MINI Cooper News

  • 2016 MINI John Cooper Works Convertible spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    A new generation of the MINI Convertible is just around the corner, and once again there will be all the separate variants such as the base Cooper, sporty Cooper S and high-performance John Cooper Works. It’s the latter that’s featured in our latest round of spy shots, with the car spotted recently testing hard at the Nürburgring. It turns out the driver was testing a little too hard as he ended up losing control coming 'round a bend. Fortunately, he managed to save the car from a crash and was able to continue with the test. MINI has already revealed the latest John Cooper...

  • 2016 MINI Clubman
    2016 MINI Clubman Priced From $24,950

    MINI’s bigger, more premium second-generation Clubman goes on sale in January and we can confirm that it will be priced from $24,950 for the base Cooper, including an $850 destination charge. That’s almost $2k higher than the starting price of the outgoing model, but the new Clubman...

  • 2016 MINI Clubman
    2016 MINI Clubman Is Bigger, More Premium

    MINI’s new Clubman is finally here, and as hinted at by last year’s Clubman concept the second-generation model is both bigger than the one it replaces and much more premium. The move makes sense as there’s now the Hardtop 4 occupying the spot where the former Clubman sat...

  • 2016 MINI Convertible spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2016 MINI Convertible Spy Shots

    MINI’s third-generation Hardtop has been on sale for more than a year now, but those hoping to order the convertible version have a little while longer to wait. Engineers are still fine-tuning the car ahead of its auto show debut later this year. We expect the new MINI Convertible to...

  • 2016 MINI Clubman spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2016 MINI Clubman Spy Shots

    Despite the introduction of the Hardtop 4 Door (a 5 Door for other markets), there are no plans to phase out MINI's existing extra-versatile variant, the Clubman. Our latest spy shots show a prototype for the second-generation MINI Clubman, which is expected to make its debut in the coming months...

  • MINI Clubman Vision Gran Turismo concept
    2016 MINI Clubman Previewed With Vision Gran Turismo Concept: Video

    A new generation of the MINI Clubman is just around the corner, but we’ve been given an early look at the car with the latest addition to the growing family of Vision Gran Turismo concepts. The cars have all been penned as part of the ‘Vision Gran Turismo challenge,’ which...

  • 2015 MINI Cooper S Hardtop equipped with new Sport Pack (European-spec)

    MINI has just introduced its new John Cooper Works performance edition of its latest Hardtop but if you want the same sporty look for less than the car’s $31,450 starting price, the British brand is offering a new Sport Pack that adds many of the visual tweaks of the dedicated JCW model. The Sport Pack is designed for both the regular Hardtop as well as the new Hardtop 4 Door, and at present it hasn’t been announced for sale in the U.S. We hope it does come, because in addition to the visual tweaks the pack also adds uprated suspension and some JCW goodies inside. Specific...

  • 2015 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop
    2015 Mini John Cooper Works Hardtop priced from $31,450

    MINI’s third-generation Hardtop has finally received its John Cooper Works variant, with the sporty hatch making its official debut this week at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. It was at the show where MINI announced that the new JCW Hardtop will go on sale in the spring, priced from $31,450...

  • 2015 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop
    2015 MINI John Cooper Works Revealed Ahead Of Detroit Auto Show

    MINI’s all-new Hardtop is a lot of fun in Cooper and Cooper S trim but lacking from the lineup is the sporty John Cooper Works variant, which has been revealed today ahead of an official world debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. It was at this year’s Detroit event that MINI rolled out...

  • Guinness World Record for parallel parking screencap
    Stunt Driver Sets New World Record For Tightest Parallel Park: Video

    Han Yue reclaims the Guinness World Record for tightest parallel park.

  • 2015 MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 Door
    MINI 5 Door Renamed A Hardtop 4 Door For U.S., Gets $22,550 Price Tag

    MINI’s new 5 Door unveiled last summer will be called the Hardtop 4 Door when it goes on sale in the U.S. in January. The name change was announced at this week’s Los Angeles Auto Show, where the vehicle is being showcased alongside the tasty Superleggera Vision concept car. The Hardtop...

  • 2015 MINI John Cooper Works Paceman
    2015 MINI John Cooper Works Countryman And Paceman Revealed

    We’ve already seen the regular versions of the updated 2015 MINI Cooper Countryman and 2015 Cooper Paceman, and now we have details for the high-performance John Cooper Works variants. MUST SEE: Stolen Tesla Police Chase Ends In Massive, Fiery Wreck, Splits Model S In Half: Video They feature...

