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Welcome to a good old-fashioned review of two very new-fashioned cars.
One is the new Honda E. A loveable small electric car but with also quite a small range. It costs £28,660 (after government grant) and has 151bhp from its electric motor, which is good for 0-62mph in 8.3sec and a top speed of 90mph. Its WLTP range is 137 miles.
The other is the Mini Electric. It costs £24,400 (after the government grant), has 181bhp, can do 0-62mph in 7.3sec and has a top speed of 93mph and has a WLTP range of 144 miles.
They're both, though, rather good fun to drive. Join our tester James Disdale as he puts the two head-to-head to see which comes out on top.
Presented by: James Disdale
Shot & edited by: Andrew Coles
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@burrow70 3 года назад

I’ve done nearly 2000 miles in my Honda e, and never have I seen a range at 100% charge of under 96 miles.... god knows what those road testers were doing in it!!😂😂😂

@ap9983 3 года назад

Hi what real world range are you seeing?

@peterowen4456 3 года назад

EV guru Ian Sampson is doing a long term test on a Honda E. In really bad conditions and driving normally he got 80 miles which he saw as an absolute minimum. The range indicated will be based on previous driver inputs - in short they are driving them like they stole them.

@DavidHughes-op6zl 3 года назад

The are two people who've bought the thing? T W O ?!

@3kkk514 2 года назад

How about winter range? That 96 will drop to 75😁

@georgimihalkov4781 3 года назад

It's shocking how many commercials you can put on a 16 minute video. And they complain that people are using adblock.

@global_nomad. 3 года назад

you didn't have a range of 65 you had an estimated range of 65 based on previous driving consumption... a very different thing....

@dylanh1978 3 года назад

Great review, I love both of these cars, for some reason .

@juliandclarke 3 года назад

I have an Honda e. Fabulous. It replaced 3 Mini JCWs. The reason you only got 65 miles on the e at 100% charge is because it is an auto journalist demo car - and you chaps all thrash cars. I can easily get 120 miles range. Which for me is fine. I calculated more than 95% of my journeys, I only do 50 miles. Correct decision over the Mini E. But that too is a fab car. Either will NOT disappoint :-)

@js-hl5hv 3 года назад

I second that. I have the MINI and *average* 144 miles range (12.4kWh/100k). When I see people getting sub 100miles, I wonder how they manage that. I actually tried once to see how bad I could get - without speeding that is (I like my license). I floored it at every opportunity and really hammered round every corner - and still managed 120 miles. The longest ever journey I have taken is 160km (100 miles) using about 60% of the battery. When I use the car, my average daily is 50-60km (30-40 miles), so range is never an issue. The winner is up to personal preference. The MINI is a better *car* (faster, better handling, more efficient, better range etc), but the Honda is a better "lifestyle" car. It has far more bling, unique styling, more comfortable ride, and you have to give the Honda its turning circle - brilliant. Whichever you choose, they are both fun little cars which absolutely fit the job description of a city car.

@Samfichier 6 месяцев назад

City only or also runways?

@aktharchowdhury9839 2 года назад

I own a Honda E and the 65 mile range comment says more about the driver than the car. I'm getting around 110 miles from full charge.

@BaruKz 3 года назад

The plataform of the Mini is already paid so should be cheaper, on the other hand the Honda is a brand new car with much more to offer. The both of them are City cars the range are not good but they do the job. Thanks for this review I was waiting for this one.

@DIYglenn Год назад

I think with at least the Honda e, you must realize that it’s your total range. You can actually drive that distance without getting stranded. The reserve is massive on it, like 15-20% extra battery. So you can drive to zero and still get home. When I have 6-8% left in my IONIQ it won’t even let me know how many kilometers I have left. It just says “charge now”.

@petercavellini3232 3 года назад

At the moment they’d be ideal because I’m doing 90% less mileage,but I’d still like to be driving something the looks nice and is a good steer.

@FruitoftheLoops 3 года назад

Would def go for the Honda. If only it looked more like the original concept!

@a_demain 3 года назад

I have a new metric called the WTFWYT range. So for the Honda the WTF Were You Thinking range is 137 miles.

@ALMX5DP 3 года назад

Being both have similar range, I'd say companies know exactly what they are making and selling and know the customer it's designed for. Not everything has to accommodate everyone's needs.

@benbrown8258 3 года назад

Yipes! A functional 60 some miles of range in the Honda!!! When my used Mitsubishi I-miev was almost 2 years old driving moderately I got an actual high of 90 miles on a charge. This is absolutely bizarre that Honda is not doing better on their battery range. If that's the case what people are actually buying is the presentation of digital access with all the different screens and admittedly better performance. They're not buying transportation. I guess I'd go with the mini if I had to choose between the two. And of course I'm keeping my Mitsubishi. That seems infinitely more practical. Plus it only cost me $12,000.

