They really hated the Italian Job that much they had to destroy the most iconic British car that's not an Aston Martin. They're pathetic now. I saw one the other day that was next to a Land Rover and they were basically the same size (not the same model as this).
I really like the look of it but its wayyyyy too expensive in my opinion. It offers nothing special compared to the Renault 5, which is around £7000 cheaper! Mini are saving money by producing in China, but are clearly pocketing the savings instead of passing them onto the customer. I think they will seriously have to rethink their pricing strategy if they actually want to sell them.
yes the R5 and alpine hot hatch will be serious competition. As a old Alfisti I'm looking forward to the Junior as well. Hopefully we will be spoilt for choice next year in this sector
Correct me if I'm wrong, but they did essentially outsource the electric version to Great Wall Motors. I've never been a Mini fan, but appreciated quietly them from afar. This just seems like a bland copy, something akin to an Ora funky cat with a mini badge glued on.
Mini's have darty feel. My 2012 cooper S is even fun to drive round a carpark such is the agility. The turning circle is surprisingly rubbish but the car is fun. Lots of people I know who don't like cars always have a soft spot for it too.
Mini's have darty feel. My 2012 cooper S is even fun to drive round a carpark such is the agility. The turning circle is surprisingly rubbish but the car is fun. Lots of people I know who don't like cars always have a soft spot for it too and when I park it in a supermarket carpark I come back to find 4 other minis parked next to it! Mini drivers are fond of their cars despite many flaws.
My brother and sister in law tried one of these and were not impressed with the seats and drive of it didn't have the feel. Also said it was too expensive. They have owned a mini for years.
In my view a mini should look like a mini and have some for of design connection to the models before. I saw this and think the rear just does not look like a mini at all and the front is as the review, you may guess it’s a mini but equally could be many other cars. It won’t be cheap and probably a good car but feels like the soul is being stripped away.
Jeez you hoping to get new Mini haters clicks? It's fine it's evolution...every model that comes out all the haters hark back to the mini they had 30 years ago. I've had all and currently on 2nd F56.
@@TfRsmokinmasta We’re not harking back 30 years, said as much. This isn’t evolution, it’s backwards or static at best. It’s an opinion. Would you prefer us to like every car we review?
I can’t see me swapping my older electric mini for this - really love the fun of my car on shorter trips - while I have travelled beyond its range there would be no value to me in getting the bigger battery new car as it is still too small a car to pack enough luggage with a partner + dog and you must feel that extra 300kg of battery weight when you drive it
Yup I'm with you. Got 2021 mini 3 EV and the interior is way better and I've been in both. If you want a mini for fun save your money and get a 2/3 year old version. Shorter on range but way better finish, classic looks and as a second car, it's a brilliant short trip/city car.
I disagree about the 'massive door ' not being a problem ? Any car that has massive doors are a pain in the you know what, in tight spaces ? Like supermarket car parks or indeed any car parking space, or garage? I pretty much stopped buying cars with 2 side doors 20+ years ago for that very reason. Only to buy a ford transit connect, again having 2 side doors with a sliding door ,returning to the same problem. Having massive doors might make entry into the back easier, but squeezing through the gap with a car parked right next to you ,is a real pain ?
This electric Chinese one has a bodyshell with a lower raked screen than the petrol UK built one (which is basically a restyled version of the old one.
This great British Marque owned by a German Company is now manufactured in China by BYD with some stickers making out its a John Cooper Works or whatever selling from around the £30k mark. It doesn't look anything like a Mini, more like the Suzuki Swift or the Ora Funky Cat, it has a low range and a poor sub 100 kW charging speed. In a word No ...... or if you prefer 不 bù being as its Chinese !
Just sounds like whinging to me. Old men whinging. Modern typical social media whinging. Poms whinging. I'm glad you didn't turn the radio on as you'd probably whinge about the new music too. All 80's hot hatches look like 80's cars. All 90's cars look like 90's cars. I bet if you look at 1920's cars they'd all look the same too. Surprise! This car looks great. It looks like 2024. Modern. Sleek. It does look aggressive. We can only get a white roof in Australia. No stripes. No body kits. You guys get this and still whinge.
If that was £26k in the sports pack version SE then maybe. We have had five MINI’s brilliant Cars and on a back road so much fun. But the SE sports pack starts at £36-43k and this isn’t a Works….😮 Scary price considering the new Renault 5 looks so impressive with the fully loaded version £28k. I get the clean look but MINI used to do nice interiors. Plus it’s real world probably 210 in summer, 180 winter for the larger pack.
