Mini Aceman - I really wanted to love this car BUT... | FIRST DRIVE | 4K

[@Oliver-ui4qm]

Guessing this review should promote the sales of it then!! 😉

[@tinniswood2577]

A true Dogs Dinner of a design both inside and out which is quite an achievement!

[@williamfence566]

The best thing I can say about the design is that at least it will be rare on the roads.

[@purangesmith9053]

Usually, even the poorest designed car is ok from certain angles , well done Mini for showing that is not always the case.

[@malcolmdale4876]

I think the most positive thing you said was 'I like the writing on the back' says it all really, it looks horrendous!

[@Ronnie9919]

Utterly gopping. In contrast, I just bought a 2003 supercharged Cooper S for £850. What a total hoot. Plus weeny and waily to boot. That leccy carbuncle probably loses 10 times more than I've just spent in depreciation the second the key thingy touches your hand. The world has gone mad.

[@MrAjjm65]

Move over Pontiac Aztek, we have a new contender for the most gopping car design ever.

[@Jake.Warren]

I really wanted to like this car as I’m looking for a replacement for my 2020 Mini Electric but I’m afraid this doesn’t do it for me. It looks like my money will be going to Renault for the 5 EV, especially as the price and specs for the UK were released today and it’s been priced very keenly. I think Mini has got a fight on its hands.

[@johnnodge4327]

I'd definitely take the R5 over this monstrosity.

[@derrenhams6537]

Any mileage having a second channel? Copyright “Electro Ped”? Would your views go up appealing to both interests?

[@Outlaw-Pete]

As a mini fan, there is nothing I like about this car. Literally nothing. 🤷🏼

[@andypalin3287]

BMW have made 'Ugly' a standard option! 😜 Great Review though Pete! 👍

[@owenmcdonald5922]

No thanks. Like its parent company, design has left the building.

[@johnmull59]

Vaguely Ssang Yong in appearance. I think Mini have taken their eye off the ball with this. The first thing I saw with the wheels was tuning forks! I think Mini have just taken the P out of a previous failure!

[@baccattack]

Tuning forks was my first thought too 👍

[@DavidDouthwaite]

Ha. Tuning fork first for me too, then condom. You won’t need the latter driving one of these.

[@cookiedais]

The weird angular headlights are the icing on the ugly cake . I hate it .

[@roylove6036]

As a Mini Clubman driver of over 10 years now I was hoping this would maybe keep me in the Mini brand - sadly this is the end for me Mini wise.

[@briangriffiths114]

Judging by the majority of comments, this car is going to be a roaring success!🤣🤣

[@JaapRood]

It’s mostly sold out in Europe until summer, biggest seller so far of the new ones. This video just seems to be the Aceman-hater honeypot on youtube so far.

[@wendyhopkins2902]

What a ugly car , gosh looks like the designer has made so many mistakes inside and out and didn't know when to quit lol 😆

[@mahmoudghoneim8004]

A bigger Suzuki Swift is what I see.

[@losch78]

A bigger and uglier Suzuki Swift, because that has at least some levels of cute left, even if the new gen lost some of it. This is just awkward

[@johndawson5718]

Me too, had similar thought when PP set off on test drive and we got a rear view. I’m just not an EV fan at the moment. Good review though as we now know every time.

[@stevenmaly7147]

Hideous is the first thought that comes to mind. Mini lost the plot about 10 years ago. The beautiful, simple Frank Stephenson design of 2002 is now a distant memory. Here in the US Mini has become a afterthought. The legion of fanatical enthusiasts Mini developed beginning with the R-50 have disappeared. Serious doubts about the future of this mark in the US market.

[@celliott16]

As a fan of all the minis, from classic onwards, ive got to say that thats really pigging fugly 🙈😂

[@RobertBaird-xr5sw]

Pointless! Better competition out there than this.

[@chrisfisher2839]

BMW are ruining the Mini brand

[@johnnodge4327]

Apart from it being ugly, I think the JCW is too expensive. They need to get the price to under £40k, so it's not hit with the Luxury car tax of an additional £410 PA on top of the new £190 PA EV tax from April.

[@davidpegg4516]

Don’t like it I’m afraid Ped. Mini taking ugly design lessons from BMW it seems. And don’t get me started on prices of EV’s.

