Doug Newcomb has been covering car technology as a journalist for 30 years and is a renowned expert on connected cars and mobility. He has been sought out for his opinion by such high-profile media outlets as The New Yorker, Fast Company, NPR, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, Detroit Free Press, Reuters and others. Doug has appeared on CBS News, CNBC and the Los Angeles affiliates for ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News to talk about car technology and is a frequent speaker at automotive and consumer-electronics industry events around the globe. He's currently a columnist for Autoblog and PCMag.com and writes for Automobile and other outlets. In 2013 Doug cofounded the Connected Car Conference (C3) in New York and co-producer the inaugural Connected Car Expo at the LA Auto Show. In 2014, Doug launched events under the C3 banner at SXSW, in New York and the Bay Area, and in 2015 added a D.C. Policy forum.
Doug has also worked as a consultant with some of the world’s leading automotive and technology brands developing content and conferences and delivering market intelligence and insight. Prior to launching C3, Doug served as Senior Editor, Technology at Edmunds.com. Before joining Edmunds.com, started Newcomb Communications & Consulting to provide content to such outlets as Road & Track, Popular Mechanics, MSN Autos, SEMA News and many other outlets.
In 2008, he published his first book, Car Audio for Dummies (Wiley). Doug began his career in 1988 as the editor of the industry trade magazine Mobile Electronics, and went on to serve as editor of the consumer publications Car Audio and Electronics, Car Stereo Review, Mobile Entertainment and Road & Track Road Gear. As a music journalist, Doug has interviewed numerous well-known artists and producers and reviewed recordings for various outlets. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. The 2017 MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 Vehicles come loaded with so much technology these days that it can be difficult to take it all in during a short test drive.
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Because I test more than 50 cars a year, certain tech features stand out as either positive or negative and on how they compare with other vehicles in the same class. Here are five features of the 2017 MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 (total sticker price $35,400) that caught my attention and deserve yours if you’re considering this vehicle. Touchpad Speller The Cooper S Countryman ALL4 borrows this feature from its BMW corporate cousin. Using a finger, drivers can trace characters on the top of a center-console-mounted MINI Touch Controller to enter, say, navigation search terms or names of contacts in a Bluetooth-connected phone’s address book. I’ve tried such handwriting-recognition systems in BMW and Audi vehicles and find they’re somewhat of a novelty and can be frustrating to use. For example, when trying to spell the word “coffee” for a point-of-interest navigation search in the Cooper S Countryman ALL4, I finally gave up after the system failed to recognize my inputs after numerous attempts – and found it easier to enter the word one character at a time using the traditional input method.
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The Cooper S Countryman ALL4′s Touchpad Speller feature allows drivers to trace characters on the top of a center-console-mounted controller to enter navigation search terms or names of contacts in a Bluetooth-connected phone’s address book. Onboard Owner’s Manual This is another feature that’s migrated over from and one I like since it puts information about the operation of the car at the driver’s fingertips, without having to dig through the glove compartment for an owner’s manual.
It also makes great use of the 8.8-inch center-dash touchscreen by showing animated explanations of most features. The onboard owner’s manual makes great use of the center-dash touchscreen by showing animated explanations of most features. Head-up Display Head-up displays (HUDs) are usually reserved for luxury cars since the components – and burying them in the dash – can get costly. But MINI (and ) use a low-cost transparent lens above the instrument cluster to display info such as speed, navigation directions, driver assists warnings and vehicle messages. It’s an effective and economical way to show information at a glance, without a driver having to look away from the road. One downside of the Countryman ALL4’s HUD is that it’s part of the pricey $2,250 Technology Package option. Another is that, as with HUDs in BMW vehicles, adjustments such as the brightness and display height must be made by digging into the car’s settings menu instead of via physical switches, as with certain.
The Cooper S Countryman ALL4′s head-up display is an effective and economical way to show information at a glance, without a driver having to look away from the road. MINI Country Timer Part of the appeal of MINI is its quirky “Let’s Motor” approach to driving, and the Country Timer feature of the off-road capable Cooper S Countryman ALL4 certainly fits this mold. It’s embedded software monitors when the car is driven over terrain described as “sloping, uneven, unsurfaced and snow-covered roads and tracks” and for how long. A driver’s personal level is shown in the center-dash touchscreen and ranges from Street Cruiser (which I never made it past since I was conservative with the car and kept it on the street) to Cliff Champ. While this gamification of driving doesn’t really add much to the experience of owning the Countryman ALL4, at least it was a standard feature on my test car.
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The Country Timer feature of the off-road capable Cooper S Countryman ALL4 uses embedded software to monitor when the car is driven over terrain described as “sloping, uneven, unsurfaced and snow-covered roads and tracks” and for how long. Sports Displays Another example of MINI’s idiosyncratic approach to motoring are the Sport Displays that essentially show the same basic information other cars present, but in a more whimsical way, such as putting sunglasses on a representation of the car when displaying the outside temperature. Also tied into the Sport Displays (as well as other features such as audio volume) is a multicolored neon ring around the 8.8-inch center-dash touchscreen that lights up and changes colors when, for example, rpm warnings are reached or exceeded. Fortunately, it can be turned off if you don’t want your car interior to seem like a disco when driving at night.