The NEW ELECTRIC Mini SE had me lost for words, other than SHUT UP! Fun small EV.
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2024
- I was called by an old friend, Phil Butler, who works at Sycamore Mini in Peterborough. He insisted I would love the new shape Mini electric and I should come and drive it.
As Phil and I both enjoyed fun hot hatches I knew it would be worth the trip to see the new Mini electric SE. I wasn't wrong, as the new electric Mini drive had me lost for words. Other than saying shut up a few times!!!
Here is Sycamore Mini's more professional video with my technical spec and differences the the new version: • The NEW All-Electric M...
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Best video on this car so far. Excellent job. Good to see you having fun!
It was a great drive. Glad you liked it 😉
Its fantastic watching someone PROPERLY test drive these cars!!! you have some skills
@@jh9740 give me a handbrake, rwd and LSD then we have some real smiles per miles 😉
@@chargeheadsuk just had finance approved for one today and did second guess if I should be going for more performance EX30 performance or Tesla M3..
@@jh9740 i know the Volvo is good, although i have recently heard they have software issues. M3 IMO
Nice review. Other channels don’t rag the cars around, so good to see something different!
Full pasty mode is a must when testing a car 😉.
Id buy the old one, its a great price now for sure. The Griffith i had was an amazing car, it will be inyerssting to see how the Tesla powered Wedge fairs
Thank you for visiting us! Great review, we have to say the iconic sounds put a smile on our faces too!
Thanks for the opportunity to drive this amazing pocket rocket. Have a word with the BMW lot next door as I need to do a review on the i5 M50 😉⚡️💯
A wonderfully stylish and hopelessly romantic trinket. I can’t help but think that most folk will be better off buying a Model 3.
I would buy a Model 3, but hey, it is a better all rounder 😉
I know people who own a Model 3 and the older Mini SE and they prefer the Mini over the Tesla
@@pachy444 its all about personal opinion. Also depends on what you need it for. I did 30k in my Model 3 in the last 12 months i doubt the Mini wouod have been as convenient or cheap thinking about charger infrastructure.
On the F56, you have to put it in Sport+ to have the most fun😁 Simply put it in sport, then press the off button right next to it... you'll see sport traction on the digital dash. The car still has E Diff and if you press and hold that off button for more than 6 seconds, you turn everything off except the E Diff...(track mode) If you mess up, it's on you💯 I've been selling MINI's for over 13 years🤙
Thanks for this, i did put it in sport, however you're saying theres a better mode? Where are you based?
@@chargeheadsuk Correct, by pressing the off button once you activate dynamic traction control. Orlando FL🤙
@@o-townminideals3104 a bit far for me to come then 😔
Anyhting without a beemer engine is a win.
Nice review 👍
Thanks 🙏
I will keep my old Mini Cooper electric over the new, especially now since I have started to modify the things I felt needed to be changed. So far I have added a big brake kit, polyurethane bushings, Eibach springs with Koni FSD shocks, rear sway bar, new lower and upper control arms in the rear suspension. My mini feels and drives like a completely different car!
You had me at, "I've added". Where are you based as I would love to come and chexk it out 💯
You will see thousands of them on the road. Great fun and starting at £30k (even though everyone spouting they are all £42k) is great value.
I drove one of these the other day - exactly the same as the one in this video - and I loved it.
When you lift off the throttle in Go-Kart mode it sounds like a pod-racer from The Phantom Menace - it was great. 😊😊😊
Pod racer, great description 😉
Like it, and really like the round screen. The spokes being offset from center would bug me though
Sorry but £42k is just ridiculous. They make it in China presumably because its cheaper, well its certainly not been passed onto the customer.
That's Mini's for you, theyve always been pricey when you spec them up. Same with Audi A1's. Status is a big pull. Thats why I'm converting a TVR 🤣
@@chargeheadsuk A friend of mine used to race TVR's and having been in a VERY fast Griff can see the attraction!
I have the old mini EV less than a year old level 3 spec plus loads of extras and 5k millage cost 24k which I thought was ok.Its ideal for a city car and really enjoy driving it.Only do a few hundred miles a month so costs about £10 a month in electricity charging at home on a cheap night tariff
£42k, you can get a tesla model 3 which is a proper ev...
@@whocares264proper EV? Why are the comments always full of stupid idiots saying dumb stuff? If it's powered by batteries, it's a proper EV and the quality is miles better than Tesla.
Why is it 'ridiculous'? It's made by an offshoot of BMW so should be considered premium. There's a lot of tech here. This car is designed for those who follow the brand and aspire to be 'mini' drivers. In my opinion, so far as VFM, anyone would be much better off buying a Tesla Model 3.
I love the Exclusive version instead of the JCW trim version. It looks more funny.
Did you check what the tyre pressures were on the more floaty current MIN Cooper SE, and what tyres were on it? As to settings other than sport, TC off, Dynamic off, hold for 3 seconds, all off.
Someone else mentioned this, I didn't take the traction control off the new shop. Although now I know you can on the old one, I clearly need to go back!
Really enjoyed your review keep it up!
@@DavidHowellsBuilders thanks 🙏
Hopefully that pricing does come down in time but it does seem like one heck of a machine!
Its certainly a smiles per Kilowatts machine 💯
I want one! I think these are a new bar for the electric hot hatch. 250 miles range would be better though. Anything is the 100’s is a shame. What range do you think you will get from Wedge-e?
I'm hoping for a 120 to 140, but who knows 🤷♂️
Was mad on minis, first car I had was the classic and then a first gen BMW one which I still own but would have a Model 3 over this. What was the 0-60 on the JCW?
