Two bespoke Mini Countryman will make their global debut at this month’s Beijing International Auto Show, now regarded as the world’s largest car show.

Designed in collaboration with Austrian design studio, Vagabund, the two concept cars – dubbed Mini Countryman Mini x Vagabund – feature distinctive styling and design elements that, according to Mini, “set a powerful statement for adventure spirit, community culture and festival lifestyle”.

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Featuring distinctive graphics, enhanced bodywork and a state-of-the-art sound system, the Mini Countryman x Vagabund are being promoted as “moving sound stages”.

Aside from a raised ride height, wider stance, unique wheel designs and colour-matching body enhancements, the centrepiece of the two concepts is the high-end sound system that is integrated into, and forms part of, the car.

Vagabund’s design removes the rear side windows and in their place, a specially developed sound system that has been designed for outdoor use.

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According to Mini, at the heart of the Countryman x Vagabund “is a newly developed loudspeaker housing made from cast polymer granite – a material that offers ideal conditions for precise and unadulterated sound reproduction.”

Further, mid-range speakers and tweeters have been integrated directly into the bodywork of the Countryman while additional subwoofers in the rear cargo area create “an independent sound system”, or when the two concept cars are parked together, the “Mini Countryman show cars form a mobile stage, creating an immersive audio experience”.

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The Countryman x Vagabund show cars form part of Mini’s 14-car display at the Beijing show that also includes the earlier collaboration between the German-owned British brand and Australian culture brand, Deus Ex Machina.

The two Mini JCW x Deus rally-bred show cars, with their low stance, four spotlights integrated into the bonnet, widened wheel arches and race-bred interiors, made their global debut at last year’s IAA Motor Show in Munich, Germany.