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But how in an age of screens, technical complexity and countless safety regulations could they achieve a design that followed that same ethos? An press photo of the original Mini interior in all its simplistic glory. MINI designers actually started not with a clean sheet but a single photograph. In fact if you look at that original Mini interior and the J01 you’ll see a striking similarity in overall design and focus on simplicity. The actual photo that MINI Designers had on the wall as they begin concepting the future in-car experience In their places are more environmentally friendly materials and simpler forms that feel more connected to the classic 1959 Mini than the 2023 MINI this car replaces. Gone is leather, polyurethane dashboards and even that familiar rectangular screen in the center. The interior revolution starts with eliminating much of what we’ve come to expect inside of a car. the 2024 Electric MINI Cooper SE – A Revolution Inside The entire MINI family will have consistent elements such as the physical controls, materials and design themes you see here. And while I’m sitting in the J01 MINI Cooper electric, much what we see here will spread throughout the products range. And the first part of that future we can discuss is that all new interior of the MINI. MINI has opened this secret facility to MotoringFile to show off the future. If the outside of this all new MINI looks like an evolution, the interior is nothing short than revolution. It’s all a bit surreal as I look around at what we’ve only seen spy photos of and speculated on for years.

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Except for the thing I’m sitting in.Īs I write this I’m sitting inside the all new J01 MINI Cooper SE with my the seat all the way back, my MacBook Pro on my lap and its screen resting on the steering wheel. In front of me is nothing less than the future of MINI – the very cars we’ve been looking at spy shots of for years. I’m in an undisclosed location just outside of Munich and I can’t believe my eyes.

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