BMW has built a one-off electric Mini convertible as it tests the waters for a potential fully-electrified version in the future - and we've driven it!
This stretch also means that any production Mini Convertible would have a significantly bigger battery than this one-off prototype. The EV platform has allowed the current Mini’s long front overhang to be significantly reduced while passing future crash tests.
Officially, BMW sources would not divulge any more detail about this fourth-generation Mini derivative, although Autocar has learnt that a number of the classic Mini design cues will be dropped on the next-generation model, including the clamshell bonnet that has featured since BMW relaunched the brand in 2001.
With Mini design chief Oliver Heilmer moving to reduce the complexity of the fourth-gen Mini’s exterior and interior design, the removal of the clamshell bonnet not only saves money and speeds up construction time, but it also allows the chrome headlight bezels to be ditched.The bezels around the rear lights will also be dropped for the fourth-generation design, as will the distinctive separate panel in front of the Mini’s front doors.
Our drive was a short run from a Portuguese hotel to the sea and back, but it was enough to know that adding electric running gear has done two things.
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