The new 小型の is a curious confection.
The car is a British icon with roots 支援する to 1959.?
Now, under German 所有権 with 巨大（な） 自動推進の parent company BMW at the strings, the popular hatchback is in its fourth 世代 and is 始める，決める to play a major part in the brand's 移行 to electric 力／強力にする at the end of the １０年間.
However, the 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd Cooper E and SE 見解／翻訳／版s aren't 存在 built in Britain or Germany but in 中国 as part of a を取り引きする 広大な／多数の／重要な 塀で囲む モーター - though, as 排他的に 明らかにする／漏らすd by This is Money last year, 小型の 生産／産物 is 始める，決める to 転換 支援する to 小型の's spiritual home in Oxford from 2026.
We've had our first 適切な時期 to get behind the wheel of the punchier Cooper SE to find out if BMW has managed to harness the character and fizz of the 初めの.
A British icon owned by Germans and built in 中国 with 殴打／砲列 力／強力にする: The new 小型の Cooper SE is a 大規模な 転換 from?Alec Issigonis's 初めの 1959 model - but can it still 逮捕（する） the same 魔法? Daily Mail モーターing Editor Ray Massey has been to Spain to try it out himself
There is first some explanation on 指名するing 要求するd to 避ける any その上の 混乱...?
The three-door hatchback 小型の is now 指名するd the 小型の Cooper, after the sportiest of the 小型のs which in turn took their 指名する from 伝説の tuning 専門家 John Cooper whose 成果／努力s 安全な・保証するd many race-勝利，勝つs, 顕著に in the Monte Carlo 決起大会／結集させる.
In the UK, the 無-放出／発行s 小型の Cooper Electric 見解／翻訳／版s are known as the 小型の Cooper E and SE.
The 基準 184 horsepower E 加速するs from 残り／休憩（する） to 62mph in 7.3 seconds with a 範囲 of 190 miles and costs bang on £30,000.
The more powerful 小型の Cooper SE has 218 horsepower that 推進するs it from 0 to 62mph in a swifter 6.7 seconds up to a 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 106mph and a longer 範囲 put 公式に at 249 miles ? just enough to get 総理大臣 Rishi Sunak from London's 負かす／撃墜するing Street to his Richmond 選挙区／有権者 in North Yorkshire.?
The extra grunt comes at a 賞与金, with prices starting from £34,500.
But both electric 見解／翻訳／版s are a 重要な £7,000 示す-up on the two 同等（の） 石油 選択s ? the £23,135 156hp 小型の Cooper C (0 to 62mph in 7.7 seconds and 139mph 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）) and the £27,535 Cooper S (0 to 62mph in 6.6 seconds and 150mph 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）).
The three-door hatchback 小型の is now 指名するd the 小型の Cooper, after the sportiest of the 小型のs which in turn took their 指名する from 伝説の tuning 専門家 John Cooper whose 成果／努力s 安全な・保証するd many race-勝利，勝つs, 顕著に in the Monte Carlo 決起大会／結集させる
In the UK, the 無-放出／発行s 小型の Cooper Electric 見解／翻訳／版s are known as the 小型の Cooper E and SE. We 実験（する） drove the latter
The Cooper SE has 218 horsepower that 推進するs it from 0-62mph in 6.7 secs up to a 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 106mph. It has a 範囲 of 249 miles ? just enough to get 総理大臣 Rishi Sunak from London's 負かす／撃墜するing Street to his Richmond 選挙区／有権者 in North Yorkshire
2024 小型の Cooper SE: What's new?
Looks wise, the new 小型の Cooper hatchback has stripped 支援する the bling and gone for a simpler, more purist design, by 溝へはまらせる／不時着するing chrome, 黒人／ボイコット wheel arch 削減する, and the like, and having 紅潮／摘発する-fitting pop out door-扱うs.?
The new octagonal 取調べ／厳しく尋問する illuminates.
Will it fit in my garage? 小型の Cooper Electric SE?
Price: £34,500 (Cooper Electric E from £30,000)
On sale: Now
Doors: 3 Seats: 4
Length: 3,858mm
Width: 1,756mm
高さ: 1,460mm
Wheelbase: 2,526mm
負わせる: 1,990kg
Max 力／強力にする: 218 horsepower/160kWh
Acceleration (0-62mph): 6.7mph
最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）: 106mph
運動: 前線 wheel 運動
Electric 範囲: 249 miles
CO2 放出／発行s: 無
殴打／砲列: 54.2kWh
非難する to 80%: Under 30 minutes
Luggage space seats up: 210 litres
Luggage space seats 倍のd: 800 litres
The 焦点の point of 内部の is the minimalist dashboard and its large 24-インチ fully-useable circular touch 陳列する，発揮する 器具 審査する.
Thankfully, below it are also a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 of switches and toggles.?
Both echo the look of design genius Sir Alec Issigonis's 初めの 小型の, but bring it bang up to date in the 21st century with 数字表示式の know-how.?
The adaptable 審査する houses sat-nav 地図／計画する, 速度(を上げる） 限界 and 警告 調印するs, and other 重要な （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）.
There are three 削減する levels ? Classic, 排除的 and Sport ? with a lot of smart 再生利用するing 与える／捧げるing to the simple but 効果的な tactile 内部の.
The car we drove was in an uplifting Sunnyside Yellow ? a sharp contrast to the 欠如（する） of Spanish sun during the 実験（する） event ? with a new 炎ing Blue shade also on 申し込む／申し出.?
Wheels are 16-インチ as 基準 on base Classic 削減する, though there are bigger 縁s up to 19 インチs if you choose Sport spec.
