{"id":1882446,"date":"2026-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882446"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:00:00","slug":"these-mini-countryman-special-editions-are-giant-215bhp-mobile-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882446","title":{"rendered":"These Mini Countryman special editions are giant, 215bhp mobile speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>The what is simple: two versions of the Mini Countryman S outfitted by an Austrian design studio inspired by music festivals that turn both cars into, essentially, giant mobile speakers.<\/p>\n<p>The why is trickier: according to Mini, \u201ca long-standing tradition and core value of the brand is individual vehicle customisation\u201d. So that naturally evolves into: mobile 215bhp speakers for music festivals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Said Austrian design studio is Vagabund, and together with Mini it has fattened out the already rather fat Countryman with wider arches, new bumpers, aprons and bigger wheels, and raised the ride height. It\u2019s also added a roof rack to both cars with a design that references speaker covers.<\/p>\n<p>Ah yes, speakers. The rear side windows were binned, and in their place come units specifically designed to ruin your neighbours\u2019 peaceful evenings and weekends. Or pump out some choons at an outdoor space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Tweeters and mid-range units are built directly into the body, while subwoofers \u2013 not a pair of small dogs, sadly \u2013 have been snuggled into the rear. Time was, this sort of thing used to be standard practice for any budding Nineties car enthusiast. Mini hasn&#8217;t specified whether the number plate rattles upon the beat dropping.<\/p>\n<p>To really hammer home the point \u2013 and to age the car\u2019s target demographic \u2013 there\u2019s also an old Sony Walkman glued into a special housing. It\u2019s supposed to be Mini\u2019s \u2018sense of humour\u2019, but in fact just makes us pine for cassettes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The what is simple: two versions of the Mini Countryman S outfitted by an Austrian design studio inspired by music festivals that turn both cars into, essentially, giant mobile speakers. The why is trickier: according to Mini, \u201ca long-standing tradition and core value of the brand is individual vehicle customisation\u201d. So that naturally evolves into: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1882446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1882446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1882446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1882446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1882446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}