I’ve had new MINI’s since 2007. Your bang on the money regarding the minimalist design language. My F60 Countryman is due to handed back next November and after which I won’t be staying with the brand.
The lack of chrome applications on the grille and around the headlights makes it look somehow like a cheap knock-off of a Mini. And the display looks flimsy and cheap. The old one - again with a chrome rim - lokked beefy and stylish. This one: cheap and boring. Meh.
I drove the new petrol version of the cooper s which you can only have in an automatic and i felt the same... It had lost something compared to the previous 2014 cooper manual that we have. So its not just the electric one that is a bit, meh. Dont think we will change the old mini after all.
All cars are going automatic - cost purposes (no longer a luxury )and electric cars will be automatic too, so the public almost gets used to it (in the UK, at least).
Finally saw one in the wild [early Dec] not too bad. I wonder when they bring the Cooper and Aceman EV production to Cowley whether they will add back some of the touches to the interior you are missing?
IMHO the R53 was probably the best and since then they have got bigger and uglier. The R56 was ok but it's been all downhill since then. An electric R53 would have been perfect.
What are the underpinnings and designs from BMW that are they using? For the first EV mini everything was taken lock stock and barrel from an i3 have they done the same here but used another BMW EV?
It is about twice as big as it should be and twice the price to boot. It just looks weird. There are so many competitors that cost less, look better and drive better. Such a shame.
Got the previous generation mini electric level 3, full leather, opening sunroof, more buttons and imo better looking. Range is fine for a city car and absolutely love it👌
Guys excellent video! I have one on order but I am buying this as a middle aged man second car for me and the wife! Need a small car problem today everything is bigger but infrastructure the same! The kicker is with the discounts it becomes sensible. At list price they would sell none.
Most new vehicles I'll endeavour to find a benefit over the previous version ( tech / design / wow factor etc ). How can Mini fail so badly on all counts ? . Puts the prices of the used one's up also
Same experience we had on a test drive. We drove the mini to Tesla, checked the price against a model Y, the bit extra for the Y on PCP was worth ordering the Y
really?? I could never own a car made by musk. Putting that aside Teslas have no character. Admittedly this mini has less than past minis . but there is still lots of character remaining. can you imagine any other make with that big round screen, those big round headlights?
@@simonmatthews7512 You don't really know how small a vehicle is until you physically get in them. Once we saw the relatively small price difference in PCP it was a no brainer. The Mini EV was a stepping stone car, which is an expensive way to upgrade to a bigger car later.
I think you missed the point that the last one was probably a bit overdesigned, so they've gone for a more modern minimal design. Just my opinion, but I think the new ones look much better, more modern, although I don't like that spoiler, bit too boxy for me.
It looks like a cross of Cupra / Citroen from the back, BMW Windows from the side and a mess of cars on the front, design team at mini have obviously died or been replaced.
You sound just like fans of the real Mini when the BMW one came out; "it feels like someone's bought the Mini name and stuck it on a copy that looks a bit like a Mini but lacks the essential Mini-ness". Welcome to the club 😂
Er, most people who remember that have died of old age....!! ..... and, come on....the original mini was a horrible, primitive, too small, uncomfortable, unsafe, unreliable, rusty bean tin on wheels.....! ..... Rose tinted spectacles.....!!!
Funny being in the US, we don't get many of the cars this is based on or most of the competitors mentioned. Its a flop here still, the Mini brand is generally in crisis
Oh heck. Soulless inside compared to how it looked at the original relaunch of the mini. Hate the back of it. Not keen on the cardboardishness of the fabric doors. The interior is awful. Hate touch screens. It’s sort of a shame. The irony is, it’s actually making me want a mini, just not this EV one.
I have the "old" MINI SE and still love it after 3 years of ownership. I would only buy the new version if/when BMW start screwing them together in Oxford. However your review isn't helping to sell me this car so I might have to look elsewhere.
@ how though? Set aside nostalgia. It’s loaded with tech. Smart and modern interior. Pretty efficient and decent range. As for price…. All electric cars are expensive. There is more room in the back than the last gen. Far more than a 500e or Abarth 500e. Yet an Abarth is pushing £40k. With rubbish range. Interestingly the new actual JCW is only a few hundred £ more than a Sport trim. Decent.
