Unlike the main Mini Cooper model, the Paceman was not built at BMW's UK plant in Cowley, Oxfordshire, but in Graz, Austria, by Magna Steyr, along with the Countryman.
BMW ended production of the Paceman in late 2016 as executives felt it was positioned too close to the Countryman in Mini’s line-up.[3][4]
Models
The model derivatives followed a similar pattern to the Mini Hatch, with a choice of Cooper/Cooper D, Cooper S/Cooper SD and John Cooper Works derivatives.
The Cooper Petrol 122 PS and the Cooper D 112 PS, the Cooper S Petrol 184 PS, the John Cooper Works 221 PS and the Cooper SD Diesel producing 143 PS. The availability of models varied between markets.
The All4 all-wheel drive option was available on variable models depending on the market.
References
- Patent Images United States Patent and Trademark Office, retrieved 2022-09-02^
- Steven J Ewing. 2013 Mini Paceman is a good answer to a question nobody asked Autoblog.com, AOL, 27 September 2012, retrieved 27 January 2013^
- Mini Paceman production to finish by the end of 2016 Autocar, 16 September 2016, retrieved 4 January 2021^
- Gabriel Bridger. The MINI Paceman To End Production This Year motoringfile.com, 10 October 2016, retrieved 4 January 2021^