[@TheBeebg]

Don’t get it from any angle - hideous

[@jimmygee1969]

I wanted to disagree with the comments but no, that truly is an abomination of a design for any brand/manufacturer but for one I love and respect, it’s unforgivable. Also, all that extra exterior real estate vs a hatch for virtually no gain on interior space. As others have said, the Koreans and the Chinese manufacturers are way ahead of established Europeans with all their heritage and design back catalogue. Positively yuck!

[@gilesl]

so impractical, so expensive

[@DSCC007]

Who designed this .... Lego.

[@negativezero-andy5197]

Agreed… but that cheap knock off Lego you find on Temu 😂

[@zzhughesd]

Yeh. It's hanging. Sad. Really. Very. Even if everything stayed same just round headlights and well. It'd probably look like the X Cat Funky Cat was it. Cannot remember. This is one sorry looking Mini. ​@@negativezero-andy5197

[@mrgrumpy771]

tonka

[@andrewnewnes7831]

Terrible thing...

[@youtubewts]

This isn' t a car for a 6ft 3 person to sit in front and back!! 🤦

[@marcushinton772]

Some of the interior plastic would embarrass a Dacia, not my cup of tea would rather have one of the new Renault's

[@peterhardwick4939]

Sorry not my cup of tea Pete!

[@ru54623]

this car is a crime against humanity

[@hammo1935]

Love Minis, but we are disappointed in the way they have gone with styling. This Aceman is useless with the back seat space. Who would buy this? A couple without children? if that’s the case just get the hatch. Those with children who want a Mini will need the Countryman. They should have continued with the Clubman. It’s a neither here nor there car like the Roadster.

[@michaelanderson3771]

In a word - NO Not my cup of tea. I loved the old Mini- Pure go cart on the street. I would take a Hayabusa Mini or a turbo charged Honda powered modded one over an EV. Was so economical as an ICE car why spoil it by making it into an appliance.

[@michaelzero5144]

The new Mini is in the top 10 of slowest selling cars in the USA. Buyers have spoken and its a big fail for Mini/BMW. BMW has at least 4 cars in the slowest selling cars which includes several BMW's as well. What's going on? Very sad! This does not include this new car shown here...

[@ohyesitsme]

What an over weight horror with a pizza plate stuck on the dash. Whoever conceived the design must have been having a nightmare. The sounds it makes is like something from Playskool

[@glenhooper9105]

It looks like the old Renault 5 Turbo!!

[@kevincross9206]

Yep - the ugly stick has been brought out of the cupboard again. First impressions last as the saying goes, my first impression is 🤮

[@steveburland624]

It's ugly from all angles and all that shiny black plastic on the outside won't look great after a couple of years use in the UK.

[@grahamfry812]

Says it all Peter when your positive comment was “ I like the writing on the back” Hideous looking car.

[@lloydmillership9682]

made in China by great wall motors nit made in Britain. 😢😢😢

[@johnking8288]

Seems very noisy when driving

[@melvy211]

They stopped making the Clubman for this 😭

[@xjsteve]

Since Mini production moved to China, the brand has really lost its way. Mini Aceman… no thanks.

[@Phillc748]

21 mins in, look how much you are looking across at the display… and that’s the issue with them now, it’s just distracting gimmicks instead of real baked on mechanical character. You would struggle to adjust heated seats on the move as you point out but it’s just so fussy

[@silvermovermedia9737]

Pete, it’s horrible, all you can talk about is range charging and design, nothing to enjoy there, poodling around saving the battery, remember how much fun you had in your Clubman 😝

[@losch78]

Apart from the godawful looks, there is no excuse for car of this size to have less space in the rear than any supermini. Lets be honest, there is probably more space in a Fiat Panda (I'm 6"3 too and had a Panda several times as rental). This is super poor packaging on top of the questionable design outside.

[@johnball4826]

Who ever designed this car was on drugs or they need to go to Specsavers. Very small side glass area, no space in to back really what is point of this version of the Mini. Also why don’t they call it the Maxi ?

[@davidperry3531]

There would be sufficient room in the back for 'normal' people....

[@youtubewts]

Especially if a more regular sized person is in the front. He said he had plenty of room in the front at 6ft 3. It's almost like a biased video.

