Mini Clubman facelift arrives in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Mini Clubman facelift has finally arrived in the Malaysian market. The car has received some updates on its styling and equipment front around six months ago after a gap of four years since the launch of second-gen F54 MINI Clubman. However, BMW Malaysia has brought only Cooper S variant of the car in the country.

Speaking of the look, the exterior comes with a newly designed grille that expands across the front end (almost). Moreover, the Cooper S variant gets a honeycomb mesh pattern and chromed slats on the black-coloured bar. The lightings are also revamped with new LED headlamps. Continuing with the lights, the LED tail lights come as standard at the rear end. The rear end also gets Union Jack motif for the graphics.

Mini Clubman facelift Cooper S variant comes in Indian Summer Red exterior color. Apart from this color, the variant is also available in five other options - Pepper White, Thunder Grey, British Racing Green, Starlight Blue, and Melting Silver. The model also gets a piano black colored roof. It rides on two-tone 18-inch MINI Yours British Spoke wheels.

On the inside, Mini Clubman Cooper S specs sheet tells that the car gets  ‘MINI Yours Walknappa Leather Lounge’ carbon black colored upholstery, which also comes with Union Jack patterned headrests. The centre console, door bezels, and cockpit bezels get the lighting elements as a part of MINI Yours Interior Styles interior package in Frozen Blue. In addition to this, the inside has also received MINI Yours floor mats that have black piping and seam patterns in aluminium color. The side windows also gets MINI Yours design label.

Moving to its powertrain, the variant is equipped with a MINI TwinPower 2.0-litre Turbo engine, which churns out a maximum power of 192 hp between 5,000 and 6,000 rpm and a peak torque of 280 Nm between 1,350 and 4,600 rpm. The engine is paired with a dual-clutch seven-speed automatic transmission. F54 MINI Clubman facelift can achieve a top speed of 228 kmph and the famous sprint (0-100 kmph) in 7.2 seconds.

In Malaysia, the Clubman Cooper S price tag reads RM 298,888K on road without insurance and it also comes with free scheduled service along with MINI four-years unlimited mileage warranty.

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