MINI Paceman is one of those cars that to make sense of you need to concentrate extra extra hard. There is nothing wrong with it – well, apart form the way it looks – but you can’t think of a single situation this car would be perfect for. But like all MINIs, the Paceman will be quite fun to drive. Even though the fastest version which is the Cooper S will takes 7.5 seconds to hit 100 km/h from zero.

To help you in your efforts to make sense of the Paceman, here we have two official videos:

The petrol engines available for the MINI Cooper Paceman and MINI Cooper S Paceman and the diesel units in the MINI Cooper D Paceman and MINI Cooper SD Paceman cover an output spread from 82 kW/112 hp to 135 kW/184 hp. All the powerplants link up as standard with a six-speed manual gearbox, although a six-speed automatic is available as an option. The MINI ALL4 all-wheel-drive system is offered for the MINI Cooper S Paceman, MINI Cooper SD Paceman and MINI Cooper D Paceman. Plans are in place to add a MINI John Cooper Works Paceman variant to the range in due course.