For the first time, the MINI product line includes a model powered by both a three-cylinder twin turbo gasoline engine and an electric hybrid synchronous motor.  With an option to plug in, the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 (sic) has a 3-cylinder gasoline engine that works in tandem with an electric motor to produce a combined peak output of 221 horsepower, with the badly named e-rear axle enabling “all-season” 4wd traction.

“The Los Angeles Auto Show is the perfect place for the new MINI Countryman’s World Premiere because the exhibition highlights all of the technological progress the auto industry has made in the last year,” said Thomas Felbemair, Vice President MINI of the Americas. “With the addition of the plug-in hybrid option MINI has achieved its largest, most versatile and technologically advanced product yet.”