9,500 Want to Lease a Pricey Mini E

Mini certainly can’t claim a lack of interest in its new electric vehicle, the Mini E.

9,500 people have visited MiniSpace.com to sign up for the opportunity to lease one of the vehicles in Mini’s upcoming field test. Unfortunately, parent company BMW only plans to lease 500 of the compact cars, and only in California, New York and New Jersey.

Even for those lucky few selected to lease a Mini E, well, you’ll be paying for it. According to Automotive News, the lease payment may be $820 a month. To qualify, you’ll also need a locking garage door and a high voltage outlet for the charging system. We wonder if the 9,500 people who rushed to the website know all of this. To be fair, though, a one-year lease on a regular Mini Cooper is close to $800 a month as well.

The Mini E debuts at the L.A. auto show this month, and we’ll give you our full report then. The application process will begin soon after, with the goal of delivering the cars sometime in January.

All-Electric Mini E Gets One Year Lease Priced at $820 Per Month (Jalopnik)