Friends of ours have a 2 door Mini...they love it, but don't drive it in the Winter much at all--BUT we generally get about 3x the snow on this side of the lake that you guys do in Chicago (except for this past year...I think you nearly kept up with us...you guys got a lot and all at once!). It doesn't have the clearance to handle our poorly plowed, semi-rural roads.

I've ridden around in theirs a few times. It's surprisingly roomy. I think a Clubman would be WAY cool!