Recharged and electrifying: the classic Mini launches into the future.

Munich. If Alec Issigonis could design the classic Mini again today, the iconic small car would have an electric motor. After all, the original launched in 1959 was created during an oil crisis and based on the idea of saving fuel and transporting four occupants and their luggage in the smallest possible footprint. To this […] January 25, 2022 at 06:00AM

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