@@TheUrbanSplash The Abarth 500e starts at £31,195 right now, not £40k!. And that's list price, not shop around price. We didn't say it was a bad EV, we said it was a bad Mini. The interior isn't smart, it's hard plastic covered in fabric. It's worse than the previous shape. It's a Great Wall chinese made car with BMW overseeing it. Again, a step backwards for the price they're pushing it out at.
Hideous car! BMW Group has lost the plot across their entire range. Had a lot of BMW’in my time,used to love them. Can’t say anything floats my boat now across the entire range. Good review as per usual, thought you were being kind actually! 🤔
It's meh. BMW lost the plot with the Mini years ago. It's twice the size of a genuine Mini, is no longer a budget car, and looks nothing like a Mini. If anything, it looks like a Temu knockoff whilst being sold at a silly price. If they shrunk it to ⅔ the size, returned it to looking like a proper Mini and dropped the price by 35% people would be queuing up to buy one, and they would have room to park it in a city.
It reminds me of the refreshed Beetle they did that time, or the awful VW Bus that both said, 'Well, what people like is the very vague shape, not any of the iconic facets of the vehicle such as driving position, size, height, length, price, whether or not it's cool.' Smart did it too. No mate... no-one wants a 4 seater Smart. Your USP wasn't that model, it was the 2 seater normal one, and the 2 seater roadster. You could have sold a 2 seater Smart electric roadster at any price and any quality level like crazy (but more if you made it cunning and cheap). This 'Mini' is an offense to humanity. Hideous and insulting.
It's not a mini. Like a Fiat 500 is not and and a VW microbus is not also the Ford Capri is not. If they make an E Type Jag it will not be a patch on the real one. Can you imagine what that will be like.
Just over a year before I have to make a decision on which car will replace my EV mini (or Ill keep it) and this wont get my vote, I have to have one under 4m to get in the garage sooooo...... Renault 5 or Alpine A290 will be out soon and they are head and shoulders above this clone thing.
Funny you say you like the back but I think its hideous from that angle... just random elements thrown together and weird angles that just looks mid-2000s Japanese-y. In stark contrast to the bland front end, I guess there is *something* happening there, but is it good? And dropping the iconic Mini Union Jack tail-lights seems like a weird decision given the importance of brand recognition... it reminds me a bit of BMW's bizarre idea to drop thier iconic headlamps. Are these companies just distancing themselves completely from thier own vehicles?
I've never owned a "new" mini simply because I think the interior is hideous. Looking at the this new model I see its still hideous. 😆 Outside of that the tyres on that model are too small. With the amount of pot holes around here you need larger side walls and I hate electric handbrakes. I much prefer manual ones although I must be in the minority here as nearly all manufacturers have binned them for the electric ones. And those noises are terrible. Each to their own. I'm sure someone else will love it.
Thanks for this nuanced, amusing review of another over-priced EV. Rear vision looks very limited on your video, but the cabin looks large. Weird! An important question to explore is how much will it be worth a year down the road? EV depreciation is like a drug-crazed maniac.
The original mini (from 1957) was an awful car with horrible suspension, no brakes, but no power either. However, it was quite charming. And undeniably small. Not sure what it has to do with this car.
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Harry i hate to tell you this...the mini hasnt been a very small car for years
@@SNORKYMEDIA Relative to today, of course!
They really hated the Italian Job that much they had to destroy the most iconic British car that's not an Aston Martin. They're pathetic now. I saw one the other day that was next to a Land Rover and they were basically the same size (not the same model as this).
It’s nearly 28 cm wider than a golf mk3. Most cars now days are way too big.
@@davideyres955
Especially for our car park spacings.
@@davideyres955but a lot safer
My wife has one. It’s ace. The overall appearance is nice now they got rid of all the tat. All smooth and slick.
That's very generous coming from a Gran Torino fan.
Looks like a Suzuki Swift from the side. I still quite like it though.
I really like the look of it but its wayyyyy too expensive in my opinion. It offers nothing special compared to the Renault 5, which is around £7000 cheaper! Mini are saving money by producing in China, but are clearly pocketing the savings instead of passing them onto the customer. I think they will seriously have to rethink their pricing strategy if they actually want to sell them.
yes the R5 and alpine hot hatch will be serious competition. As a old Alfisti I'm looking forward to the Junior as well. Hopefully we will be spoilt for choice next year in this sector
Correct me if I'm wrong, but they did essentially outsource the electric version to Great Wall Motors.
