The Mini Aceman, the corporate’s smallest crossover, and one which can be electrical solely, has been revealed in a single day on the 2024 Beijing motor present.
Mini Australia has confirmed the Aceman can be arriving in native showrooms from the fourth quarter of 2024. Native pricing and specs can be introduced nearer to its Australian debut.
The Aceman relies on the identical all-electric Highlight structure developed with Chinese language automaker GWM. This platform at the moment underpins the electrical Mini Cooper.
Each the electrical Cooper hatch and Aceman crossover can be constructed for world markets in a three way partnership manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, about 130km north-west of Shanghai.
The Aceman measures 4.07m lengthy, 1.75m huge, and 1.50m tall, making it round 252mm longer than the Cooper and 40mm taller. Boot house is rated at 300L with all 5 seats of their upright positions, and 1005L when the 60/40 split-fold rear seats are put down.
With the Clubman wagon axed, and no phrase on a five-door electrical Cooper, it’s seemingly the Aceman would be the smallest five-door EV supplied by Mini.
Stylistically, the brand new Aceman mixes cues from the bigger Countryman, together with its squared off headlights, abdunance of plastic cladding, and angular fenders and wheel arches, with parts from the electrical Cooper, such because the lift-up door handles and non-clamshell bonnet.
At launch the Aceman can be accessible with two drivetrain decisions: E and SE, each of which have a single electrical motor driving the wheels, and a most AC charging fee of 11kW.
Within the base E there’s 135kW and 290Nm accessible, which is sweet for a 0-100km/h time of seven.9 seconds and a high pace of 160km/h.
Coupled to a 42.5kWh battery that helps DC quick charging as much as 75kW, the E is claimed to have a 310km driving vary underneath the WLTP cycle.
The extra highly effective SE boasts 160kW and 330Nm, and is able to finishing the 0-100km/h sprint in 7.1 seconds and a high pace of 170km/h.
Along with a number of further spuds underneath the bonnet, the SE additionally has a bigger 54.2kWh battery pack with a claimed WLTP vary of 406km.
Along with the 2 drivetrains, the Aceman can be supplied in 4 trim strains, beginning off the bottom Important. Step as much as the Traditional stage and the automotive positive aspects a gloss black grille body, white or black contrasting roof and mirrors, and body-coloured bumpers and internal grille trim.
The Favoured trim line has white wing mirror caps, a silver grille body, and the choice of a multi-tone roof, whereas the sporty JCW spec has extra aggressive bumpers at each ends, a pink roof, pink bonnet stripes, and loads of gloss black trim.
Relying on the trim stage, and the customer’s price range, the Aceman rides on both 17-, 18-, and 19-inch wheels with a wide range of designs accessible.
On the within the Aceman sports activities a dashboard association that’s just like each the electrical and petrol-powered Cooper fashions, in addition to the newest Countryman.
Forward of the motive force is a steering wheel with a big central boss, and on some trim ranges a head up show. Within the centre of the closely textured dashboard is a 9.5-inch round OLED touchscreen show that homes each instrumentation output, in addition to controls for the infotainment and local weather techniques.
Below the display screen is a small financial institution of bodily switches for the digital parking brake, gear selector, quantity knob, energy adjuster, and an Experiences mode selector. There are additionally buttons for the parking sensors/digicam, demisters, and hazard lights.
Out there options within the Aceman embrace a wi-fi smartphone charging pad, automated parking, distant parking by way of smartphone, a pure language voice assistant, trailer help, and the power to make use of your smartphone as a digital key.
