Recently, the pure electric MINI under the joint venture of BMW and Great Wall’s Spotlight Auto was exposed and appeared without body camouflage for the first time. From the appearance, the pure electric MINI inherits a lot of classic designs, and the front grille design still retains a similar style to the current model. This big-mouth design has also become the design language of the new generation of MINI, and the headlight group also retains the circular shape, but the internal arrangement of the lamp cavity has been adjusted, with little overall change.
Turning to the rear of the car, the original “Mi” flag-shaped taillights and sleek shell design of MINI have been changed. Instead, they have a more futuristic design, and the actual lighting effect remains to be seen until the car is released.
At the same time, a new set of interior design was also exposed, and the iconic circular central control of MINI has been further upgraded. MINI was the first to place the circular speedometer on the central control to become a signature design, and with the changes of the times, the speedometer in the middle has become the central control panel for the vehicle, but the current central control panel is still not the most ideal design with a rectangular screen embedded in the circular dial . If the one-piece central control screen on the pure electric MINI has a full screen display, it will definitely have a very good visual effect. However, currently the cost of unconventional shaped screens is generally high, and we hope that the pure electric MINI will surprise us after it is released.
Buttons similar to aircraft operation under the screen have been retained. The steering wheel also has a new design, but the positions of the left and right sides of the steering wheel are lower, and when returned to the center, it will make people feel like the steering wheel has rotated 180 degrees.
Currently, all exposed models are 3-door models. We don’t know if there will be a 5-door pure electric MINI in the future.
From the picture, the overall size of the all-electric MINI may be further enlarged, especially in terms of width. It is worth mentioning that the all-electric MINI is reported to use the platform of Ora. If the MINI joint venture between BMW and Great Wall can lower the price of the current imported models, it is believed that the all-electric MINI will have a good market performance.
Source: Exposed by netizens.
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