MINI Countryman
HOT off the back of a recent road-test victory over the Volvo XC40 (Issue 1,828), the latest member of our test fleet has arrived: a new MINI Countryman. Our models is the C Exclusive (£31,840) finished in Smokey Green (£600) with 19-inch Kaleido Spoke two-tone wheels (£600).
The premium feel continues inside with the Level 3 option pack (£7,500), which includes an active driver’s seat featuring a massage function and two memory positions, a Harman Kardon surround-sound audio system, a large panoramic sunroof and sun-protection glass. It also brings the Driving Assistant Professional pack with a huge array of safety tech, internal and external cameras and radars that we’ll explore in coming reports. Creative director Darren Wilson will see how our premium SUV deals with family life in the coming months before we swap out of this petrol model into an electric version later in the year.
Honda CR-V
THE latest CR-V may be the most premium SUV Honda has ever made, but that hasn’t impacted on its impressive practicality. In fact, having grown a little to accommodate the new ZR-V in the brand’s expansive SUV line-up, the CR-V is probably as useful on the work front as it’s ever been.
Current affairs and features editor Chris Rosamond has been putting that to the test on regular weekend trips around the M25 to visit his boat, and says he’s very happy to let the adaptive cruise control take the strain while he’s enjoying the smooth, calm ambience of the CR-V’s cabin.
The roomy boot with its rugged plastic liner ma
