The traditional Mini was the go-to mode of inexpensive private transportation for British drivers for a number of a long time earlier than the model was purchased by the BMW Group in 2000. It got here to life throughout a gasoline disaster and it was easy, low cost to purchase, and low cost to run, thanks in no small half to the intelligent design penned by Alec Issigonis.

With this being mentioned, there are actually specialist firms on the market which might be doing their finest to remodel the traditional British two-door into one thing way more refined, luxurious, and nicely put collectively, for fairly some huge cash – way more than the unique automotive ever dreamed of getting.

And whereas Singer is well-known for its Porsche 911-inspired creations, David Brown Automotive made a reputation for itself within the Mini restomod enterprise, providing built-to-order machines with leather-filled interiors and fashionable facilities like electrical home windows, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and engines which might be a bit extra highly effective than after they left the manufacturing facility flooring some two or three a long time in the past.

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Now, the Silverstone-based firm has introduced that it has a brand new car in its portfolio, nonetheless primarily based on the traditional Mini, however remastered with an all-electric powertrain.

Dubbed the Mini eMastered, the meticulously put-together metropolis automotive is about in movement by a 72-kilowatt (96-horsepower) Zonic 70 electrical motor that attracts vitality from a “right-sized” 18.8-kilowatt-hour battery pack, permitting the pint-sized EV to journey for as much as 110 miles on a full cost and dash from 0 to 62 miles per hour in 8.5 seconds, whereas the highest pace is restricted to 92 mph.

David Brown Automotive says that its first-ever electrical mannequin weighs simply 1,411 kilos (650 kilograms), the identical as the unique gas-powered automotive, and that the aforementioned battery pack will be charged at as much as 6.6 kW from an AC supply in simply three hours.

Priced from roughly $154,500 (£125,000) within the UK, excluding VAT, native tax, and all the opposite charges and duties you possibly can think about, which makes the Mini eMastered fairly an costly conversion. With this being mentioned, it’s not each day you see a handcrafted, bespoke traditional Mini made to the precise specs of the proprietor.