It looks like Mini’s lover affair with the manual transmissions has come to an end. Back in May, Mini boss Stephanie Wurst told Autocar that the brand was 99% sure that the manual transmission was ...

View post: A Global Shift: China Is About to Become the World’s Top Car Seller We feared this might be the case after learning all about the latest Mini Cooper, but now it’s confirmed: The manual Mini ...

Disease and war has wreaked havoc on the world as of late, with flow-on effects disrupting supply chains across the globe. Whether its due to scarce semiconductors or complicated issues of trade, ...

Mini boss Stefanie Wurst told Top Gear, “We won’t have a manual, unfortunately.” The new Mini Cooper has already been revealed in BEV form, but the ICE version is still set to be revealed. The ...

Between all the auto manufacturers moving to electric platforms — MINI and parent company BMW included — and the decades-long domination of automatic transmissions in the U.S. market, it can often ...

BMW-owned MINI temporarily halted production of manual cars in May 2022 due to supply chain issues, with the British automaker noting the chip shortage and the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the main ...

Manual transmissions are an endangered species. At our last count, there were fewer than 30 models for sale on the U.S. market that offer a stick-shift option. And with every new model year that ...

Throughout the final year of this generation of Mini Cooper, the Anglo-German brand has been rolling out limited editions about every 90 days. We got the Mini 20 Years Edition last September, the Mini ...

MINI is on a roll, ladies and gentlemen, as this year, we have seen quite a lot of introductions from such a small and niche automotive brand. Add two more entries to the roster – John Cooper Works ...

The world still wants manuals, Mini maintains, so it’s upping its manual model count to nine, starting in March. “Fun to drive” was the top characteristic respondents most associated with a manual ...