I've never been a Mini fan, but appreciated quietly them from afar. This just seems like a bland copy, something akin to an Ora funky cat with a mini badge glued on.
Mini's have darty feel. My 2012 cooper S is even fun to drive round a carpark such is the agility. The turning circle is surprisingly rubbish but the car is fun. Lots of people I know who don't like cars always have a soft spot for it too.
Mini's have darty feel. My 2012 cooper S is even fun to drive round a carpark such is the agility. The turning circle is surprisingly rubbish but the car is fun. Lots of people I know who don't like cars always have a soft spot for it too and when I park it in a supermarket carpark I come back to find 4 other minis parked next to it! Mini drivers are fond of their cars despite many flaws.
Alpine A290 instead? Or even a basic Renault 5?
Full of character - I hope.
My brother and sister in law tried one of these and were not impressed with the seats and drive of it didn't have the feel. Also said it was too expensive. They have owned a mini for years.
Its made in China by Great Wall, a very good manufacturer, but clearly not a Mini anymore.
The Ora Funky Cat / 03 has the same underpinnings as this new MINI
@@stuartj5520The Mini actually does not share any parts with the Funky Cat/03. It was just developed in collaboration with GWM.
It’s all bmw still
In my view a mini should look like a mini and have some for of design connection to the models before. I saw this and think the rear just does not look like a mini at all and the front is as the review, you may guess it’s a mini but equally could be many other cars. It won’t be cheap and probably a good car but feels like the soul is being stripped away.
Jeez you hoping to get new Mini haters clicks? It's fine it's evolution...every model that comes out all the haters hark back to the mini they had 30 years ago. I've had all and currently on 2nd F56.
@@TfRsmokinmasta We’re not harking back 30 years, said as much.
This isn’t evolution, it’s backwards or static at best.
It’s an opinion. Would you prefer us to like every car we review?
I can’t see me swapping my older electric mini for this - really love the fun of my car on shorter trips - while I have travelled beyond its range there would be no value to me in getting the bigger battery new car as it is still too small a car to pack enough luggage with a partner + dog and you must feel that extra 300kg of battery weight when you drive it
Yup I'm with you. Got 2021 mini 3 EV and the interior is way better and I've been in both. If you want a mini for fun save your money and get a 2/3 year old version. Shorter on range but way better finish, classic looks and as a second car, it's a brilliant short trip/city car.
I disagree about the 'massive door ' not being a problem ? Any car that has massive doors are a pain in the you know what, in tight spaces ? Like supermarket car parks or indeed any car parking space, or garage? I pretty much stopped buying cars with 2 side doors 20+ years ago for that very reason. Only to buy a ford transit connect, again having 2 side doors with a sliding door ,returning to the same problem. Having massive doors might make entry into the back easier, but squeezing through the gap with a car parked right next to you ,is a real pain ?
That rear is a right mess and the screen needs to be a bit bigger 😅😅😅
This electric Chinese one has a bodyshell with a lower raked screen than the petrol UK built one (which is basically a restyled version of the old one.
This great British Marque owned by a German Company is now manufactured in China by BYD with some stickers making out its a John Cooper Works or whatever selling from around the £30k mark. It doesn't look anything like a Mini, more like the Suzuki Swift or the Ora Funky Cat, it has a low range and a poor sub 100 kW charging speed. In a word No ...... or if you prefer 不 bù being as its Chinese !
Made by GWM, not BYD. Will be made in Oxford in 2025 or 2026.
The definition of mini is> something small.It stopped being that years ago.
The technical term for what that mini lacks is surprise and delight.
We picked up a 6 month old Cosra, all the toys for £20k, as the new reg were being released. Defo a better 'buy' than the mini IMO
*cough* let's not mention the reliability. Or lack thereof.
looks like a stretched Suzuki swift!
Just sounds like whinging to me. Old men whinging. Modern typical social media whinging. Poms whinging. I'm glad you didn't turn the radio on as you'd probably whinge about the new music too. All 80's hot hatches look like 80's cars. All 90's cars look like 90's cars. I bet if you look at 1920's cars they'd all look the same too. Surprise! This car looks great. It looks like 2024. Modern. Sleek. It does look aggressive. We can only get a white roof in Australia. No stripes. No body kits. You guys get this and still whinge.
