The next-generation Cooper will be available with both conventional and electric powertrains, with sleek bodywork, triangular taillights and fancy wheels.
These are the first images of the next-generation Mini Cooper Hardtop, which will arrive in the U.S. for the 2025 model year.
The design has retained the classic Mini cues, but will now feature triangular LED taillights instead of the long-standing rectangular shape.
The 2025 Cooper hatchback will feature both a conventional gasoline and electric powertrain, and the electric car will be jointly developed with China's Great Wall Motor.
Mini has released the first official images of the next-generation Cooper hatchback, which will arrive in the United States in the 2025 model year. The automaker first unveiled the new Cooper in 2021, revealing a camouflaged prototype and confirming that the iconic city car will offer both internal combustion and electric powertrains.
The Mini is still tight-lipped about the details, but the photos show a cleaner design, the round headlights are smoothly integrated into the body, and the wider octagonal grille lowers the car visually. The grille is mostly covered, with a small opening for cooling at the bottom and a thin black strip at the top that seems to hide sensors, but the face and shape are still recognizably Mini.
The sharp creases on the hood give the Cooper a purposeful stance. The most noticeable change comes at the rear, where the rectangular taillights have been replaced by triangular units with intricate LEDs that still hint at the design of the Union Jack flag.
The styling looks unchanged from the undisclosed prototypes spotted in China back in late 2021, so we're surprised it's taken so long for the Cooper to finally be unveiled. The small opening in the grille, the green "S" badges and the lack of a visible tailpipe lead us to believe that this Cooper is an electric car.
The electric Mini will be built in China on a platform co-developed with Great Wall Motor, while the petrol model - which is expected to be identical to the electric car - will come on an updated version of the current platform and will be assembled in Oxford.
The internal combustion version should use the same turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder and turbocharged 2.0-liter four-stroke engine as the previous model. More details about the next-generation Cooper will be released soon.