We had an EV , we gave it back after 18 months , it value went from £36,000 to £14,000 and 4 months on it still hasn’t sold on to a new owner.
@WetthewhistleАй бұрын
Was expecting the hud display to break with you expecting it to move 😂
@mikevp5303Ай бұрын
Its $56000 here in Canada for that mini, Ill stick to my 2020 Ram 1500 Sport fully loaded
@SandilandsandyАй бұрын
Martin they’ve gotta sign you up for the new Top Gear! Dunno what that is? Dunno what that does? Dunno what you call that?😂 comedy gold!👍
@David_GardenerАй бұрын
Love the way it dropped from 148 mile range to 147 from just driving it a few metres on your drive😂😂😂
@nickmonkey284Ай бұрын
Absolutely spot-on Martin That car is not a mini! Mini means small! You didn’t mention the price but I’m sure it’s enormous too
@ThePaulberryАй бұрын
Stick to the reliant! You know it makes more sense
@Benoit4realАй бұрын
Good video Martin and definitely another reminder that I don’t need or want an Ev in my life anytime soon. I could rant all day about these gadgets on the road rather than a vehicle but I won’t add to what others have said.
@jerrymcg3199Ай бұрын
One of the nicest scrap cars I've seen.
@sixandtwothreesАй бұрын
...and in five to seven years time, when all of those electronic bits start to go wrong, you have to bin it due to repair costs, not so green then, eh?
@rabsrealmАй бұрын
I traded my 6 year old electric Renault in last year for a new MG and the battery still had 97% state of health when handed them the keys. It was still good for another 100K miles. You shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet unless you've owned one.
@mariataif3 күн бұрын
@@rabsrealm ahh but how many ££££ did you lose on trade in ? or did you have it on a lease deal so it wasn"t actually yours?
@stephencatterson9320Ай бұрын
Never beat a diesel engine
@BrewabitRickАй бұрын
Becky has had a fully electric mini cooper for over 6 months, in conjunction with octopus electricity for interactive charging it’s saved us loads of money already. I’ve been limited it’s super sonic when you put your foot down ( tyres wouldn’t last long if I drove it all of the time 😂)very happy with it great bit of kit . But saying that I still have a 2.4 diesel if I need to get a engine noise experience 👍the window washer bottle top up is all I need to worry about 👍
@Matt-vb5ugАй бұрын
Not for me personally, I like to feel like a man whilst changing gears and hearing an engine
@jaggassАй бұрын
I'd take the old Mini Countryman over the new one any day.
@caz975Ай бұрын
My worry would be if/when it randomly bursts into flames!
@janicehartley8525Ай бұрын
Love the review Martin. ❤
@tonymccarthy9273Ай бұрын
cheers martin that was interesting to look over the mini , first electric car ive looked at from behind the wheel ans your camera , thanks Martin
@alandavies2122Ай бұрын
Better car review than car wow 🤩
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
X2 bonnet lock, I see that on many new cars, yes pull it twice.
@robertbarnier45Ай бұрын
Electric cars are financially scary. Aussie Bob 😮
@sprogratАй бұрын
Cars are a lot bigger than cars in the 70s and 80s just try putting a car in a garage from a house that was built in the 60s, 70s and the 80s they just don't fit in anymore.
@loneranger5928Ай бұрын
Nice one Martin 👍
@catherinelumley2817Ай бұрын
I agree phil i have a skoda enyaq and its brilliant
@mercedes_and_moreАй бұрын
It is so big because it is actually an X1 underneath. Same floor plan/inner structure 👍
@starperry1784Ай бұрын
MARTIN B MEANS BLAST OFF LOL XXX
@pauljouxson2834Ай бұрын
The vehicle still has a cooling system with anti freeze and cooling fan, that’s what the bottle was for, it cools the high voltage batteries.
@VanlifeHQАй бұрын
Good old reliable petrol and diesel for me… no disabling if you have been a naughty citizen! 😂
@rabsrealmАй бұрын
What exactly would they be disabling that they can't disable in a Petrol or Diesel car?
