MINI Countryman Rear Bench Seat Standard in 2013
American MINI Countryman customers won’t have to choose a rear bench seat in 2013 because that configuration will be standard.
It used to be that buying a MINI Countryman meant dealing with rear bucket seats with a quirky metal rail running through the middle of its rear bucket seats. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulations initially kept the brand from offering a middle seat because of the car was too narrow to qualify for a third bum in the back.
But those regulations changed and MINI subsequently offered a back bench, although only as an option. That will be different in 2013 when the bench will become its standard rear seat accommodation, dropping the car’s price $250 and ditching the gimmicky sliding cup holders.
[ Source: MotoringFile]
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that being said,,,, there is no cup holders at all now in the back, if you have a bucket seat. I have a 9 yr old child, and no place for her to put her drink. That is a major oversight by mini. has anyone else got this complaint?