Recent patent filings from BMW may have uncovered the name of the upcoming crossover belonging to the German automakers MINI brand. Speculation previously had the model named the Crossman, a clever play on the fact that its a crossover and that the latest MINI model is called the Clubman. The name BMW has registered for, however, is the Countryman.

Little is known about the Countryman, although it has been spied several times testing in both Europe and California, where two different models were spotted driving together in the desert. Due to the different front-ends on both of the tiny SUVs, its likely one was sporting a turbocharged motor, in keeping with the MINI product line of offering a base Cooper model and then a more powerful S model.

Whether MINI will risk selling a high-performance John Cooper works version of the Countryman remains to be seen.

The MINI Countryman is expected to debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show this September.