@VanlifeHQАй бұрын
@@rabsrealmelectric is as easy as taking control of the car from gps & shutting it down
@elliottpeters2996Ай бұрын
Diesel reliable? Are you having a laugh? And Peugeot Puretec, or Ford Ecoboost? Add in crappy electronics to complete the madness! Modern cars are a joke!!
@VanlifeHQАй бұрын
@@elliottpeters2996 all modern vehicles are useless, I have a 22 year old van no air bags no abs wind down windows all the good stuff so yeah it’s reliable Plus if they do have a hiccup you can repair them unlike full electric that locks you out if your lucky enough to have a drive to charge the bloody thing !
@whiskey3930Ай бұрын
FYI the lens’s on the headlights are polycarbonate. Way stronger than Perspex but yes still a plastic.
@philipnewton7942Ай бұрын
Martin Not for me either mate electric vars they can stick them where the sun shines shocking 😂😂😂 Phil in stoke
@andybtcc19 күн бұрын
Cooler recall it will be around 800k uk cars. Was out in a countryman jcw yesterday as I work for a franchise and very rapid.
@LeeJohn70Ай бұрын
Looks a nice car, but Petrol and Diesel is a much safer option EVs are a Fire hazard 😭😭👍😁
@user-hq7yo9yg2fАй бұрын
These cars are the end of channels like yours will be a sad day
@retrorestoreАй бұрын
Not really, there will always be petrol and diesel cars on KZbin
@starperry1784Ай бұрын
Looks like a space ship where the engine usualy is lol xxx
@ShadowzGSDАй бұрын
B is the braking mode, uses regen for additional braking when you take your foot off the go faster pedal.
@sallysmith4231Ай бұрын
Martin please be careful under the bonnet, you could get electrocuted, my husband is a mechanic and says you need special training on how to disarm them for safety reasons ❤
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
Your husband is right, people seem to over look that issue.
@elliottpeters2996Ай бұрын
Special training to open the bonnet and fill the screenshot? Lol.
@user-hf7lu5ro6tАй бұрын
Dec 2025 All UV's will be paying the Congestion charge in London lol
@robertbarnier45Ай бұрын
Is there a fire extinguisher inside 😏 Aussie Bob 😊
@grahambamber8638Ай бұрын
Martin, HUD… Heads Up Display.
@dantheman7370Ай бұрын
You and I have a similar train of thought on electric cars martin
@robertedward9456Ай бұрын
I would never buy a electric car
@stevenmcgough8043Ай бұрын
Wee review what everyone's driving these days would be good
@scottknox8817Ай бұрын
you really need about 300-400 range, you just have to power it all the time :-(
@patsysallnow7578Ай бұрын
Thank you Martin very informative 😊
@craigjarvis9489Ай бұрын
Electric is not for me. I'm sticking to my St220.👍🏻
@Pete.Ty1Ай бұрын
👍👍👍. Thanks Martin
@civicvtec92Ай бұрын
Toyota mirai is already available martin and is hydrogen powered 👍👍👍
@DaveJuddАй бұрын
Mini that's the size of a old range rover, makes no sense.
@ShadowzGSDАй бұрын
It is the car version of people calling their Great Dane 'Tiny'.
@Stop..carry-onАй бұрын
They should call it a maxi now
@christopherfree3948Ай бұрын
I think I prefer the hybrids, family member Kia has a 48v battery and a 3 cylinder petrol engine and it goes like a 2ltr mondeo 😃
@grahambamber8638Ай бұрын
A nice review
@CiderGuyАй бұрын
Good review Martin. Trouble with new Mini’s is that with each new model the more pies they’ve been on it seems, massive what an absolute porker! 😆🤣
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
That faded door fabric looks ugly to me, that's today's designers for you. Some of the interior looked nice, I really like the light coloured seats, inviting and uplifting.
