The upcoming Mini Electric hatchback has been spied undergoing evaluation on public roads in southern Europe.
The prototype features a grille element with only a small horizontal air opening, and no tailpipe. On the inside, the car has a small completely digital instrumentation screen ahead of the driver and a different transmission shifter.
Taking on the gruelling Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit at race speed has become a right of passage for many new performance cars, and the latest all-electric flagship from MINI is no exception.
The MINI E Race - a modified version of the standard MINI E - completed a lap of the legendary "Green Hell" in a time of 9:51.45 minutes, making the BMW Group the first manufacturer to race the circuit in an all-electric vehicle.
