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MINI Clubman estate - Reliability & safety

Up-to-date technology should ensure the MINI Clubman is both safe and dependable in the long run

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Reliability & safety Rating

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The latest Clubman is powered by advanced turbocharged petrol engines developed by MINI’s parent company BMW. It shares those engines and many other mechanical parts with its three and five-door hatchback sister models – as well as the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer and Gran Tourer MPVs. As it’s a fairly new model, it boasts much of the latest safety and crash-prevention technology – although some of it is optional.

MINI Clubman reliability

The MINI Clubman didn’t appear in our 2022 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, but MINI as a brand came in ninth place out of 29 manufacturers – that’s a 10-place improvement over the previous year, and ahead of parent company BMW and rivals Audi and Mercedes. Around 12% of respondents said they had an issue with their car in the first year, meaning MINI’s models have proven slightly more reliable than average in the rankings.

Safety

Independent safety experts at Euro NCAP only gave the Clubman four out of a possible five stars for safety in its latest and most stringent safety tests, and this less-than-perfect rating means it lags behind some rivals that were awarded five out of five. It lost marks for pedestrian and child occupant protection, as well as active safety, scoring 68, 68 and 67% respectively in these categories. Specifically, the testers criticised the Clubman’s lack of a lane-keeping assistance system. A lane-departure warning, which vibrates the steering wheel if it thinks you’re about to stray out of your lane, is wrapped up in the optional Driving Assistant Pack.

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