Mini offers first official look at 2025 Cooper S EV

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“What’s old is new” helped reinvigorate the modern Mini brand over 20 years ago. Now, with the first official exterior images of the fourth-generation of the Mini Cooper S EV, it seems the automaker’s decided it’s time to roll with “what’s new is new.” This car is almost certainly the one caught by spy photographers in the buff a week ago, but now that we’ve a clear look at the thing, let’s dive in to the 2025 Mini Cooper S EV’s revamped aesthetics.

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Starting up front, the headlights have a slightly more menacing appearance, replacing the bubbly and cheerful old look, mainly due to the DRLs being at the tops and bottoms of the headlights. Kinda like that look your parents gave you when your chores weren’t completed. The hood previously included holes for the headlights to peek through, but not any more—the sharp hood edge-lines have cutouts for the lamps, sure, but provide zero headlight holes.

The grille gets some angles — eight, to be exact, with an octagon shape (are they targeting UFC fans?) apparently inspired by the Urbanaut minivan concept. Like the Jeep Wrangler’s seven-slot face, no matter what sort of “redesign” or “refresh” it goes through, this element remains familiar on the whole. To me, that’s a win, because while change is good, consistency is better.

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The door handles get the BMW treatment on the sides, so they’re now flush with the body; the front windows are still frameless in typical coupe style, and there’s still that creative touch with a two-tone paint option, with this debut model seeing a blue body and a white roof.

Shaping up the rear means ditching the oval taillights, the units replaced with pixelated triangular wedges that bookend the name “Cooper S” along the centre of the tailgate. Looks like plastic cladding was struck off the “gotta have it!” list for Mini, and it certainly rocks a cleaner look for that, one that speaks more to the premium world than the outgoing current model does. I will miss the Union Jack turn signals that had the arrows pointing inward instead of outward, though (unless this Mini lights up like that, too).

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The little we know about powertrains includes the fact it’s expected to launch in the U.S. as a 2025 model; and come in a full EV and ICE model.

Spinning around the rumour mill are hints that the electric Cooper could see a 40-kWh battery, good for a WLTP range of around 200 miles (322 km), better than the 150 miles (241 km) offered in electric Mini variants today. The Cooper S EV shown here could get a 54-kWh battery and hit the 250-miles (402-km) point.

For those who want to keep their gas-station rewards points, the petrol engines will likely carry over, although this just might be the last iteration of the combustion engine in a Mini before generation five. We’ll update this page with more details of the 2025 Mini Cooper as they become available.

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