Mini Aceman

Mini plugs the gap between Cooper and Countryman with a fun-loving, high-riding rival for the Volvo EX30 The Mini Aceman is the filler in Mini’s electric car sandwich.It's the one you go for if you rather like the electric Mini Cooper hatchback, but you can’t live with its slightly restrictive three-door layout. Yet you also don’t really want the bigger, costlier electric Mini Countryman. Nope. You’re an about-town kinda person, and you want compact but useful, with lots of style and plush, premium design goodness.Well, Mini’s got you covered with the Aceman. It’s based on the same platform as the electric Mini Cooper – which is different to the platform used in the petrol Cooper hatch models, don’t forget, as that can in fact be had with five doors. The Aceman is electric only, and gets the five-door layout and an extra 22cm in length over the three-door Mini hatch.The innards are the same, too, which means a choice of either 38.5kWh li-ion NMC battery in the entry-level Aceman E, or 49.2kWh in the Aceman SE, for a WLTP range of up to 185- or 252 miles, respectively. Rapid charging speeds peak at 70kW for the E and 95kW for the SE. Power output also goes up with battery size, from 181bhp to 215bhp, giving 0-62mph times of 7.9 and 7.1secs respectively.