Now You Can Go Camping On The Roof Of Your Mini Countryman

Believe it or not, a specialist Italian company has launched a roof-top tent compatible with the Mini Countryman, allowing two people to sleep in a relative approximation of comfort
Now You Can Go Camping On The Roof Of Your Mini Countryman

Mini owners: rejoice! For you can now put a tent on top of your Countryman. Because of course you can.

Italian car roof tent manufacturer (who knew?!) Autohome has developed a boxy roof tent for the largest Mini. Measuring 130x210cm, it looks like a streamlined, 33cm-high roof box when collapsed, but expands to create what is apparently a 94cm-high two-berth sleeping space. Mmmm, cosy.

Image: Autohome
Image: Autohome

The 58kg fibreglass and canvas unit is easier to set up than a regular tent, though; just flip the safety hooks aside and four “gas springs,” which we assume are pneumatic rams, lift the roof up and into position. It can’t be that difficult, because on the instructions above, Autohome has wasted an entire image on a shorts-wearing discomfort enthusiast looking very pleased with himself.

The 58kg tent isn’t Mini’s first brush with rooftop camping. Back in summer 2013 the brand revealed three camping special editions, one of which was the, err, Countryman Camp. No, we’re not kidding. The other two were a Clubvan with a built-in bunk and kitchenette, and a little Cowley caravan.

The awkwardly-named 2013 Mini Countryman Camp
The awkwardly-named 2013 Mini Countryman Camp

Shipping for the new Autohome roof tent begins in the summer, so you’ve got a month or two to start planning where you’re going to use it first. You could argue it would save on hotel bills for road trips, but at €2836.93 it’s not exactly cheap. That’s quite a lot of Travelodge rooms, after all…

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Comments

StuttgartMadness

It’s got nothing on this…

05/03/2017 - 11:06 |
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Who needs to sleep on his car when you can have a helicopter land on your car and bring you to a hotel?!

05/03/2017 - 18:13 |
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Griffinz7

Little more elegant than this

05/03/2017 - 11:12 |
30 | 2
05/03/2017 - 11:30 |
32 | 0

It looks like a giant penis on top of it…

05/03/2017 - 18:54 |
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Anonymous

That tent is probably bigger than an original Mini…

05/03/2017 - 12:12 |
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Jakob

Classic idea.

05/03/2017 - 12:18 |
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Samael

In reply to by Jakob

Pension Sachsenruh!

05/04/2017 - 09:06 |
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NOTROX

don’t even read just want to appear in best CT comments.

I think this is the only reason i comment.

I think you too only comment for that.

05/03/2017 - 13:23 |
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Anonymous

And then you can do us all a favour and drive it of a cliff

05/03/2017 - 15:37 |
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Jeremias

I actualy like it. If there was a JCW version, it would be perfect.

05/03/2017 - 17:54 |
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ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

Not so Mini got even less Mini

05/04/2017 - 00:58 |
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ThatCarGuy 2

Then its not very ‘MINI’

05/04/2017 - 06:36 |
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Anonymous
05/04/2017 - 09:52 |
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