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Mini Countryman crossover launch delayed until March 2010, All4 badging for AWD models

Last we heard anything about the Mini Countryman it was reported that the crossover would debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. It was originally supposed to debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Well, according to MotoringFile, the Countryman launch has once again been delayed to the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March.
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BMW has a lot planned for the upcoming 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next month. The automaker is set to reveal not one, but two hybrid vehicles including the ActiveHybrid 7 and the ActiveHybrid X6.
According to sources who spoke with Mini enthusiast website MotoringFile, BMW has decided to move up the launch of the Speedster/Coupe concept [...]

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Report: BMW registers ‘Countryman’ name for new Mini Crossover

For a while now, we’ve come to believe that Mini’s new Crossover due out next year will be called the “Crossman.” Right after its debut, its was reported that the “Crossman” name had been ditched and that the “Maxi” name was the leading contender for the Crossover.
Well, cross all that out. According to a report [...]

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BMW Group is considering a rival to the Volkswagen Golf GTI based on the upcoming Mini Crossover platform due to hit the market next year. The model has yet to be green-lighted but insiders say that if approved, the car will be built alongside the Mini Crossover at the Magna Steyr factory in Austria.
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Ever since its debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, we’ve heard very little about the Mini Crossover Concept. According to the head of Mini brand management Wolfgang Armbrecht, the automaker approved the production version of the Crossover Concept just four weeks after its Paris debut.
The production version of the Mini Crossover will make its [...]

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