@global_nomad. 3 года назад

but its not a functional 60 miles is it....its an estimate the software makes on previous use which is notoriously unreliable. driving more sensibly will get you to that 90+ range

@QuickQuips 3 года назад

These are the cars the BMW i3 wishes it was. Quirky yet also practical. And that electric mini might be vaguely reliable now.

@global_nomad. 3 года назад

but the i3 is a great piece of progressive design...as is the ipace..but consumers are too conservative..

@ronin84 3 года назад

I think we're in the early phases of all this interior car tech, and that in 10 years we'll look back and think "what the hell were they thinking" regarding the giant phone-inspired panels and off-putting rear view mirror field of view. Certainly some cool gimmicks right now, but I can't see this design style withstanding the test of time. Exterior of the Honda is brilliant though.

@piglet5287 3 года назад

those screens seem designed to distract the driver.

@juliandclarke 3 года назад

The camera screens work really well - I can vouch as an owner. Also the panoramic Honda e screens are much better / easier in use than the Mini (our other car in a Mini Countryman PHEV with the Nav+ screen)

@Cloxxki 3 года назад

Time for inductive charging from the parking surface. Suspension that allows the car to bottom out, really get the air gap close to zero. Also to dissuade cats coming in for a grilling. A simple skirt would seal the air gap around.

@detaart 3 года назад

Designing suspension that would allow the car to sit flush would severely compromise it and make it expensive and unreliable. Inductive charging is a bad idea. It is extremely inefficient compared to just charging it with a cable. The idea behind electric cars is to help the environment, ie, not to make such silly compromises for a bit of added convenience. Try wirelessly charging a phone and see how hot it gets compared to just the cable. Remember apple's promised amazing wireless charging pad/dock/whatever thing? Never materialized, did it? Because they know it's pants.

@-DC- 3 года назад

@@detaart Citroen did Suspension capable of that in the 1950's, as do many Mexicans in LA to this day !

@detaart 3 года назад

@@-DC- And the citroen hydropneumatic suspension was notoriously unreliable ... And as for the "Mexicans in LA" as you put it ... those cars don't ride and handle very well anymore ... take a guess as to why. It's also expensive and unreliable. Even still ... inductive charging is just a dumb idea for this kind of power. It just is.

@idparkinson 3 года назад

You would think that after starting with a blank sheet of paper Honda would have made a better car. After starting from scratch they have come up with a car that has less performance, less range, less interior space, less boot space, less fun and at a higher price than the Mini. The Mini on the other hand has its electric elements added to the existing model, makes you wonder what the Honda engineers were spending their time on, multiple silly screens maybe?

@piglet5287 3 года назад

Especially so when Honda are normally so "engineering-led", as serious car buffs put it

@davidknell9676 3 года назад

Have you seen Chris Harris review the Honda e on top gear RU-vid? I think the Driving dynamics are better emphasized imo

@idparkinson 3 года назад

@@davidknell9676 He is another narrow minded petrol head / speed freak. He has no idea what real people actually want or need, he bases all his views on his very limited needs. The people that the Honda and the Mini are designed for don’t want or need a huge range, if they did they would buy a different car. I agree that the Honda could be better, but extra range would increase weight and price, which would make it less likely to sell. I have a Mini electric and it is perfect for me, range is no issue, spec is great and price is slightly less that the same specification petrol Cooper S. I looked at other cars like the e208 and the Zoe, but they did not really fit the bill for me. E208 was too expensive and I don’t like the look of the Zoe. Most other EVs are simply too expensive.

@INCREDIBRO 3 года назад

What about the paddle brake??

@RandomVideosFirst 3 года назад

Great timing , we have ten years for it to evolve much further , by that time they would be much faster hatches and longer ranges.

@DavidHughes-op6zl 3 года назад

That motorised shopping trolley, the obscenely expensive Honda e, looks like a doubly concave mobile matchbox with a charging-port lid resembling the top of a commode.

@CathodeRayNipplez 3 года назад

Range anxiety is a disorder like any other anxiety disorder. Professional help is available. Planning ahead does give disorganised plonkers a headache tho

@lash9400 3 года назад

I want to see how the infrastructure for charging your car at home works out in cities like London, where your lucky to get a parking spot outside your own home

@draigygoch 3 года назад

that's where' petrol/electric' stations will have to mature

@Neojhun 3 года назад

Owning any CAR is the bigger problem in that case.