  • Tony Hawk jumps a moving MINI Cooper Hardtop

    The Internet is awash in videos (real and fake) of people jumping (or trying to jump) moving vehicles. Many end in predictable tragedy. This one ends in triumph. Why? Because it's Tony Hawk. MUST SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Live Photos And Video The premise is simple: a moving MINI Cooper Hardtop drives around a building, gathering speed as Hawk does the same, coming head-on at each other. Between the two is a ramp. Hawk hits the ramp milliseconds before the MINI does, and goes soaring over. Cue the wave of soon-to-be-crippled imitators in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

  • MINI Paceman Adventure design concept
    MINI Paceman Adventure Is A Tiny Pickup You'll Want To Buy, But Can't

    Here in America at least, small trucks are dead, as are the -amino and -chero car-truck mashups of decades past. For the most part those are both good things. But every now and then we come across a modern car converted into a pickup-like vehicle that makes us wish things were different. The MINI...

  • 2015 MINI Cooper Paceman
    2015 MINI Paceman Rolled Out At 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    With MINI’s Cooper Countryman receiving a series of updates for the 2015 model year, the car’s three-door variant, the Cooper Paceman, is also set to receive the same updates and has been shown in its new form for the first time at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The updated Paceman will...

  • 2014 MINI Cooper S
    2014 Mini Hardtop first drive review

    The essence of the classic Mini Cooper is easy to define: it's endearingly small. What happens when you mess with the "small" part? In more than a decade since Mini transformed into MINI, its makers have laid progressively larger patches on the road with models like the Clubman, the Paceman and the...

  • MINI Clubman Concept  -  2014 Geneva Motor Show live photos
    MINI Clubman Concept: 2014 Geneva Motor Show Live Photos

    MINI has given us our first official look at its third-generation Clubman in the form of a thinly veiled concept version at this week’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show. MINI’s new Clubman Concept is about ten inches longer than the current Clubman and close to seven inches wider. This puts it in...

  • 2015 MINI Cooper S five-door spy shots
    2015 MINI Cooper S Five-Door Spy Shots

    The third generation of the modern MINI Cooper recently made its debut, but so far only in its three-door Hardtop bodystyle. There are still many variants to be revealed, including some brand new ones. One of these will be a new five-door variant that’s expected to be revealed in the second...

  • 2014 MINI Cooper S

    MINI’s third-generation Cooper goes on sale this spring, priced from $20,745 when you include a $795 shipping charge. The sportier Cooper S will set you back $24,395, once again including shipping. The cars are being introduced as late 2014 model year arrivals and join existing 2014 models based on the second-generation design. MINI will eventually roll out replacements for these and will even throw in some new ones like a five-door Cooper. MUST SEE: Switzer Nissan GT-R Hits 1,212 HP On The Dyno: Video The 2014 Cooper three-door going on sale comes standard with a six-speed manual and a...

  • 2015 MINI John Cooper Works spy shots
    2015 MINI John Cooper Works Spy Shots

    Just this week MINI presented a concept previewing the new John Cooper Works performance version of its third-generation Cooper, and now we have our first look at the actual production version, which was spotted cold weather testing in northern Europe recently. The car features all the typical JCW...

  • MINI John Cooper Works concept, unveiled at 2014 Detroit Auto Show
    New MINI John Cooper Works Model Previewed With Detroit Concept

    It was only a couple of months ago that MINI first revealed its new 2014 Cooper, the third generation of the modern MINI and the biggest one yet. Now MINI is giving us a preview of the upcoming John Cooper Works performance variant with a new concept on show this week at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show...

  • 2014 MINI E Coupe spy shots
    2014 MINI E Coupe Spy Shots

    MINI is out testing a new electric car, but unlike the automaker’s previous effort in this field, the MINI E, this new one isn’t expected to be leased to individuals. The new electric car is based on the MINI Cooper Coupe and was spotted testing in Germany recently by one of our spy...

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    Twin-Engined MINI Cooper Powerslides Into Jay Leno's Garage

    This MINI Cooper has two complete drivetrains, for twice the fun.

  • 2014 MINI Cooper S, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2014 MINI Cooper Live Photos And Video From Unveiling

    MINI rolled out a brand new generation of its Cooper hatchback at its plant in Oxford on Monday but just a day later the car was being presented at events taking place in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai and London. Here are some live photos and a video taken at the separate reveals. The car’s...

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