The new MINI Cooper SE takes on the best road in the world

The MINI Cooper SE has taken on the world's best road, which is located in Romania and is called Transf?g?r??an. Has it managed to achieve its feat?

The new electric car MINI Cooper SE Not only is it eco-friendly, but it is also a fun car to drive. Therefore, to highlight its athletic abilities, people from MINI decided to take the Cooper SE to one of the most famous driving roads in the world: Transf?g?r?an.

Eccentric English car driver Jeremy Clarkson calls Transf?g?r??an “the best road in the world.” This road overcomes the altitude difference of more than 1.400 metres with a maximum gradient of 8.6 percent in a powerful super sports car.

Now it's MINI's turn to conquer the Transf?g?r??an mountain road in Romania that winds through the Transylvanian Alps for 90 kilometres.

Can electric cars make it to the end of the best road in the world?

El The new MINI Cooper SE is powered by an electric motor that delivers 135 kW/184 hp directly onto the road via the front wheels thanks to the automatic transmission and the model-specific torque of 270 Nm. The Transf?g?r??an road unfolds second by second, becoming wilder and more and more dramatic, but that doesn't stop the electric car and its driver from having fun.

The car hurtles over viaducts and tunnels, rushes past waterfalls and uneven scree-covered slopes. Are the cows along the road likely to be impressed? This is an area where horse-drawn carts are still common and over-engineered tractors make fast curves in a form of slalom art.

Shortly before the top of the pass to a altitude of 2042 meters, the external thermometer of the MINI Cooper SE shows a temperature of only a few degrees above zero, a good reason to be careful or drive slowly? Not likely, there is no risk even if you step on the accelerator. The actuator-driven wheel slip limiter reliably prevents the front of the car from slipping if the drive wheels start to spin.

The last stop is near the Vidraru Dam dam wall, and the landscape presents an invitation to relax. The backdrop produces some memorable photos that capture the mountain panorama with the rising mist, in fact, in fact, composed of clouds. It is not for nothing that the Transf?g?r??an is called the “road in the clouds”.