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

Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo does not see a near future where prices of battery EV (BEVs) models can come down low enough to match combustion engine models. “I do not see this parity getting close,” said de Meo at the opening of the Paris Auto Show earlier this month. De Meo said that 8 years ago, EV analysts were predicting that battery prices will come down within the next 5 years and will soon reach price parity with combustion engine models, but clearly none of that has happened. In fact, p

Want to leave internal combustion and emissions behind? Here are the Electric Vehicles available right now. More and more there is a sense that the small rock first thrown by Toyota and Honda is slowly turning into an avalanche that can no longer be stopped. The ongoing pandemic has changed the consciousness of many regarding the environment and their impact on it. What’s more, vehicle sales globally in the past few years have shown that sales of EV continued to go strong, and in 2020 it rose by

Malaysia has just 3 electric vehicle (EV) models on sale today – Nissan Leaf, MINI Cooper SE 3-Door, and Porsche Taycan. The cheapest of the trio is the Nissan Leaf, it sells for RM 181,263, has a range of 311 km (NEDC method), powered by a 40 kWh battery that makes 150 PS – slightly more powerful than of a 1.8-litre naturally aspirated Honda Civic – but a lot more torque, at 320 Nm, identical to a Volkswagen Arteon R-Line 2.0 TSI. Next is the MINI Cooper SE 3-Door. For a supposedly very hip and

MINI Malaysia follows up the highly anticipated launch of their MINI Convertible with a special Sidewalk Edition. The new 2020 MINI Convertible Sidewalk Edition features a more stylish colour scheme and uniquely designed equipment specifically for the special edition. The Sidewalk is limited to 20 units only. The Sidewalk Edition is easily distinguishable from the standard MINI Convertible. Not only is the car finished in an exclusive Deep Laguna colour scheme, it is also topped off with a MINI

The MINI SE features a wheel design named the ‘Corona Spoke’, which wasn’t an issue when it was coined. Now though, the term ‘corona’ has a stigma to it due to obvious reasons. So, MINI has decided to rename it to ‘Power Spoke’. And quite aptly so, as the wheel does resemble our power socket, which is also the one used in the UK. With MINI being a British brand, well, it just clicks. A MINI spokesperson told CarBuzz, “This was done to ensure Mini remains sensitive to all those experiencing the w