Mini Electric ordered

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Order firmed up yesterday. Range not the best but will be great for our family needs and price ok. Best of all made in U.K. and at a difficult time for the car industry pleased to be supporting U.K. jobs

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chirst said:

I did the same last week. What spec did you go for?

I went for Level 2 in BRG with 17" Black Cosmos wheels and black mirrors/roof.

Initially was going to go for the Electric Corona wheels, but thought that after a while the novelty of these would fade.

Whilst I like the green color, not sure thry should have kept calling it BRG, as it is considerably lighter than the original color.

Also went for level 2 wanted the yellow highlights and selected black exterior. After long debate went full in with the electric wheels as well!!

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connoisseur21 said:

Understood, but the real world range of the MINI in autumn/ winter, even with plugged in preconditioning where possible, is likely to be <100 miles which will only create range uncertainty at a time when lower cost ev’s, with more space, equivalent or better spec, offer much more.

A well specced MINI electric is £35k otr; for a maximum in summer, preconditioned, plenty of regen (no fast, smooth running roads) of 140 ish miles, £35k won’t cut it in 2020. Some people will buy it of course........

£35k which price list are you looking at! Level 2 which is great spec £26400.

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MrOrange said:

I’ve just cancelled my order due to the pricing. Stuck £500 down on a pre-order a few months back as it seemed a sweet spot; priced from £25k and added MINI coolness.

But £4k deposit and £400 a month for 47 months comes out at close to £23k to rent a 100-130 mile EV (it kinda needs a sunroof to brighten up the funeral interior). Way over priced - 75% of RRP and works out at £475 a month. I suspect MINI have little faith in the residuals and are happy to gouge early adopters.

Sorry to bring the mood down, but an EV Golf is close half that and has another 40-60 miles range. Sorry, folks, but an EV with a winter range of 100 miles and close to £500 a month is out of kilter IMHO, despite the cheap per-mile cost.

Base car is £299 pm. Electric residuals are coming out better than predicted. I’m paying cash will be a second car. Does everything I need it to do. Can’t think the last time I did 100 miles in a second vehicle so range no issue

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ZesPak said:

The fact that the MINI has 4 starting trim levels should tell you all you need to know about why it's that cheap.

I know people don't need rear parking sensors, anything but cloth seats or a screen bigger than a smartphone, but they're nice to have.
I'm pretty sure that like for like, even ignoring the Kona is much bigger, it's not that much more expensive.

Looked at the Kona but didn’t need such a large vehicle. Mini meets our needs understand from our dealer plenty of orders firming up into actual sales. Would be a boring world if everyone liked the same vehicle. I also like buying British