Mini back on track with five-door hatch

THEY are more used to Hooray Henrys in straw boaters in Henley-on-Thames, but this week the local inhabitants were swamped by eager motoring hacks there to try out the latest Mini variant — the five-door hatch.

Mini has not had a five door hatch before and the company were keen to stress the potential sales benefits to them of a Mini hatch with five doors.

Of course we’ve had the Mini Countryman which had five doors — three at the front and two at the back — but we’ve never had a Mini hatch with five doors — until now.