Not sure Google shoukd have it. Ive driven two electric classic minis's and never a petrol one 🙈
JCW / John Cooper Works trim. It is not a JCW MINI. No performance gain.
Just had one as a loan car for a few days. Ride is way too firm, boot is pointless and somehow lost 100 miles of range in 70 miles of steady driving
I found the i3 a lot better, plus you can get a top of the range example for kess than £20000
Dinner plate on the dadh...😂
You talk about recyclable interior materials.. then later refer to them as being made from recycled compounds. A bit more clarity would help. I assumed you meant 'from recycled' when you tested the sound of scratching the surface but most might have taken your words spoken as being the informative content. A bit more on the head up display might be appreciated too.. and on safty features. Good video, just a little shallow on info. 😊
The link in the decription has better info if you want the detail
And that Level 2 MINI Cooper SE first driven had Leather & Cloth. There is no Alcentara.
Acceleration sound😂😂😂
I've got the petrol one absolutely love it same in every detail really level pack3 must have. Best features is I have 4 assistants to help me google alex siri hey mini
The battery is too small, it’s smaller than the battery put in the Olympics run around , I hope they but a larger pack in the countryman
There are two battery sizes. I think the bigger one is ample based on the size of car. I would prefer a faster charging speed, however I'm spoilt with the 250KW DC max of my Model 3.
@@chargeheadsuk but most chargers in U.K. are Labelled just 150kwh with 117- 120kwh at peak in reality due to amp limitations around my area , meaning a 0-80 in about 45,50 mins depending on charger and load the nearest grid serve is over 40 miles away so maths wise not worth traveling to. On route , but a 40kwh _37kwh usable pack in now days just won’t sell unless your a city dweller with short commute , people will naturally gravitate for the 50kwh but with a real world 3.1 kwh on run is not good if you take the 80% charge limit many manufacturers insist on for battery life we’re still talking a 175 mile ev at best
Is it me , but the previous generation looks much better quality , interior wise.
@@geew2993 the use of recycled materials is "better for the environment" but does lack the finish 💯
A great car, shame about the price. Will not sell in volume at the ridiculous price.
It all depends on residual and monthly deals I would suggest.
It will on a lease. Business lease especially with low BiK.
The black one is priced at £42k..maybe if they swap the numbers around I’d be interested. Still at least £10k too expensive for what they are. Second hand more like £33k probably with 3k miles on them after a year. Maybe £28k in two years then it might get interesting.
We have had five MINI’s, two currently on the drive ordered from factory and they will probably be our last. I had one of the original and first on the U.K. roads F56 Coopers in April 2014 and still got it on 35k miles. Looking at the new Renault 5 retro when it comes out that they say starts at £25k we will see. For over £40k even without indicator stalks I’d take the Model 3 every day of the week. If this MINI did real world 300 miles and cost £27k with the sports pack then maybe, but not at £42k I’d look at a owner with sympathy thinking poor sod and I never looked a at a MINI Works thinking other than “ Nice”.
The Renault 5 is a good shout, also the Alpine 😉
not the 1st mini to have electric memory seats
That info came from the dealer. Which Mini was then?
But... Bet your looking at BMW money and possibly getting to £40,000 for this wonderful sounding mini.
Yep
I have a ID3, but I sure the Germans will comment on the ID4 unfortunately there is no dot. Sorry
Needs arches
over 10 years BMW been doing electric cars and still there range sucks, even for these expensive cars. sad.
what the f this is so noisy ... i have a bmw i3 rex with no noise no range hassle...
No way, if it were £15,000 id lookat it. Id much rathera Tesla model3.
Tesla's are so dated.
@@AlanTov Right, only the most advanced car in the world !
Perforated FALSE as in FAKE leather. It never was the skin of an animal. Not on seats or the steering wheel.
why the f are they making them in china? urgh
What EV is'nt made in China? Not many. They have the best tech in the EV for the money, simples 😉
You may be too young to remember car manufacture in the 70s in the UK. I do. With those memories it's no wonder everything is made in China. I drive a Chinese made EV - a BYD Atto 3 - and I'm so incredibly happy with it after nearly two years. I don't see my next vehicle coming from anywhere else apart from Thailand where the new BYD EV factory is located.
@@LouDeVere hoping to drive the Dolphin so as the deal on them is so good at the moment.
@@LouDeVereI'm 51 so I do remember how bad Leyland stuff got. We could make amazing things still in our own country but we don't as it costs more. We are handing China everything on a plate and they don't have our best interests at heart. Mini is a classic British design and it's a shame we don't build it in our country. I'm sure it is a good car.
i couldnt bring myself to watch this having seen that joke of a screen...designed by a child?
New electric Mini is ugly AF.
I don't believe this review is genuine.
The old car was almost dismissed and he likes the back end styling of the new one so it's very likely a review instigated and directed by BMW Mini.
Or maybe it's his personal impressions of both cars and he prefers the new one genuinely? Never been a mini fan so the video didn't convince me to get either but I'm sure the review's genuine; just look at his other videos.
The old one was a good car, it was hyped up by quite a few people for me thats all. My reaction on the new one i assure you was genuine. Would I buy one for that money, no, id buy a Tesla model 3.
yeah there´s something strange on this situation
Fun review! I love your reaction to the piped driving experience sounds! British and Aussie reviewers are a lot more natural and engaging than ones here in the US, most of whom take themselves very seriously with not much humor.
@@angusmacdonald5300 thanks Angus for your comment 😉