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The two lower trims come with a choice of a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic transmission, either with overdrive. The Works, the performance version of the Clubman, comes only with the manual transmission.


The best fuel economy, as you would expect, comes with the Base model with the manual transmission, where you get 28 miles per gallon city and 37 miles per gallon on the highway. But all the Clubman engines get good fuel economy.


One other area where the MINI Cooper Clubman Cars remains true to the originals is that it keeps the price under control. The base price of the Base model is just $20,000.

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The Clubman did break with the original Mini tradition in one regard. Mini station wagons were named either Traveller or Countryman. The Clubman name was originally given to one of the non-station wagon models in the 1970s. But BMW doesn't own the rights to the original station wagon names, and Clubman was chosen as a substitute.


The newest Clubman comes in three trims: Base, S and John Cooper Works. The engine depends on the trim. They are all 1.6 liter, I4 models, but the Base gets 118 horsepower, the S gets 172 horsepower and the Works gets 208 horsepower.

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The first modern MINI hit the pavement in 2001. The new car was styled MINI, in all capital letters, to distinguish it from the original. The Clubman came along with the second generation of MINIs, and was introduced in America in the 2008 model year.


The Clubman is the estate car, or as it is known in America, the station wagon, of the MINI line. It's similar to the hatchback, but with several significant differences. For one thing, it's longer than the hatchback. Also, there are two rear cargo area doors, which open outward in butterfly style and it has a rear passenger door in the right side (only) .

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The MINI Cooper Clubman Cars has its roots in the original Mini cars of the British Motor Corporation. The original Mini was the British equivalent to the German Volkswagen Beetle, and was voted the second most influential car of the 20th Century, behind only the Ford Model T. The original Mini's greatest innovation was its front wheel drive, giving it floor space all out of proportion with what was expected for such a small car.



The Original Minis were made from 1959 until 2000, though most popular and best known in the 1960s. Rover Group and BMW became interested in reviving the car as a joint venture even before the original finished production, and when Rover pulled out BMW forged ahead alone.