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MINI recently stretched the reach of its range with its largest-ever model, the new Countryman. But the company is also introducing a fresh generation of its core product, the MINI Cooper – and there’s more pressure than ever on this car to stay true to the ethos of the ‘modern MINI’.
The latest version, codenamed J01 in electric form, will be available with this powertrain or a combustion-engined version (F66) with 1.5-litre or 2.0-litre petrol power. But we’re restricted to just the EV for this first taste of the production car.
MINI tries hard to maintain the links between its modern three-door model and the original from the sixties – probably harder than it ought to. But the latest reinvention is certainly a neat one – helped, just as the Countryman was, by the addition of the Aceman five-door EV into the middle of the line-up.
As such, the designers have been able to keep this
