Very few cars invoke a sense of style, driving enjoyment and street cred like a MINI. Transcending three generations, the modern BMW-developed MINIs, or BINIs, as they’re sometimes called, have carved out a niche both among petrolheads and lifestyle-centric buyers alike. The Mini hatch is as much of a pop culture icon as it is a motor vehicle. In its third generation, the F56 Mini 3-dr Hatch, to give it its full name, brought about a new design - though still beautifully conveying its retrospect

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

ACO Group, one of Malaysia’s largest distributors of electrical products, has tied up with EV Connections, the developer of the JomCharge app and operator of 5 solar-powered EV chargers at petrol stations, to install a 180 kW DC fast charger at ACO Group’s headquarters in Taman Johor Jaya in Johor Bahru. ACO Group says the DC fast charger will be one of the fastest in the country, and the fastest in Johor. To encourage EV adoption, the service will be available to the public free of charge for o

Alongside the facelifted Cooper S range, MINI Malaysia has launched the facelifted 2021 MINI Electric, also known as the MINI Cooper SE. It comes fully imported (CBU) from UK, priced at RM 217,470 (OTR without insurance, with SST discount and extended warranty/service package). The pre-facelift model was sold at RM 218,380, hence a price drop of just under RM 1k. Unlike the petrol-powered MINIs, the front grille does not extend to bottom edge of the new front bumper. But the fog lights are repla

Big news yesterday as Kia's Malaysian operations have officially come under new ownership. In case you've missed it, the new distributor is Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Bermaz Auto. Following that, the new distributor is calling for current Kia owners to hop on to their site and participate in the company's customer information update exercise. This information, the company says in their Facebook post, will be used to allow their system to check for warranty status and recall no

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