MINI Countryman Estate (2010 - 2017) boot space, practicality and safety

06 June 2019 by Parkers

Parkers overall rating: 4 out of 5 4.0

The MINI Countryman safety levels are impressive and reinforced by the full five stars it qualified for in the Euro NCAP safety rating tests. And there’s more than enough safety equipment on a standard model to give you peace of mind.

To keep you out of trouble you get traction control, stability control, Electronic Brake Force Distribution, Cornering Brake Control, Brake Assist and Hill Assist. There are also six airbags, Isofix child safety seat mountings and a tyre warning system.

This is a surprisingly practical five-door car if you have a couple of young kids to ferry around each day. The rear seats can slide backwards and forwards and the back angle can be adjusted too. At their full extent there’s plenty of legroom for rear-seat passengers and, predictably, for a crossover there’s a lot of headroom too.

There’s a 350-litre boot, which can be increased to 1,170 litres when you fold the rear seats down. That’s pretty good: the Nissan Qashqai offers 410 litres with seats up, but only 860 litres of total load space. The Countryman is not quite as good as a Ford Focus though (it has 385 litres with seats up and 1,247 litres with seats down) but this is a MINI, which has never been considered a paragon of practicality.

There’s also a clever panel behind the rear seats that can be folded down to create a flat floor (without it the boot floor is sunken), but the rear seats cannot be folded totally flat because there is a very slight angle.

You can either have a five-seat version with three seats in the back or a four-seater with an extended central rail running down the middle where you can attach all manner of things such as a mobile phone holder, a sunglasses case holder, cup holder and if you are of a flashy disposition, an iPad holder.

Depending on the rear-seat configuration you can fold them down in a 60:40 split for three rear-seat passengers and the backrests, by contrast, can be arranged in a 40:20:40 split for extra flexibility.

Basic equipment

The basic equipment list includes equipment that is standard across all versions of the MINI Countryman (10-17).

3x3 point rear seat belts
ABS
Air conditioning
Alarm
Alloy wheels
Body coloured bumpers
CD
Driver`s airbag
Electric mirrors
Front electric windows
Heated mirrors
Height adjustable drivers seat
Isofix child seat anchor points
Parking sensors
PAS
Passenger`s airbag
Rear electric windows
Remote locking
Roof rails
Service indicator
Side airbags
Steering wheel rake adjustment
Steering wheel reach adjustment

Equipment by trim level

To view equipment options for a specific trim level, please select from the following list:

Equipment included on some trim levels
Audio remote Cloth seat trim Cruise control Folding rear seats Front fog lights Headlight washers Heated seats Leather seat trim Lumbar support Metallic Paint Partial leather seat trim Sat Nav Sports seats Steel wheels Telephone Traction control

Standard Trim standard equipment
Same as basic equipment

Standard Trim optional equipment
Audio remote Cloth seat trim Cruise control Front fog lights Partial leather seat trim Sat Nav Sports seats Steel wheels Telephone Traction control

Cooper standard equipment
Traction control

Cooper optional equipment
Audio remote Cloth seat trim Cruise control Front fog lights Partial leather seat trim Sat Nav Sports seats Telephone

Cooper Business Edition standard equipment
Audio remote Cruise control Sat Nav

Cooper Business Edition optional equipment
Cloth seat trim Front fog lights Partial leather seat trim Sports seats Steel wheels Telephone Traction control

Cooper Park Lane standard equipment
Audio remote Cruise control Metallic Paint Partial leather seat trim Sports seats Telephone

Cooper Park Lane optional equipment
Sat Nav Traction control

Cooper S Special Edition standard equipment
Audio remote Cruise control Headlight washers Heated seats Leather seat trim Lumbar support Metallic Paint Sat Nav Sports seats Telephone

Cooper S Special Edition optional equipment
Cloth seat trim Folding rear seats Front fog lights Partial leather seat trim Traction control

Euro NCAP Rating – 5 stars

The MINI Countryman (10-17) was tested by Euro NCAP in 2010 and was awarded a 5 star overall rating. This overall rating is calculated from the following individual ratings:

Test 2010

Individual safety ratings
Adult Occupant:	84%
Child Occupant:	83%
Vulnerable Road Users:	63%
Safety Assist:	71%

Euro NCAP provides motoring consumers with a realistic and independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe. The safety ratings are determined from a series of vehicle tests, designed and carried out by Euro NCAP. These tests represent, in a simplified way, important real life accident scenarios that could result in injured or killed car occupants or other road users.