[@Rogerjones44194]

😂😂😂😂😂 should get this one in the garage 😅😅

[@markbennett6658]

It doesn’t look like it’s very well received in the comments Pete. I would say in mitigation that the grey on black combo doesn’t help it. A lighter brighter main colour would provide more contrast and make the squared off SUV styling work better. I quite like the Goldilocks size and prefer the design to the Countryman. The dinner plate sized instrument panel looks a bit more in proportion than in the mini Mini. You’re right another 50 miles of range would be desirable but I’d say the 210 real world is just about enough for quite a few potential buyers as is the charging speed but again only just. Fake JCW cosmetics, definitely not. It irks me like GT Line … as in for Christ’s sake just get a GT!

[@philipparkes5682]

Hi Ped 😥😥😥😥I think for the first time I find it impossible to say anything positive about this car. Sad to think this wears a Mini badge.

[@mell3109]

Not even its mother could love those looks 🤢

[@darrenrhoden6112]

why do car manufacturer price top range cars just over £40k, this Aceman JCW is £40.800?

[@silverghini2629]

Why do people think Mini is about being small? That’s like saying Porsche is about coupes. Heritage is one thing but we are not in the 60s now. Cars are bigger for safety reasons - just look at the size difference between the Mk 1 golf and the Mk 8.

[@darrenmclean992]

New Aceman vs your old 'Charlie' Clubman - No contest, Charlie wins hands down!

[@Russell_G]

Yup...I reckon I'm gonna be hanging on to my JCW Clubman for many, many years to come!

[@RobertMackenzie-yn8ig]

What an awful looking car How did that get out of the design studio Worst looking car mini have made in my opinion

[@petedig5809]

@@Russell_Gme too.

[@richardstamper5630]

On first impression and as a Mini man that looks butt ugly

[@alfagtvjan]

Great video, as always, Peter but that thing sucks.

[@martyndemers1264]

My wife has the 21 plate EV3 mini and it is great around town and we use it the most. I had a test drive of that car last Monday and I have decided to change my 22 plate countryman S for the Aceman Se. I know I will have to stop to charge which will be a first for me as we never take our EV a distance but I think I can live with it. In my experience of the car it’s about the same size internally as the original mini countryman. My car is on the slow boat from China and they hope to get me into it by the middle of December

[@Thisonegoestoeleven666]

Ah, I get the wheel joke now. Looks like 5 dingers!

[@theloneranger2101]

What are Dingers?

[@Mudster250]

Guessing 'Dingers' are condoms

[@nickjh1968]

An absolute monstrosity. Every aspect is hideous. The only thing that’s Mini about this creation is its appeal to buyers. Truly terrible.

[@richardhoulton4016]

“Mini” LMAO 😂 That awful dashboard and touchscreen is cost cutting…pure and simple! And I hate BMW steering wheels. When did the hand measurements of an Orangutan get into BMW’s design department? 86/BRZ and MX5 are steering wheels done right.

[@eljayr4669]

As a motoring journalist you have to say some nice things about a car but I can see nothing positive with this car. The design of the car looks like it is built with Lego. I can say nothing nice about it. My son lives just over 200 miles away. This car wouldn’t make it. I can’t see the point of the car especially as it can’t carry four adults in comfort.

[@GBFeb72]

That doesn’t look good…

[@harrycummings6501]

Another pointless ugly EV I’m afraid, as an AMG, GR and Alpine fan, this dodgy badging really irritates me…..why does a car like this need JCW badging? Come on Mini!

[@Soniax]

It's hideous!

[@waynemetalart3591]

Sorry Pete one ugly ev I’m afraid

[@iancross5370]

Only it's mother could love it. 🤮🤢🤮

[@Treeburnify]

Another design train-wreck from BMW

[@RachelTheives]

Even its parents would disown it!

[@dangreasley7934]

Funky looking new Mini, are BMW/Mini a bit complacent? Kia are certainly out performing Mini with regards to range.

[@thebluetrumpet74]

Another big, ugly, pointless Mini with no room for passengers or luggage. How can such a big car have so little room? It's like a tardis in reverse. An EX30 is cheaper, better looking, roomier, faster and with better range. The Aceman (stupid name) is an aberration that'll be bought by folks who can't see past the Mini badge.

[@anthonyfinch4401]

terrible styling on this. That back end looks too awkward. Just don't get it really. How is there so little room in it as well?

[@greenyrog]

It's bum looks like a megane

[@Dolph681]

Ugly, Chinese electric vehicle with Mini badge. Oh yeah and very expensive. Hard pass.

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

Looks awful take off the badge it looks like a Chinese made MG and costs much more. Mini lost their way years ago.

