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MINI Electric Shadow Edition – Road Test

1st August 2022

The MINI Electric Shadow Edition assessed on the road, plus the MINI Aceman concept is revealed… By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). The coming of the electric car age is going to make us all re-evaluate our motoring lives and what we expect from them, much in the same way as the diminutive Mini drove a change in our lives over 60 years ago. So it seems reasonable that the MINI … [Read more...]

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