The Mini Paceman is a three-door

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manufactured and marketed by

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. 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. Like the Countryman, the Paceman was offered with a choice of two or

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(known as ALL4), and with 1.6-litre petrol or diesel and 2.0-litre diesel

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s in various states of tune. Unlike most of the Mini range, the Paceman was not manufactured in the UK but in

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, Austria, by

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, along with the Countryman. BMW ended production of the Paceman in late 2016 as BMW executives felt it was positioned too close to the Countryman in Mini’s line-up.

Models

The model derivatives followed a similar pattern to the Mini Hatch, with a choice of Cooper/Cooper D, Cooper S/Cooper SD and

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derivatives. The Cooper Petrol and the Cooper D , the Cooper S Petrol , the John Cooper Works and the Cooper SD Diesel producing . The availability of models varied between markets. The All4

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option was available on variable models depending on the market.

References

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