Whether you want to call it a deep facelift or a new generation, the new petrol-powered 2024 MINI Cooper begins production at MINI Plant Oxford. The first unit was driven off the production line by Charlie Cooper, the grandson of John Cooper, the father of the Mini Cooper. While the all-new fully electric MINI Cooper E is built in China as part of a joint collaboration with GWM, the internal combustion MINI is manufactured in the UK. All three BMW Group UK manufacturing sites contribute to the p

Thailand is clearly leading the way in terms of electric vehicle (EV) sales in Southeast Asia as 43,472 units were sold in the first 8 months of 2023, accounting for 9.58% of total vehicle sales in the Kingdom so far (453,748 units). In fact, the number of EVs sold so far this year in the Kingdom far exceeded that of the previous 3 years combined (12,270 units)! Still, EV sales have been progressively increasing in the Kingdom as the government offers incentives and corporations continue to buil

Last year, BYD sold a total of 1,804,624 cars in China, cementing itself as the best-selling domestic brand in the Middle Kingdom. BYD also has the biggest market share in China at 8.8 percent. Helping BYD achieve that sales figure is the BYD Song, a C-segment SUV that is offered with multiple powertrain options, including a turbocharged petrol engine, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), as well as a fully-electric (BEV) version. In 2022, BYD sold 478,811 units of the BYD Song, a year-on-year (YoY) increas

A spokesman told Automotive News Europe that BMW will be producing electric hatchbacks and a small SUV in China through its partnership with Great Wall Motor. As such, the company will cease production of electric versions of MINI hatchbacks in the UK. In 2019, Great Wall Motor and the BMW Group announced the launch of their joint venture, Spotlight Automotive Limited to build a plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province. BMW said that it would start making electric MINIs at the new plant starting

MINI’s worldwide sales for 2021 reached 302,144 units, up 3.3 percent MINI Electric is best-selling variant Britain biggest market for MINI, followed by Germany, China, USA. It looks like MINI may become an EV-only earlier than expected. Worldwide sales of MINI’s EV models, currently represented only by the MINI Electric (whose actual name is quite a mouthful – MINI Cooper SE 3-Door), nearly doubled last year, from 17,580 units in year 2020 to 34,851 units in 2021. Between January to December 20

MINI Malaysia has announced 15 units of the MINI Electric First Edition. Sold at RM 238,380.78, it is a good RM20k more expensive than the MINI Cooper SE. What do you get with that additional money? We've listed them down so you don't have to bury your face in the spec sheets. 1. New “MINI Yours Enigmatic Black” colour The First Edition MINI Cooper SE comes in an exclusive “MINI Yours Enigmatic Black” colour. The bright yellow accents still remain with the new colour. If you have a preference fo