New look Mini five-door unveiled

A larger and more practical five-door Mini will join the recently-facelifted Mini three-door hatch later this year.

Both body-styles share design attributes including a Multitone two-colour roof, revised bumper design with body-coloured grille insert, and black headlight innards rather than silver.

LED headlights and tail lights are standard, the latter retaining their unique Union Jack design.

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It’ll also get a swathe of new wheel and paint options.

Inside, like the three-door Mini range, the five-door Mini receives an 8.8-inch infotainment screen with a new operating system, which is flanked by glossy black switchgear. Gone is the analogue instrument pod mounted on top of the steering column, replaced by a slicker, horizontal 5.0-inch instrument cluster screen similar to that already seen in the Mini Electric and John Cooper Works GP3.

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New air vents and ambient lighting round out the interior changes.

Where the five-door does differ from its three-door counterpart is with a 72 millimetre longer wheelbase and an increased overall length of 160mm. Both dimension expansions should make for a more comfortable cabin.

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The boot volume can be increased by folding down the 60:40 split rear seats from 278 litres to up to 941 litres as required.

Mini hasn’t confirmed it yet, but the five-door range will likely use the same engines as the three-door.

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The line-up begins with the Cooper, powered by a 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol engine which sends 100kW/220Nm to the front wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic.

The Cooper S steps up to 141kW/280Nm outputs with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine attached to an eight-speed auto, which powers the front wheels.

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The Cooper JCW is the most powerful Mini of the standard range and features the same 2.0-litre engine, though tuned to deliver 170kW/320Nm.

A spokesperson for Mini confirmed the Mini five-door will reach Australia at the same time as the three-door and the convertible by the second half of 2021.

This third-generation facelifted Mini range is expected to soldier on until at least 2023.