{"id":11974,"date":"2024-07-22T05:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T05:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2024-07-22T05:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T05:05:47","slug":"mini-cooper-se-review-price-specs-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11974","title":{"rendered":"Mini Cooper SE Review: Price, Specs, Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Despite its familiar<\/span> looks, the new Mini Cooper has just undergone its biggest update this century. The ionic headlights, white roof, and city-friendly dimensions remain, as they have throughout BMW<\/a>\u2019s two decades at the helm of the Mini brand. But under that familiar skin, it\u2019s all-new.<\/p>\n

For starters, the 2024 Mini Cooper sits on a new electric platform. It has more range and straight-line performance than its predecessor,<\/a> plus an all-new interior that boasts more tech and more space, despite the exterior being slightly shorter (but a little wider) than before.<\/p>\n

That new platform comes from a partnership between BMW and Great Wall Motor<\/a>, the Chinese firm whose catalog of EV brands includes Ora, makers of the unremarkable and unrelated 03 (n\u00e9e Funky Cat<\/a>). The new electric Cooper is made in China, with extra production to commence in Oxford, England, in 2026. Only then might the car head to North America, since it will no longer fall victim to import tariffs<\/a> imposed on Chinese-built EVs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In addition to a new platform, there\u2019s new nomenclature to get your head around: All versions of the smallest Mini are now called \u201cCooper.\u201d This includes the electric Cooper E and higher-performance Cooper SE, both reviewed here, but also the internal-combustion Cooper C and Cooper S, which are available in a three- or five-door configuration.<\/p>\n

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