Most 意味ありげに, there are seven いわゆる 'experience 方式s' to choose from which 決定する how your 小型の is 始める，決める up and 運動s.?
Three 衝撃 直接／まっすぐに on the 運動ing dynamics: 核心, Green and Go-Kart. 核心 is the default setting and Green will make you feel good about saving the 惑星.
But honestly? Just stick it in Go Kart and leave it there ? which is 正確に／まさに what I did and I 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う most of those on the 開始する，打ち上げる. It's the most engaging 小型の-like 運動ing 選択.
The other four 方式s are more esoteric: Personal, Vivid, Timeless and Balance. Timeless is fun if only because it gives you a brown-tinged retro feel to the central circular dashboard.
Ray Massey says 運動ing the Cooper SE in its 'Go-Kart' 方式 is most fun. As it's electric, it's 最高の-quick from the off and sounds 広大な／多数の／重要な with a new 人工的な soundtrack
Ray said the car is a 'whizzy delight' on mountain roads and feels 確信して and 工場／植物d
The electric soundtrack may be a bit Marmite to some ears, but it made me smile. 加速する hard and there's an electronic build up to a 盛り上がり. 攻撃する，衝突する the ブレーキs and there's a 数字表示式の blipping 負かす／撃墜する which sounds eerily like the sound of Pod Racers in the 星／主役にする Wars series
What's it like to 運動?
In Go-Kart 方式 it's fun.?
As it's electric, it's 最高の-quick from the off.
The electric soundtrack may be a bit Marmite to some ears, but it made me smile.
加速する hard and there's an electronic build up to a 盛り上がり.? 攻撃する，衝突する the ブレーキs and there's a 数字表示式の blipping 負かす／撃墜する which sounds eerily like the sound of Pod Racers in the 星／主役にする Wars series.?
Ok, it's not a 石油 小型の sound, but it's not bad.
It's 広大な／多数の／重要な on the straights and fun on the bends.?
It's a whizzy delight on mountain roads and feels 確信して and 工場／植物d.?
The electric powertrain means it may not have the 十分な-団体／死体d character of the 初めの, but it's a pretty good 成果／努力, Ray reckons
The 焦点の point of 内部の is the minimalist dashboard and its large 24-インチ fully-useable circular touch 陳列する，発揮する 器具 審査する
It's a bit of a squeeze getting into the 支援する, but once settled into the わずかに reclining seats it's 許容できる
The electric powertrain means it may not have the 十分な-団体／死体d character of the 初めの, but it's a pretty good 成果／努力.
There's lots of attention to 詳細（に述べる）.?
The 統合するd 前線 armrest in the door is a handy place to 残り／休憩（する） your arm.?
There's nice 麻薬を吸うing on the sporty seats.?
It's a bit of a squeeze getting into the 支援する, but once settled into the わずかに reclining seats it's 許容できる.?
You can change the lighting 署名s on the headlights and the ブレーキ lights ? where Union 旗 patterned ブレーキ-lights remain an 選択.?
There are camera-based parking 援助（する）s to help you park while in the car, or remotely 経由で an app.?
You can use your smartphone as a 数字表示式の 重要な ? and 株 it with others.
Boot space isn't what you'd call capacious. With the 後部 backrests in the upright position, it can 停止する to 210 litres of 貯蔵. 倍の the seats 負かす／撃墜する and its 800 litres. It's pretty tight compared to 競争相手s
Could price be a major problem??
The main 問題／発行する likely raised by UK 顧客s is the price - and rightly so.?
Company car drivers are buying electric cars because there's a decent 税金 incentive to do so.?And that is where the growth in EV sales is happening.?
But cash-strapped 私的な 買い手s have been slow to join the electric 革命 ? given high prices, 欠如（する） of price support from 政府, and a 不足 of 十分な public chargers.
As a result, car 製造業者s are 存在 軍隊d ? under 脅し of 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうing 刑罰，罰則s - by 政府 and 政治家，政治屋s at home and abroad to produce excellent cars for which there may not be 十分な 顧客s.
There's a gap of around £7,000 between the 同等（の） new 石油 小型の and the electric 見解／翻訳／版.
We weren't 申し込む／申し出d the chance to 運動 a 石油 見解／翻訳／版 ? but I'll bet it's just as much fun. And might it be even more so? So why would you choose electric?
The Germans (and Chinese) have done a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業 taking a British Sixties icon into the 21st century, says Ray in his 判決 on the 2024 小型の Cooper SE
Cars & モーターing 判決
The new all-electric 小型の Cooper SE is a class 行為／法令／行動する.?
It's stylish, timeless, and relentlessly 同時代の.?
It looks and 運動s the part - even in the rain in Spain.
It has a decent 範囲 and does have the 本物の go-kart excitement, even if this feels a little more detached than with the 石油 小型のs of yore.?
I enjoyed it and can see it as a 広大な／多数の／重要な city car and fun for longer 旅行s if you 計画（する） them 井戸／弁護士席.?
The Germans (and Chinese) have done a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業 taking a British Sixties icon into the 21st century.
Ray believes cost could be the biggest problem for the Cooper SE. Almost £35,000 is a 法外な ask of 消費者s for such a tiny car
But it's not cheap. And 顧客s counting their pennies may find the 石油 見解／翻訳／版 a better bet.
It would certainly look smart on the street where you live. It's nippy around town, fun in the mountains.
It's had a decent facelift and I've become accustomed to its 外見.?
And, if you're 熟視する／熟考するing marriage, it would be just the 職業 to get you to the church on time.
And who knows - with a little bit of luck - prices may yet 減少（する） and more public 非難する points may be 供給するd. Wouldn't it be lovely?
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