@sixpotshot 3 года назад

27K doesn’t make any sense but keep trying to convince yourself...Boris and his wild dreams will both love you more. And Autocar has just come up with a new concept of fun driving: 1 pedal ‘driving’... very cool very fun. What an amazing driving experience

@CathodeRayNipplez 3 года назад

How did Honda make it sooooo friggin heavy? Dear Honda, centre armrests are not expensive 🙄

@a_demain 3 года назад

The future for city cars i.e. cars you might drive predominantly in the city in which you live is (drumroll ) .... ZERO. The future idea is that you might take public transport, or cycle or walk. And for bulkier items like shopping there is the Internet. But if I had an extra 30K to spend, and wanted to embarrass myself at a dinner party about the car I just bought but never drive, then I'd take the Honda.

@juliandclarke 3 года назад

You pays your money and takes your choice - but for the Honda e is a fab car to drive. So I purchased one

@Dome79nico 3 года назад

Probably one day we will have the infrastructure and a decent technology for the batteries. If there is an emergency or if you have to go immediately somewhere (f.e. hospital, or to pick up someone) let’s hope that the car is charged. For now, when I see 100 km range on my car (usually it happens once every two months), I’ll stop at the gas station. One more thing: what was wrong with traditional mirrors (especially that one inside the car)?

@Tsoulistic 3 года назад

Cameras as time goes by they seem to lose quality, I wonder how will these keep up with time.

@satoru6677 3 года назад

Flick your Mirror,and soon it changes into a traditional mirror. You can use whichever style you like according to the circumstances, for example,you don’t see your wife’s face after terrible quarrels.

@PRG888 3 года назад

Although for urban travel, I still think the range of both is terrible. If you are buying an EV to save the planet, you will still need another car which is not very eco is it? But I do love the Honda, just wish it had more range

@js-hl5hv 3 года назад

Remember never to trust the MINI GOM (Guess O Meter). It is woefully inaccurate. Mine claims 180km (111 miles) yet I recharge north of 230km (142 miles) with around 10% still remaining. It never learns. I ignore it now, other than to laugh at it occasionally.

@pigeonpoo1823 3 года назад

Check out the NCAP Honda e video - there's some real malice behind those ridiculously cute eyes😂

@Puddingtops 2 года назад

Hopefully by 2030 we’ll have affordable EV’s with significantly improved range. I have a feeling Tesla will be leading the way .

@draigygoch 3 года назад

Until we get proper batteries and infrastructure there's going to be huge push back. Maybe the banning of all new gas cars after 2030 will spur this development, I'm all for electric as much as I love a Mustang V8 supercharged!

@alfamonk 2 года назад

Come on Honda, if this had 150-200range I’d buy it in a heartbeat, but real-world less than 100? Crazy

@blackrocket2000 3 года назад

Honda e has 3 levels of Regen plus none = 4 One Pedal mode with Auto Brake makes it so eeeasee to drive

@pigeonpoo1823 3 года назад

When the 500 arrives, should be a tasty little three way. I want the eup! Back tho

@piglet5287 3 года назад

Such limited ranges! It seems there have been few advances in this area despite the hype. Such inflexibility means these models are expensive trinkets for well-off households who own a longer-range car as well. So why are our taxes subsidising them?

@piglet5287 3 года назад

@Rubedo Alaberti even electric cars cause congestion (in fact loads of it, with their cables and long charging times), and run pedestrians and cyclists over, and demand ugly ring-roads and flyovers. Maybe the city is not a place for any type of car?

@piglet5287 3 года назад

@Rubedo Alaberti fine I accept all that. I just wonder if in 100 years we will see electric cars as displacement activity when we should have been designing cities without cars.

@juliandclarke 3 года назад

Range is not an issue - if the car meets your needs. It is just another criteria upon which to select a vehicle - like seats, performance, safety, cost, etc. The e meets my needs and I live in rural Worcestershire

@piglet5287 3 года назад

@Rubedo Alaberti then car companies need to develop flexible multi-purpose electric vehicles, then they can be agnostic about civic solutions. At present they are of course responding to regulatory pressures (many EVs are "compliance cars"), who can blame them? But are they more reactive than proactive?

@robertolombardi3698 3 года назад

@@wilbobagins all the pavements will be dug up to have charging stations so cars can be parked next to them. No need to have cables dangling from a third story window.

@marcusfistarol8270 3 года назад

They also shloud sell that Honda with a normal engine....i like the design

@GURken 3 года назад

_"if it fits in your lifestyle"_ back in the day car adapted to you now you must adapt to a car you live in a city but wanna go for a ride once a month? no no it's not your lifestyle buddy. either the first or the second

@piglet5287 3 года назад

Indeed, battery cars for battery hens. Well Covid has introduced us to severe restrictions on our liberties already. Perhaps the Covid restrictions are for good reasons, but the trouble is, governments are pretty good at finding ever more "good reasons" for controlling the lives of their citizens.