@@Jooty Typical Aussie taste I guess.
And modern music is sh-&t too!
If that was £26k in the sports pack version SE then maybe. We have had five MINI’s brilliant Cars and on a back road so much fun. But the SE sports pack starts at £36-43k and this isn’t a Works….😮 Scary price considering the new Renault 5 looks so impressive with the fully loaded version £28k. I get the clean look but MINI used to do nice interiors. Plus it’s real world probably 210 in summer, 180 winter for the larger pack.
I’ve had new MINI’s since 2007. Your bang on the money regarding the minimalist design language.
My F60 Countryman is due to handed back next November and after which I won’t be staying with the brand.
The lack of chrome applications on the grille and around the headlights makes it look somehow like a cheap knock-off of a Mini. And the display looks flimsy and cheap. The old one - again with a chrome rim - lokked beefy and stylish. This one: cheap and boring. Meh.
I drove the new petrol version of the cooper s which you can only have in an automatic and i felt the same... It had lost something compared to the previous 2014 cooper manual that we have. So its not just the electric one that is a bit, meh. Dont think we will change the old mini after all.
All cars are going automatic - cost purposes (no longer a luxury )and electric cars will be automatic too, so the public almost gets used to it (in the UK, at least).
Sorry,I hate the back, it’s pretty ugly all round
Finally saw one in the wild [early Dec] not too bad.
I wonder when they bring the Cooper and Aceman EV production to Cowley whether they will add back some of the touches to the interior you are missing?
People are crying out for small cars, the mini name would be perfect why do BMW continue to make the same old mistakes.
MG Cyberster in the background at 11:30? 🧐
We got to drive that too 😊
@@HarryEVM did you also get to drive the Ioniq 5N that’s in back of shot at 16:30?
@iaintunmore2609 not that exact one but we did get to drive one shortly after. Epic
The sound of the doors closing sound about the same as the original did. Tinny! Definitely not for me.
Had a few Minis. This one doesn't appeal to me based on interior or exterior looks.
The interior looks cheap and bland and cost cutting. The exterior is meh, looks better with fender flares. That’s only on the gas version tho
IMHO the R53 was probably the best and since then they have got bigger and uglier. The R56 was ok but it's been all downhill since then. An electric R53 would have been perfect.
It's a Pound Shop Mini. RIP.
At Harrod's prices.
Lads what about the range? The efficiency? No mentions at all!
@@GM-yu1lg we did.
@@ElectricVehicleMan are you sure you didn't edit it out? I just scrubbed through the whole thing a second time and could not find it.
I thought we did.
Biggest problem for it is new Renault 5, somehow this does not work.
What are the underpinnings and designs from BMW that are they using?
For the first EV mini everything was taken lock stock and barrel from an i3 have they done the same here but used another BMW EV?
Not made by BMW.....made in china by great wall motors
It is about twice as big as it should be and twice the price to boot. It just looks weird. There are so many competitors that cost less, look better and drive better. Such a shame.
Got the previous generation mini electric level 3, full leather, opening sunroof, more buttons and imo better looking. Range is fine for a city car and absolutely love it👌
Guys excellent video! I have one on order but I am buying this as a middle aged man second car for me and the wife! Need a small car problem today everything is bigger but infrastructure the same!
The kicker is with the discounts it becomes sensible. At list price they would sell none.
Mini could probably sell the base model at close to £20k and still make a profit. That's probably all they will be worth after 6 months.
then that's the time to buy one!
I absolutely hate the back worse design ever for a mini.
Does it come with Sat Nav?, how does that work kin with the centre console
The outside is reminiscent of a red kitchen appliance from the naughties
Watch out for the speed cameras around Wetherby race course fellas
Most new vehicles I'll endeavour to find a benefit over the previous version ( tech / design / wow factor etc ). How can Mini fail so badly on all counts ? . Puts the prices of the used one's up also
Same experience we had on a test drive. We drove the mini to Tesla, checked the price against a model Y, the bit extra for the Y on PCP was worth ordering the Y
You were cross-shopping a Mini and an MPV? Your check list must have been odd.
really?? I could never own a car made by musk. Putting that aside Teslas have no character. Admittedly this mini has less than past minis . but there is still lots of character remaining. can you imagine any other make with that big round screen, those big round headlights?
Ora Cat for the headlights.
