Article menu
- Detail changes to side scuttles, roof with color gradient and less chrome in the cockpit
- Picture gallery: Mini Cooper SE Collection (2021)
Detail changes to side scuttles, roof with color gradient and less chrome in the cockpit
The Mini is getting a moderate facelift. This also applies to the electric version of the three-door model called Mini Cooper SE. To see the changes right away, you have to be an expert, especially since the Mini can be customized in many details anyway.
However, there are some visible changes.
So there are new side scuttles – these are the small elements on the front fenders that contain the side indicators. The turn signals themselves are now made using LED technology:
Why does an S and no SE appear on the side scuttles of the Cooper SE??
At the rear, the rear fog light is now integrated into the rear apron as a narrow LED unit. It is very inconspicuous because we did not find it in the pictures. The rear lights in Union Jack design are now also standard. With the exception of the reversing lights, all rear lights now work with LED technology.
Mini Cooper SE (2019)
New version
The two-tone optics with contrasting colors on the roof and mirror caps remain natural. In addition to the colors Jet Black, Aspen White and Melting Silver, there is now the new Multitone Roof with a color gradient from dark blue to light blue to black. Due to the new painting technology, every roof looks a little different.
There are also three new exterior colors: Rooftop Gray metallic, Island Blue metallic and Zesty Yellow. As components of the Piano Black Exterior option, in addition to the bezels for the headlights, the radiator grille and the rear lights, the door handles, the side scuttles, the fuel filler flap, the mini logos on the bonnet and the luggage compartment lid as well as the model lettering and the tailpipes of the exhaust system are now included in high-gloss black. There are five new versions of the wheels.
Mini Cooper SE (2019)
New version
According to Mini, the "inner housing" of the LED headlights is no longer chrome, but black. Mini probably means the ring around the headlights.
Optionally there are adaptive LED headlights with cornering lights, matrix high beam and bad weather lights. If there is oncoming traffic, one or more LED segments are switched off from a speed of 70 to avoid dazzling. In bad weather lights, which are activated by a button, the low beam is supplemented by a dimmed cornering light.
The changes in the cockpit (using the example of the Cooper S)
Inside, the number of chrome elements has been reduced. The two outer, round air outlets are now framed by black panels. The inner vents have been completely redesigned and installed flush.
The central instrument should now also have a higher quality effect. An 8.8-inch color display with touch function, touch-sensitive favorite buttons and surfaces in piano black are now standard. A new sports leather steering wheel with multifunction buttons is also standard on board. A nappa leather variant is part of the equipment packages John Cooper Works Trim, Mini Yours Trim and Mini Electric Trim. Steering wheel heating is also available for the first time.
The Mini Cooper SE has a 5.0-inch color display in the instruments as standard, which shows all driving-related information as well as check control messages and status displays from the driver assistance systems. In the electrically powered Mini, it also serves as a charge status indicator while charging.
More about Cooper SE and the competition: 
Mini Cooper SE (2020) in the test: having fun with electricity
Small Electric Cars (2021): The Competitors of the New Renault 5
An electric motor with 135 kW (184 PS) continues to provide the drive. The battery with 33 kWh gross enables a WLTP range of 234 kilometers. The market launch will start in March 2021 and prices will start unchanged at 32,500 euros. This makes the electric version about as expensive as the Mini John Cooper Works (32,800 euros) with 231 hp. As usual, the car will be produced alongside the conventional variants in Oxford, England.
To the competition of the Mini Cooper SE What counts above all is the Honda e, which is also very high quality, but offers a maximum of 113 kW. The range is also slightly lower at 220 km according to WLTP, but the price of 38,000 euros for the 113 kW version is significantly higher.
Picture gallery: Mini Cooper SE Collection (2021)
Related articles
-
Mini Cooper SE (2023): Coming electric mini as a rendering
Modified optics, especially at the rear – and completely different technology The current generation of the mini three-door model started in 2014; seven…
-
Mini Cooper SE (2020) in the test: having fun with electricity
What can the electric mini do?? Small but nice: the modern mini models assert themselves according to this principle Successful on the market for almost…
-
Next generation Mini Cooper SE caught
But there should also be classic combustion engines With the Cooper SE, Mini ventured into a two-door, fully electric runabout that the company presented…
-
Mini Cooper SE as a safety car for Formula E.
Electric pacesetter is inspired by the John Cooper Works While last season with the BMW i8 is just a plug-in hybrid in the all-electric Formula E racing…
-
Mini Cooper S Electric (2023) shows itself undisguised by China leak
A familiar front section, but a completely new rear section and a minimalist interior Mini already hinted at the next generation of the three-door at the…
-
VW ID.4 (2021): Electric SUV starts in six versions
At the market launch only one battery size and one electric motor variant The VW ID.4 was presented in September, but it will be launched this January….
-
Mercedes EQC (2021): Base price drops significantly to around 66,000 euros
There is also now a new AMG Line version Mercedes is expanding the range of its mid-range SUV with electric drive to include an AMG Line sports version…
-
Mini Strip (2021) by Paul Smith: Sustainable design with a twist
A Mini Cooper SE that has been reduced to the essentials … Do you remember what the first mini was has weighed? In the lightest version, the model…
-
Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV Macaron (2021): Noble price hit
This noble variant seems to bring FreZe to Europe as well As an experienced reader of this site, you will have probably heard of the Wuling Hong Guang…
-
Mini Cooper SE (2023) appears on the official teaser
The British brand aims to be fully electric by the early 2030s Long nothing more from Mini heard. No wonder: you are currently waiting in vain for real…