@juliandclarke 3 года назад

I live in rural Worcestershire - fits my lifestyle perfectly. So I purchased the Honda e

@YourLoyalDeserter 3 года назад

@@juliandclarke Jealous, I love that car.

@sashsepehran7580 3 года назад

Is no one gonna mention bmw biggest mistake by killing the i3

@nickporter4279 3 года назад

They're not killing it yet, looks like it's going to make it to the 9 or 10 year mark. I've heard that the carbon fibre moulds are good for 250k cars, so that may ultimately be what ends its production life. But in the meantime, demand isn't dropping, and BMW don't have another EV lined up at that price level, so why axe it? They *were* thinking of axing it until recently though, which is weird. I think BMW's spent the last half-decade unsure what to do with the i-division; the people behind the i3 have left the company now and successive waves of management have had very different views on it. But yeah, speaking of the i3, I'd like to know how it drives compared to the Mini and Honda. Journalists seem to have forgotten that it exists in these comparison tests.

@RavagHer Год назад

great looking car but get the range to real world 200 and u got a deal

@doddsalfa Год назад

You get 110 miles on the Honda if you chose so

@nigel.w 3 года назад

Pathetic real-world range will unduly hinder uptake of electric cars. Need to do much better!

@walangchahangyelingden8252 3 года назад

Surely true

@-DC- 3 года назад

Expensive for Vehicles with such a limited envelope of use, Battery and Charging Technology still has so far to go.

@alfamonk 2 года назад

Cost ohas nothing to do with range in an internal combustion engine. When we have the infrastructure none of this will be an issue.

@robertlloyd7493 3 года назад

2040......2035....2030....will the hammer fall at 2025 ?

@johnbarrett9673 3 года назад

HONDA E PLS .... THANKYOU ...

@drdoolittle5724 3 года назад

As Honda's are designed for over 50's, who cannot use smartphones, how the h will they cope with the thing?

@Sum_Ting_Wong 3 года назад

Look on the motorways. Full of people doing 50-100 miles per day. An electric car is useless for them. Range anxiety is definately an issue.

@powersliding 3 года назад

that mini's face looks absolutely horrendous, pass. honda e rear wheel drive...looks lovely..incredible interior

@paulhayes2189 3 года назад

Honda didn't do that well here. Dosent handle well, no fun. When you get passed the funky interior and exterior it has a terrible range - 70miles - huge range anxiety. Steering "is nice enough" Prada bag for londeners. No relevance, a bit of jewellery

@14KShadow 3 года назад

I want that Honda E

@DonLee1980 3 года назад

73 miles of range for a full charge is unacceptable.

@kuugakazuza2702 3 года назад

Can someone tell me how Honda e smells like? It is just like a normal car "new car" smell?-thanks

@pip5461 3 года назад

Honda was developed ground up... to be an EV,whereas the Mini has just been converted. That's why the Honda would win hands down.

@MrLM002 3 года назад

RWD > FWD nuff said.

@gr750M 2 года назад

I'd rather go for the mini. It betters the Honda in every sense

@TryNotToDieOmega 3 года назад

Boomer review confirmed.

@alfamonk 2 года назад

Oh no! - older people exist comment

@sal-khafaji3114 3 года назад

This guy is probably the worst car reviewer in the world! Who's leg did he hump to get the job?? Utter drivel. Honda looks the better product and knowing Honda will be the more reliable product... Just ask the thousands of recalled BMW hybrid drivers... Ridiculous how biased this magazine has become.

@VanekLarson 3 года назад

Getting famous off of comments day 176, so I can live the dream, live life to the fullest🤙🤙

@walangchahangyelingden8252 3 года назад

Not by being needy.

@thesnakebites1 3 года назад

aw crap. electric cars. i should have read the video description. no car enthusiast is interested in electric or hybrid

@user-pe7uf4om8r 3 года назад

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@johnhetherington8830 3 года назад

all these mouthpieces are bald just saying

@Tomthebombish 3 года назад

They are both awful when motor journalists talk hydrogen it’s like your brainwashed or took a huge brown envelope

@idparkinson 3 года назад

What a load of tosh! They are not similar prices or ranges. You got other facts wrong as well, go back and check what you said about charging the Mini and its regen braking levels. Basically you chose the Honda to show you had gone electric when the Mini was a better car on all fronts. That Honda interior is terrible, screens looks old fashioned and wood is plastic. The flat buttons on the dash are impractical and it really is a case of form over function.

@juliandclarke 3 года назад

Each to his own choice. Having driven both and owned 3 Mini JCWs in succession, I chose the Honda because is looks and feels better than the Mini E. But both are fab cars