@@simonmatthews7512 You don't really know how small a vehicle is until you physically get in them. Once we saw the relatively small price difference in PCP it was a no brainer. The Mini EV was a stepping stone car, which is an expensive way to upgrade to a bigger car later.
They shouldn't be allowed to use the name, never should have.
Same as MG brand. A disgrace.
I’d rather have a model 3 Tesla SR in Australia the Tesla is cheaper than the Cooper SE.
#evm
Would you have the Santa Fe at 16:00 instead of this Mini?
I think you missed the point that the last one was probably a bit overdesigned, so they've gone for a more modern minimal design. Just my opinion, but I think the new ones look much better, more modern, although I don't like that spoiler, bit too boxy for me.
The Issigonis mini answered a design brief with ingenious engineering. This does no such thing. This is a triumph of style over function.
I agree with some of these chaps, the back just doesn't look right for a mini, the rear clusters are naff.
10:10 your phase coils are out of alignment.
I have the F56 and will definitely be keeping it as I feel the new MINI has completely lost it’s direction I don’t like it at all
It looks like a cross of Cupra / Citroen from the back, BMW Windows from the side and a mess of cars on the front, design team at mini have obviously died or been replaced.
You sound just like fans of the real Mini when the BMW one came out; "it feels like someone's bought the Mini name and stuck it on a copy that looks a bit like a Mini but lacks the essential Mini-ness".
Welcome to the club 😂
To me, the back looked like a Suzuki and the front like some really boring car (why aren't the front wheels right at the front?)
I think it’s because they got rid of anything that cost money to make and everything just looks like stamped out plastic now
Where's the floor dip switch gone? My mini had one, to the left of the clutch pedal. That was a proper mini.
Er, most people who remember that have died of old age....!!
..... and, come on....the original mini was a horrible, primitive, too small, uncomfortable, unsafe, unreliable, rusty bean tin on wheels.....!
..... Rose tinted spectacles.....!!!
Funny being in the US, we don't get many of the cars this is based on or most of the competitors mentioned. Its a flop here still, the Mini brand is generally in crisis
Looks like an expensive suzuki....
Mini, for years have been overpriced for what you get and seem to be getting less original. Shame.
It's fugly
6:00 Wasn't feeling this car to begin with, but the buckle 'feature' got me actively scoffing. I'm out.
Oh heck. Soulless inside compared to how it looked at the original relaunch of the mini. Hate the back of it. Not keen on the cardboardishness of the fabric doors. The interior is awful. Hate touch screens. It’s sort of a shame. The irony is, it’s actually making me want a mini, just not this EV one.
Sadly, having owned BMW minis for the past 10 years or so, including the previous electric one, I agree with your review. Time to move on...
Spider Man! Cheers pal. I can’t un see that now 😂🤣😀
Its Fugly inside and out , the back end wow looks shocking and the front , nothing about this car screams mini
That boot could take your eyes out!
My word they've totally lost it now. Bloody awful.
I have the "old" MINI SE and still love it after 3 years of ownership. I would only buy the new version if/when BMW start screwing them together in Oxford. However your review isn't helping to sell me this car so I might have to look elsewhere.
To me the Mini now looks like a Suzuki Swift
the swift was originally Suzuki's take on the Mini
Stay in the past Grandad. World is moving on without you. Surprised if you’ve even heard of OLED. How’s your Nokia 3310?
This isn't moving on, it's walking backwards.
@ how though? Set aside nostalgia. It’s loaded with tech. Smart and modern interior. Pretty efficient and decent range. As for price…. All electric cars are expensive. There is more room in the back than the last gen. Far more than a 500e or Abarth 500e. Yet an Abarth is pushing £40k. With rubbish range. Interestingly the new actual JCW is only a few hundred £ more than a Sport trim. Decent.
I had a top spec 2019 Clubman. Loved it. I test drove this, it is awful. A backward step.
@@TheUrbanSplash The Abarth 500e starts at £31,195 right now, not £40k!. And that's list price, not shop around price.
We didn't say it was a bad EV, we said it was a bad Mini.
The interior isn't smart, it's hard plastic covered in fabric. It's worse than the previous shape.
It's a Great Wall chinese made car with BMW overseeing it. Again, a step backwards for the price they're pushing it out at.
You hit the nail on the head, rubbish interior. They have gone cheap.
Abarth 100%, I seen and electric Abarth in the flesh last week for the first time and it’s gorgeous in person!
