THE all-new Clubman is the largest car MINI has ever produced, and Auto Express has got behind the wheel.
This second-generation model signifies the brand’s push into a more premium market where buyers are asking for bigger and better without any compromises.
And that neatly sums up the previous Clubman: it wasn’t without its charm, but a cramped cabin, impractical bodystyle and hard ride rather contradicted everything it was designed to achieve.
At almost 4,300mm long and 1,800mm wide, the all-new model is 270mm longer and 73mm wider than the MINI five-door hatch, with 100mm added to the wheelbase.
However, while the Clubman may have conformed in terms of size – now rivalling the VW Golf and Audi A3 – it has still gone about it in its own unique…
