For 20 years, my metric for the Mini Cooper has been this: I bought a new 2006 Mini, when Mini-mania was in full swing. It was a leftover car, as brand-owner BMW did a top-to-bottom makeover of the ...

Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, the first Mini Cooper was launched in 1959 and was called the Morris Mini-Mirror. Since then, Mini Cooper has evolved significantly as a car brand. The brand not only ...

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Competes with: BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, Honda Civic, Volkswagen Golf GTI Looks like: A cleaner, hungrier Mini Cooper 4-Door Powertrains: 2.0-liter four-cylinder (Cooper) or 201-hp, turbocharged ...

Mini has gradually turned John Cooper Works into its own version of BMW's M, a badge that indicates a serious performance car for buyers interested in that sort of thing. All previous JCW-branded ...

Changes for the 2026 Mini lineup aren’t as sweeping as they were a year ago, when the brand essentially reset its full product range. We also expected that lineup to expand, but tariff concerns made ...

BMW's Mini brand, riding a 14 percent sales gain for 2023, is poised for further growth this year as a wave of new products reaches the company's 104 U.S. dealers. On tap is a new, larger and more ...