MINI Cooper 5-Door Review: 2015 Cooper Petrol, Diesel, S Hatch
What’s Hot: Astonishing go-kart handling, dynamic performance, improved ergonomics.
What’s Not: No standard Bluetooth audio streaming, sat-nav or rear camera on the base model.
X- FACTOR: Add another two doors, and suddenly there's a practical MINI with all the fun and phenomenal handling of the original.
Vehicle Style: 5-Door hatch
Price: $27,750 - $38,050 (plus on- roads)
Engine/trans
Cooper: 100kW/220Nm 1.5 3cyl petrol | 6spd manual / auto
Cooper D: 85kW/270Nm 1.5 3cyl diesel | 6spd manual / auto
Cooper S: 141kW/280Nm 2.0 4cyl petrol | 6spd manual / auto
Fuel Economy
Cooper: 4.9l/100km claimed | 6.2 l/100km as tested
Cooper D: 3.8l/100km claimed | 5.2 l/100km as tested
Cooper S: 6.0l/100km claimed | 8.1 l/100km as tested
OVERVIEW
If you’ve liked the Mini Cooper 3-door in the past but couldn’t quite squeeze the family in, you’re gonna love this.
The new Mini Cooper 5-Door hatch is a first for the company. It’s longer (in both length and wheelbase), taller, and more accommodating than the 3-door, but with all its driving attitude and agility retained.
There’s more legroom in the rear (72mm), more headroom (15mm), and more boot-space (67 litres).
But the car hasn’t grown fat or middle-aged, no siree.
The Mini Cooper 5-Door sticks to winding country roads like they were fly-paper. And while some cars sound upset if you rev them hard - the sweet-sounding Mini just begs for more.