Mini will use the 2023 Munich auto present in early September to debut next-generation variations of its signature hatch (now referred to as a Cooper as an alternative of a Hardtop) and Countryman crossover.

The redesigned fashions will likely be proven in electrical kind, although each will even be obtainable with gasoline engines.

They’re as a consequence of begin gross sales subsequent yr as 2025 fashions.

The electrical Cooper will use a devoted EV platform whereas gasoline variations will proceed with an up to date model of the present mannequin’s platform. That is in distinction with the present technology the place the electrical and gasoline variations share a platform.

Twitter publish by Mini made on July 20, 2023

Manufacturing of the electrical model will likely be dealt with in China as a part of an settlement made with Nice Wall Motors in 2018. Manufacturing of the gasoline model will proceed at Mini’s present dwelling of Oxford, U.K.

Mini has previewed each the exterior and inside design for its new electrical Cooper. A extra minimalist method is deliberate in each situations.

Electrical and gasoline variations of the brand new Countryman will likely be based mostly on the identical platform. That platform is father or mother firm BMW Group’s FAAR design which underpins a number of front-wheel-drive BMWs, together with the newest X1 compact crossover.

The brand new Countryman will likely be intently associated to the newest X1, even sharing BMW’s plant in Leipzig, Germany. The present Countryman is constructed at a plant within the Netherlands.

2025 Mini Countryman prototype

Complete size grows to 174 inches, up about 5.1 inches on the present Countryman, and the peak additionally grows about 2.4 inches to 63.5 inches.

Mini mentioned it needs to focus on younger households with the brand new Countryman, and the larger dimension must also enhance the car’s enchantment within the U.S. The larger dimension will even liberate house in Mini’s lineup for a smaller, absolutely electrical crossover that may go by the Aceman title, and can be anticipated subsequent yr.

Becoming a member of the electrical Minis in Munich would be the electrical model of the redesigned 2024 BMW 5-Collection, plus the just lately revealed 2024 BMW i7 Safety electrical armored sedan. An idea previewing the primary of BMW’s new Neue Klasse EVs will even be current. The primary Neue Klasse enters manufacturing in 2025 and is considered the electrical model of the next-generation 3-Collection household.

The Munich auto present begins Sept. 4.