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
Well said Martin, range anxiety is a major issue for many, Toyota has been selling a Hydrogen car in the UK for some years, Honda has had one too.
@mariataif3 күн бұрын
Hydrogen cars mmm isnt the range anxiety even worse then EVs as nowhere to fill them?
@singh-sksАй бұрын
Don’t think you would be able to do any repairs on this at home apart from brakes and tyres
@alandykes2519Ай бұрын
Not for me Martin if I had a choice between that and a proper classic British mini then the classic would win hands down and that looked like a pile of what was on the front of the bonnet 👍👍👍👍
@VSTV1993Ай бұрын
Front end looks similar to a Ford Puma
@catherinelumley2817Ай бұрын
I bout a brand new skoda enyaq electric and its the best car I have ever owned wouldn't go back to fuel
@joannedavie5856Ай бұрын
Electric not for me! I am also old school, love manual gears and wont drive my husbands automatic, his car is lovely but prefer being the passenger. I do worry for the older generations as petrol and diesel get phased out because at only 56 I am not keen to embrace the changes. I will stick to my Audi A1 diesel as long as possible. Interesting to learn that headlights are now plastic.
@ianoconnell8678Ай бұрын
Toyota is first in hydrogen power with its mirai as far as I’m aware and pioneered the hybrid
@elliottpeters2996Ай бұрын
I think Etienhe Lenoir (1860) might disagree with you there.
@projectclark123Ай бұрын
The old Minnie's are better don't like the new ones 😊
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
Mini is BMW, they need to push these Minis as sales are down on EV's and they have quotas to meet to keep the Govt happy.
@steven907Ай бұрын
Best advice I would give anyone do not buy an electric car
@322deborahАй бұрын
road tax going up for electric ?
@catherinelumley2817Ай бұрын
Best thing I would say is you havnt got one so how do you know.i bought a brand new electric skoda enyaq and had a power supply fitted to my house and its a fantastic car I've gone from 30.00 a week to 10.00 a week to run it
@322deborahАй бұрын
@@catherinelumley2817 Electric vehicles will become liable for vehicle excise duty (VED) on 1 April 2025. The change was announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the 2023 Autumn Statement, giving motorists two years' notice to factor it into their household budgets.
@ariantaria2065Ай бұрын
Electric vehicles are good only for towns & cities within 20 miles radius drive,,,
@lesleyhawkes2983Ай бұрын
I wouldn’t have an electric car
@martinhunt6004Ай бұрын
Interesting but I will stick to petrols.
@waynegudgeon5291Ай бұрын
Hi Martin mate how's things
@terryatkinson3182Ай бұрын
You are like me, i look at any new car that arrives at my house, this is not a car for me either. No real way of fixing it yourself. A throw away car I'd say, drive it til it's fooked and throw it away 🙄👍🇮🇪
@rhysstatham7407Ай бұрын
The original Mini like the VW Beatle , Fiat 500, Citroen 2 CV,Renault 4 had tons of character were affordable for the common man and they were compact, sadly everything the modern Mini isn’t . Hydrogen can power a combustion engine also electric fuel cell car.
@karentoynton8948Ай бұрын
Did you see a new ford capri was launched yesterday . Electric of course , looks nothing like the old. Capri from pics I have seen, more dub by the looks of things . Not easy to work on Nartin is it without the computer telling you any faults . At least it has a handbrake our car doesn’t have handbrake as such it goes automatically in and off . Worries me on hill starts , shouldn’t be an issue but in very steep hill when traffic behind you I worry . Hehe Yes on our it tells you your speed and the area speed limit that’s good as sometimes speed limits aren’t what you expect are they . But I still wouldn’t have an electric car . Oh the sos if you press that it calls emergency services so don’t press that . Ours has automatic parking but we don’t use that as you only operate the pedals and the car does the rest . I would panic a bit . Hehe neither of us use that function , guess what your used to . You have done well Martin when ours went in for its first service we had a courtesy electric car all that was available it took a. It if working out the different things it was telling us to do . Think that didn’t help our dislike either .
