2022 MINI Recharged by Paul Smith

MINI Recharged by Paul Smith revisits an earlier classic Mini collaboration through an electric conversion and a new design presentation. It is an individual project with its own identity. The entry separates that commission from the old retail Paul Smith edition, the 2021 STRIP concept and later modern MINI designer editions.

History and programme context

The official 2022 release describes the project’s presentation in Milan and links it with Paul Smith’s longer relationship with MINI. It also discusses the historical 1,800-car Paul Smith edition. That older quantity is contextual information, not a new count for Recharged cars. The source needs to be read with that distinction intact.

Identity and specification reference

Understanding the design

The design interest comes from returning to an existing idea. A collaborator can reconsider the same familiar vehicle form through a different technical and material brief. Reading the Recharged car alongside STRIP shows how a consistent author can take different approaches without producing interchangeable objects. The common designer credit is a connection, rather than an instruction to collapse the projects.

How rarity is recorded

Documented individual electric conversion based on the earlier Paul Smith classic Mini design. The historical 1,800-car Paul Smith edition is background and is not the production count of this Recharged commission.

This archive entry records the documented concept, commission or specialist programme. It is excluded from customer road-production totals.

Identification and documentation

For the individual car, retain the conversion identity, presentation history and any documented relationship to the earlier design. Preserve the original donor or prototype history separately from the date of electric conversion. Do not attach historical edition production to a single modern commission, and do not describe unrelated customer conversions as Paul Smith originals.

Comparisons and related profiles

Compare this project with Lakwena’s Recharged art car for a shared programme seen through different creative work. The comparison can connect the conversion context, artist or designer treatment and surviving classic form while respecting the separate commissions.

• MINI Recharged Lakwena
• MINI STRIP by Paul Smith

Frequently asked questions

Is this a customer road-production edition?

This is manufacturer-supported designer one-off. The record concerns a documented archive vehicle or design, with no customer road-series quantity assigned.

Which date does the title use?

2022 identifies this edition announcement, commission or physical-concept presentation. It is not necessarily the model year or the original manufacture year of a converted classic car.

Sources and further reading

• MINI Recharged & Paul Smith: An icon sustainably reinvented

Research checked 15 October 2026. Manufacturer technical references retain their original market and programme scope.