Mini's largest SUV, the Countryman, has been thoroughly redesigned. The Talking Cars crew talks about why Mini chose to get rid of the driver display instrument cluster. For more on the 2025 Mini Countryman go to
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The car looks good, a lot better than the earlier models. The dash needs a speedo and a tach in front of the driver.
No driver display means you can ignore the check engine light easier 😅
This has to be the silliest dashboard i have ever seen. 🤣
Looks dumb
Center-mounted instrument clusters are hardly a new thing, nor totally uncommon. In some cases it seems to be a way for manufacturers to simplify things when building a model for both left-hand-drive and right-hand-drive markets. I once rented a car 10 years ago with one, and didn’t like it. Maybe if I had time to get used to it I’d grow accustomed to it, but I feel as though the driver’s vision is taken away from the road for a slightly longer period of time, versus a display right below directly ahead.