MINI

Last time I drove a classic Mini Cooper, it was late in the summer of 2019, during Monterey Car Week, and it’s still one of my favorite drivers of all time; through Big Sur and…

Back in 2018, at the New York Auto Show, I had the chance to drive a classic Mini Cooper S that had been converted to an EV. Its small gasoline four-cylinder was replaced with an…

The only feasible way to save old cars from extinction is to give them a new lease of life through an electric drivetrain. MINI had the same idea back in March 2018 when it converted…

The current generation MINI JCW GP model made the headlines around the world when it came out as it became the most powerful MINI ever made. Some people, however, remember when the GP badge was…

MINI isn’t exactly a sales giant at the moment, as its model lineup is getting a bit long in the tooth and falling behind most of its competitors, in terms of technology, refinement, and design….

We’ve been bombarding you with numbers this week but with good reason as the BMW Group has published full sales results for its record-breaking 2021. You’ve probably already heard by now the core brand shipped…

The numbers are in, and they’re looking exceptional. At the beginning of the year, BMW sales director announced the core brand was able to sell more than 2.2 million cars in 2021, and now we…

Since the launch of the modern MINI Countryman, the purist fans of the brand have looked down on the brand’s only SUV. In its second generation, the Countryman is the largest, heaviest, and least dynamically…

Even though the automotive industry was plagued by the microchip shortage in 2021, MINI has a reason to celebrate by reaching an important sales milestone in Germany. Precisely 10,140 Cooper SE electric hatchbacks were sold…

Believe it or not, the MINI Countryman has new rivals entering the ring every year. The Lexus UX wasn’t even a thing up until 2018 and yet, the crossover from Japan is now one of…