[@johnnodge4327]

Actually it looks more like a Great Wall Motor Ora than an MG. MG make some pretty OK looking vehicles, nothing special, but not completely hideous like this thing.

[@PB-fj5lh]

Who is designing the BMW group cars these days? What on earth are they thinking? Got to be a late,or early April fool 😂. Anyone who buys that ugly, impractical, expensive and boring atrocity, really needs their head seeing to. It's hideous. 😂

[@jonnycsuperplumb765]

Terrible vehicle

[@RapiD0007]

Oh dear , and the rear seating ( broken pencil )

[@edwowen]

Condom wheels, hilarious.

[@Spook277]

Looks like a badly put together Airfix kit. Good try at making it sound good though!

[@nigelsmith3144]

A pointless monstrosity of a car!

[@ronald1968]

Sorry.... it's ugly... and electric!

[@SaidSalazar-x1h]

Great presentation from Electric Ped!!

[@SimonSWUK1]

Suzuki Swift Sport all the way, the back end is a straight copy!

[@londoncentral]

Ohhhh no no no 🤢

[@Strontium_Dog_72]

That's the ugliest car I've seen in a long time. They must be selling a hell of a lot of cars in China because they definitely didn't design it for the European market.

[@Richard1944]

Horrible it’s a dog.👎🏼

[@soudley8]

Another EV . This will not sell . Why are the manufacturers listening to the politicians , and not the buying public? No more , please.

[@notesfromafar]

What an awful looking car. If it didn't have a Mini badge on you would in no way connect it to original (real) Mini or even the early BMW ones...

[@zzhughesd]

It's plain hanging. Saw about 3. Two my estate an a JCW in a farm shop which I immediately knew wasnt anything. Not a JCW of old. A badging exercise. Very sad be thinking of Mini losing it's way.

[@PixelVibe42]

It reminds me of the Orca Funky Cat from the front. And that’s not a good thing!

[@brummiesalteno-81]

Couldn't agree more. Looks rubbish and not even practical.

[@simontaylor3211]

Totally agree. Looks absolutely horrendous

[@zzhughesd]

that’s the one. You never…. Ever... See them now. The funky cat. Saw a couple back summer and alas the funky cat has all but disappeared.

[@andyhunt457]

Niche taken to an extreme level

[@kevinbrooks1607]

Sorry 1 minute 8 seconds,you said electric,that’s it ,I’m out on this one.and it’s f-k ugly

[@angrynortherner3805]

Only Electric?? unfortunately switched off as depreciation nightmare and unusable with poor range when loaded with a family!

[@gordonmackenzie4512]

Depreciation is a thing for all cars. Get the tyres dirty on a new Range Rover Sport diesel, that’ll be £30,000 gone. All Minis are going to electric, same with all Renaults and VWs. It’s the way the market is heading worldwide.

[@teknomanning]

I bought a used 2020 countryman 2 yrs ago. Love it…

[@rickdorrian975]

I'm out. Absolutely grim and electric. Probably stupidly expensive too. Woeful.

[@littleblackcloud86]

Weirdly, I think it's the most successful looking of the new Mini range. The interior is absolutely shocking though, can't see how people rate it. I sat in a new electric Mini recently and the material/plastic quality was like something from a Japanese car in the 1980s - not a patch on my F55 Cooper S. The actual design is also extremely bland. There is also some very evidential cost cutting on display, which would be fine (almost) if they weren't asking so much more for the range these days.

[@andrewglynn3349]

have been thinking about the Renault 5 to replace our MINI Cooper hatch. Thought I would watch this as MINI are pushing it at us as our PCP comes to an end. Anyway, now very keen to to confirm the Renault 5 UK release date..

[@jameslsm]

So you’re saying I should keep my ‘22 Clubman JCW?

[@stevecarter5084]

An unfortunate Mini fail…you can develop as many derivatives as you want but by definition some will not work. I’m sure it will satisfy some needs but not for me! Great review Ped 🎉

[@mrgrumpy771]

Massively ugly on the outside, reasonable on the inside. Room poor and range is similarly not great. It's a car for running about locally, not for a trip. Missed opportunity I think.

[@MrWesternDuke]

Don't forget there was the Clubman as an alternative to the 3/5 door hatch but with more practicality. Yes it was on the X1 platform, so not a particularly mini MINI. Still fun to drive though.