After a long road-trip, and back canyon carving in a 2025 Mini Cooper S; I found it lost something, but gained a lot. It must be a pain to design something that has to maintain its iconic status.

A sea of Mini silhouettes charged around the bend as we descended down the Million Dollar Highway into the bygone towns of the Rocky Mountain mining era. The hatchback shape hasn't changed much since ...

At the risk of being accused of fat-shaming, the new Mini Cooper S is a bit of a porker. If the Austin/Morris original yipped through the corners like a terrier after a rat, then the current iteration ...

9/24/24 UPDATE: This review has been updated with instrumented test results. By all accounts, Mini's new fourth-generation 2025 Cooper hatchback should feel like an entirely different vehicle than ...

HIGHS Attractive base price, generously equipped from the start, entertaining to drive. LOWS Fun-sapping traction-control system, tight rear quarters, driving range is far too short to be competitive.

The main thing you notice when climbing into the new Mini Cooper S isn’t its redesigned cabin, smart though it is. It isn’t the animated English bulldog staring at you creepily through the ...

Can it be possible that, between 1959 and 2023, there have only been four distinct generations of Mini? Besides the 1959 British Motor Corporation (BMC) original, it’s just been a trio of hatchback ...

The new petrol MINI has the same charm and idiosyncrasies as its predecessors – which should make it as popular as ever. It’s impractical, true, and it looks expensive on paper. But rock-solid ...

Going back to its roots, the fifth-generation of the two-door Mini Cooper gets smaller, the pie-plate screen gets bigger, and the toggles gain importance and prominence. The first new 2025 Mini Cooper ...

The MINI Cooper’s wonderful set-up makes for agile, nimble handling with lashings of grip. This allied to eager engines boasting just enough performance to keep things interesting should equate to ...