For many (the youngest), the arrival of the electric variants of the MINI Cooper is a novelty, but we are happy to inform you that no, it is not. Everything goes back to the year 2002, when MINI officially arrived in Mexico, immediately enjoying great acceptance. It should be said that those years were very benevolent for the hatchback and hot hatch segment; nobody was interested in SUVs, let alone electrification.
But it turns out that MINI did, so in the following 10 years, while the successful Cooper continued his successful journey in the Mexican market, the brand “did the homework” so that, surprising everyone and everyone, they made their appearance. the first 12 prototypes of the then dubbed MINI E project, and yes, you guessed it, they were fully electric.
I was younger and worked in another specialized medium where we were able to do the first tests on one of these units; The only thing I can tell you is that they were nothing like what we know today as the MINI Cooper SE. At that time we did not imagine that, “twenty” years later, MINI Mexico would be delivering its unit number 75,000, much less that it was fully electric!
The MINI No. 75,000 delivered by MINI Mexico is a MINI Cooper SE coming from the plant in Oxford, seasoned with special details that distinguish the electric variants, accompanied by the technical specifications that we have already presented to you about this model:
- Body Color: Moonwalk Gray
- Black awning and yellow mirrors
- 17” Tentacle Spoke 500 wheels
- Power: 184 Hp
- Torque: 199 lb-ft
- Battery: Lithium-ion 32.6 kWh
- Autonomy: 234 km
And you, which version of the MINI Cooper did you compare?
