MINI Malaysia has launched a new initiative to enhance customer experience by introducing the first cohort of MINI Geniuses. Six MINI Geniuses have been trained and deployed to six different dealerships across Malaysia to offer personalised care and guidance to MINI customers. Benjamin Nagel, Managing Director of BMW Group Malaysia, stated, “Purchasing a new vehicle is a deeply personal experience. With MINI Geniuses, our customers will receive expert guidance and personalized attention, ensurin

MINI has launched new colour options for its 2023 MINI Electric Resolute Edition in Malaysia. The edition is limited to 90 units and features exclusive design and equipment features. The 2023 MINI Electric Resolute Edition now offers new colour options including Enigmatic Black and Nanuq White, in addition to the previously available Rebel Green. The design language of the Resolute Edition features exclusive Resolute Bronze finishes on the surrounds of the headlights, radiator grille, and rear l

MINI’s worldwide sales for 2021 reached 302,144 units, up 3.3 percent MINI Electric is best-selling variant Britain biggest market for MINI, followed by Germany, China, USA. It looks like MINI may become an EV-only earlier than expected. Worldwide sales of MINI’s EV models, currently represented only by the MINI Electric (whose actual name is quite a mouthful – MINI Cooper SE 3-Door), nearly doubled last year, from 17,580 units in year 2020 to 34,851 units in 2021. Between January to December 20

Following yesterday’s Budget 2022 announcement by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz that import, excise, and road tax will be waived for all electric vehicles, we now have further details regarding the tax exemption period. The tax exemption applies only to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) like a Nissan Leaf, MINI Electric, BMW iX, or a Tesla. Regular hybrid electric (HEV) models like a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid or plug-in electric models like a BMW 330e don’t qualify. As ex

Malaysia has just 3 electric vehicle (EV) models on sale today – Nissan Leaf, MINI Cooper SE 3-Door, and Porsche Taycan. The cheapest of the trio is the Nissan Leaf, it sells for RM 181,263, has a range of 311 km (NEDC method), powered by a 40 kWh battery that makes 150 PS – slightly more powerful than of a 1.8-litre naturally aspirated Honda Civic – but a lot more torque, at 320 Nm, identical to a Volkswagen Arteon R-Line 2.0 TSI. Next is the MINI Cooper SE 3-Door. For a supposedly very hip and

In the Annual Accounts Press Conference 2020, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Oliver Zipse, stated that more than 8,000 orders have been placed for the MINI Cooper SE (MINI SE) since its release a few days prior. The all-electric MINI SE falls in line with BMW’s plan of electrification to meet ever more stringent emission targets. The MINI SE features an electric motor borrowed from the BMW i3s, producing 184 PS and 270 Nm of torque. 0-100 km/h is bolted in 7.3 seconds and maxes o