@tonimor9721Ай бұрын
No way would I buy an electric car . It has Zero advantages over ICE , bet Martin will get one though LOL.
@retrorestoreАй бұрын
No chance.
@TreehuntorАй бұрын
Martin & Sharon please don't waste money on an EV - they are a complete waste of time. Spend your money on things you are going to to enjoy like holidays. EVs lose HALF their value the minute you drive them of the forecourt , If you don't believe me just take a any new EV reg on the road and enter into any car value app.
@retrorestoreАй бұрын
We wouldn't get an EV
@rabsrealmАй бұрын
I'm on my second electric car now. I have an MG5 long range now and I love it. My daughter lives in Aberdeen and I can go visit her no problem on a single charge from Glasgow if I drive in eco mode. It's not for everyone yet though. For us, it's brilliant and ultra cheap to run as we have solar panels at home and can charge it for free when the sun is out. They can and will be a challenge for those that can't get a home charger fitted and benefit from the cheap off peak energy (I pay 7p per KWh overnight on my EV tariff). Just to add, in my day. a Mini would have fitted into the boot of that new Mini :) UNder the bonnet is the inverter and motor. The water is for coolant / anti freeze which the same as a normal car. It's part of the battery thermal management system of the car.
@p51dgp91Ай бұрын
For now…..
@catherinelumley2817Ай бұрын
I love my skoda enyaq its electric and I love it
@takis12345Ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@sallysmith4231Ай бұрын
Don’t buy electric, they are rubbish & not the way forward
@catherinelumley2817Ай бұрын
How do you know have you got one I have a skoda enyaq fully electric and it's the best car I have ever had
@gulfstream7235Ай бұрын
Let's be honest, BMW fucked the mini brand up, the whole idea was big on the inside small on the outside. The design of the car has gone from amazing to dogshit
@petecroxford3277Ай бұрын
I have add five Mini Cooper S petrol ones this one we’ve got now I can honestly say it better than the last four I wouldn’t buy anything else I’ve had a countryman Cooper petrol brilliant CAR the new petrol version a traffic looking car 👍👍👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@ShadowzGSDАй бұрын
i hate the way manufacturers try to make EVs not look like EVs, they love the cheap looking non functional plastic grills on the front, BMW are the worst. some even put fake exhausts on them.
@darylhake3289Ай бұрын
No chance … not electric ..crap … size is due to the battery’s in the floor
@petermerton1013Ай бұрын
Electric car not for me like my Ford mondeo MK2
@MarkSmith-tm1ehАй бұрын
Absolutely horrible inside what have done to the dash looks cheap and nasty, no wonder everyone is going back to petrol and diesel and the hidden cost of running a electric car is unbelievable, go and buy a tyre for one shocking lol
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
No EV for me, I could give you 20 reasons to start, but heck they may be OK for some folks, different strokes for different folks., I work in the car industry, I've worked on many brands of EV, I see them as a step back, I think Hybrids are a far better car.
@derbyjohn972Ай бұрын
Great tour around the car. Bloody awful in my opinion. Electric car not for me Martin 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
@havewheelsprobablywonttravelАй бұрын
What a horrible looking mini! Wish manufacturers would think up some new names and stop spoling the heritage... ford are about to launch a new electric Capri would you believe! Stopped the fiesta then ruined the puma and mustang now they are doing the same with the capri 😢😢. I am sticking to my smokey old T4 thank you very much 😂😂😂
@philskermer3132Ай бұрын
Dont read all the anti EV garbage in the press Martin, you need the actual facts. EVs arnt tor everyone but they are a better car all round and the present and future. Check out Robert Llewellyn's Fully Charged and Everything Electric channels if you want to be well informed ( the mini is one of the worst EVs for range by the way)
@rbnhd1144Ай бұрын
TV stars are no experts, they are paid to push an agenda.