When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

A major problem for the survival of the manual transmission is the dwindling number of people who know how to drive stick. Mini is trying to do something about that. The automaker is launching a ...

Any Gen X-er or "elder millennial" who has had a conversation with a Gen Z-er about driving a manual transmission has likely come to the shocking revelation that rowing gears is becoming a lost art.

Mini USA announces the availability of a limited slip differential and an automatic transmission as new options for the 2005 Mini Cooper S. In addition, a number of product enhancements and price ...

The additional ratio is there to help with fuel economy on the motorway, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Enabling acceleration without torque interruption, a higher degree of shift comfort, ...

Although we usually cover our own travel costs, in this case that was not an option; flights and two nights' accommodation on this trip to Portland were paid for by Mini. Mini: an adjective “denoting ...

Stunt driving has been a staple of cinema for as long as there have been cars and movies. Vehicular action has captured the imagination of millions, leaving many theater-goers fantasizing about ...

The MINI Cooper remains an iconic brand, a world away from the original Alec Issigonis-designed Minis of the mid-60s, which became a cultural icon. However, it still brilliantly leverages its 1960s ...

The 2025 MINI JCW Convertible arrives at a time when the automotive world seems obsessed with size, weight, and electrification. Yet this compact British icon refuses to follow trends, instead ...

The new generation of Mini Countryman is unabashedly the biggest Mini ever, for better or worse. Its performance grows to match too, with the 2024 Mini Countryman JCW All4 bringing more power than ...