Car designer Alec Issigonis reinvented everyone’s wheels 60 years ago when he created the MINI, a car that perfectly captured the spirit of the times.

Not only did it look cool, the MINI’s technical design gave it that famous ‘go-kart feeling’ beloved by drivers ever since. And it looks like BMW, the car maker that gave the world the new MINI in 2001, is going to repeat Issigonis’ success with its reinvented MINI Cooper SE. Sure, we’ve seen electric cars before but here’s one that doesn’t look like nana’s shopping cart, are we right? It’s MINI cool with modern technology.

There’s the now familiar subtly muscular good looks of the conventionally powered MINI Cooper S but underneath, everything is different. The new MINI Cooper SE will be the first purely electric premium small car, sustainable and at the same time lots of fun to drive. The go-kart feeling is still there, even more so given the powerful and light electric motor under the hood – there’s no lag when you put your foot down and no gears to change so it’s up and away! The new MINI Cooper SE accelerates from standing to 60km/h in just 3.9 seconds, and over the first 60 metres it effortlessly keeps pace with conventionally powered sports cars.

The best bit of all, though, about the electric MINI Cooper SE is that you will never again be at the mercy of petrol prices. That’s really cool!

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