The OG Model S front grille just ruins it!
All those previous mini’s were not mini they were a German upstart to the reel deal. Having said that I like it but four doors.
That’s horrific 😮 What have they done?
Hideous car! BMW Group has lost the plot across their entire range. Had a lot of BMW’in my time,used to love them. Can’t say anything floats my boat now across the entire range. Good review as per usual, thought you were being kind actually! 🤔
I'll stick with my R55 thanks.
Harry's scrunched eyebrows when he punched it says it all.
It's meh. BMW lost the plot with the Mini years ago. It's twice the size of a genuine Mini, is no longer a budget car, and looks nothing like a Mini. If anything, it looks like a Temu knockoff whilst being sold at a silly price. If they shrunk it to ⅔ the size, returned it to looking like a proper Mini and dropped the price by 35% people would be queuing up to buy one, and they would have room to park it in a city.
Nah its a 99 flake from one of those vans that ain't a mr whippy
It reminds me of the refreshed Beetle they did that time, or the awful VW Bus that both said, 'Well, what people like is the very vague shape, not any of the iconic facets of the vehicle such as driving position, size, height, length, price, whether or not it's cool.' Smart did it too. No mate... no-one wants a 4 seater Smart. Your USP wasn't that model, it was the 2 seater normal one, and the 2 seater roadster. You could have sold a 2 seater Smart electric roadster at any price and any quality level like crazy (but more if you made it cunning and cheap). This 'Mini' is an offense to humanity. Hideous and insulting.
The only way to kmow this isn't a Suzuki, is the price tag!... Ouch!
It's not a mini. Like a Fiat 500 is not and and a VW microbus is not also the Ford Capri is not. If they make an E Type Jag it will not be a patch on the real one. Can you imagine what that will be like.
Just over a year before I have to make a decision on which car will replace my EV mini (or Ill keep it) and this wont get my vote, I have to have one under 4m to get in the garage sooooo...... Renault 5 or Alpine A290 will be out soon and they are head and shoulders above this clone thing.
Funny you say you like the back but I think its hideous from that angle... just random elements thrown together and weird angles that just looks mid-2000s Japanese-y. In stark contrast to the bland front end, I guess there is *something* happening there, but is it good? And dropping the iconic Mini Union Jack tail-lights seems like a weird decision given the importance of brand recognition... it reminds me a bit of BMW's bizarre idea to drop thier iconic headlamps. Are these companies just distancing themselves completely from thier own vehicles?
So getting the Chinese to make your new Mini makes it feel like a Chinese copy of a Mini? But at BMW prices of course.
Where are the black wheel arches. Just looks wrong.
It misses me the point of Isigonnis Car. John Cooper will be turning in his grave
I think it's fair to say you would prefer a black Mini.
I've never owned a "new" mini simply because I think the interior is hideous. Looking at the this new model I see its still hideous. 😆
Outside of that the tyres on that model are too small. With the amount of pot holes around here you need larger side walls and I hate electric handbrakes. I much prefer manual ones although I must be in the minority here as nearly all manufacturers have binned them for the electric ones.
And those noises are terrible.
Each to their own. I'm sure someone else will love it.
The arm rest is an optional extra?! WTF!
the noise is terrible
the prices is really bad vs a lot of other cars that can drive far more distance.
i dont know what your on about altho im not a big fan of the car your reviewing..its got alot more going on than my 2021 mini se
Agree. it looks like a plastic toy.
Thev original mini was designed to look like a toy, so the spirit lives on😂
It seems to me that the Renault 5 beats it hands down.
Thanks for this nuanced, amusing review of another over-priced EV. Rear vision looks very limited on your video, but the cabin looks large. Weird! An important question to explore is how much will it be worth a year down the road? EV depreciation is like a drug-crazed maniac.
Way over priced. Should be 25-30k. Reminds me of when top gear did an article on chinese copies and one was a copy of a mini.
I’m not a petrol head but you can buy a brand new 2.0 petrol Cooper Works for less than £32K. I can’t see someone who enjoys driving buy this.
The back is awful. They’ve ruined it. It doesn’t look like a MINI any more. It looks like a Suzuki Swift and all the lovely chrome has gone too. 😢
The original mini (from 1957) was an awful car with horrible suspension, no brakes, but no power either. However, it was quite charming. And undeniably small. Not sure what it has to do with this car.