The Mini Strip Is a Pared-Back Mini Cooper EV by Fashion Guru Paul Smith

The British fashion designer modified a Cooper SE with simplicity and sustainability in mind, leaving it unpainted and removing most of the interior trim.

If you feel overwhelmed by the dazzling display of exotica revealed at Monterey Car Week—from the open-top Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider to the 600-hp Acura NSX Type S—then check out the latest Mini concept, unveiled yesterday in London. The Mini Strip is a collaboration with fashion designer Paul Smith, who took an electric Mini Cooper SE and pared things back, guided, according to Mini, by a mantra of “simplicity, transparency, sustainability.”

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