As we move through March, the winter testing season for automakers is nearing its end. Perhaps that's why we see two Mini Countryman prototypes scooting about with considerable haste on the snow, though it probably has more to do with escaping the cameras from CarSpyMedia.
That's the source for this new video, catching a standard combustion-powered Countryman and a full EV in action. There's no missing the quad exhaust tips for the ICE Mini, suggesting we're looking at a John Cooper Works trim level. In the current Countryman, the JCW sends 301 horsepower to all four wheels and can reach 60 mph in under five seconds. This is the prototype we see first, zipping past the camera and then parked while two individuals frantically load backpacks into the open hatch.
