FIRST LOOK
Mini Aceman
All-new electric SUV is smaller and more affordable than the latest Countryman On sale Summer Price from £32,000 (est)
Darren Moss
darren.moss@haymarket.com
In a 1966 episode of comedy sketch show The Frost Report, John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett appeared as upper-class, middle-class and working-class men who explained how they looked up to – and down on – each other. It’s a sketch that could well have been taken to heart by the designers of the all-new Mini Aceman, because this is an electric SUV that well and truly knows its place.
You see, the Aceman is the middle sibling in Mini’s growing line-up of electric models. At just over four metres long, it’s larger than the Cooper hatchback but shorter (by 26cm) than the latest Countryman family SUV. However, the Aceman also has a more sloping roofline than the Countryman, with its dramatic looks intended to tear your eye away from rivals such as the Jeep Avenger Electric and Smart #1.