You're half-way in my club. What do you think about the unaerodynamic, fake hood scoop so close to the gorgeous aerodynamic grille? Respect for those who don't mind the scoop and those who think my car looks slower without the scoop. Of course, I share your final sentiment (and emoji).There. I said it. I love the filled in grill.
To me it looks like a futuristic EV, while still retaining the classic MINI design.
Respect for those that have swapped it, because modding is cool too.
I love this car more every day.
Well, less ventilation is occurring, but not none. You still need airflow for the air conditioning and heat pump for conditioning the cabin and battery.
Because I assumed the lower air intake would be sufficient for an electric car, I was surprised when I learned there is an open slot within the "blade" on the otherwise filled-in grille.
I'll have a BRG with black roof and mirrors too. Don't mind the yellow circle, just didn't care for the blade yellow. I've tried to piece all chrome parts and at this point for consistency front to back, if I black-out all chrome I plan to do vinyl. I'll do the front grille and boot handle too for good measure. I'm still unsure I'll want that much black (bonnet stripes will be black as are my wheels) so I plan to see how I feel when i get it in person and live with the chrome. I like it on my current though
Won't the black door handles feel out of place by themselves and start demanding you convert the rest of the brightwork, too?
That's why I haven't ordered the door handles in black or the lights at this time
. If I go black on one, I'll do it all, and I'll have it all done in the same type of black vinyl. I'm a bit particular that way.
I will admit as a current Mini ICE driver awaiting my SE, I am glad that the SE is closer to my current than that set of pics.
That looks fantastic!
You've somehow missed my 16-month old hood-scoop protest slide-show (not that you could find it with a Google search). In 10 seconds it illustrates how the designers did not intend the MINI Electric to have a scoop. Then Marketing had their say.
Take photos of the badges and have badge decals made for the grille. For the rear of my SE I had a removable clear-background decal made of the MINI head designer's signature, because all of the MINI Electric sketches and prototypes he showed before the production version had no hood scoop. I'm going to send him one; if he tells me my decal makes him unhappy, I'll remove it.
