2018 Mini Cooper S E Countryman All4 Plug-In Hybrid Tested: Hybrid Zoot

– Mini seems bent on differentiating its Countryman SUV from the BMW X1 that rides on the same platform by virtue of its powertrain options. You can edge into a front-drive, three-cylinder ’man for only $ 27,450, which represents $ 7445 in savings over an entry-level X1. Or you can opt for a Cooper S […]

2017 Mini Cooper S Countryman All4 Manual – Instrumented Test

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Express Yourself! Mini Cooper S Countryman All4 Manual Tested

– The automobile has been a form of expression since its inception, but there have been few brands to live and breathe that philosophy as holistically as has Mini. Both in its original incarnation and since its rebirth more than 15 years ago under BMW stewardship, the British marque has built its reputation on creating […]

2017 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works All4 Manual – Instrumented Test

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2017 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works All4 Manual Tested

– Minis stopped making fiscal and literal sense when they ceased being mini in size or price. That isn’t to say all Minis lack fundamental appeal. Take, for example, the Clubman. Ironically, although it’s the largest, most expensive car in Mini’s lineup, the wagonlet is our favorite Mini. It has distinct styling and avoids the […]

2017 Mini Cooper Countryman ALL4 1.5T Manual: Mini Gets Maxi

– Sir Alec Issigonis, the man responsible for the original Mini, surely never anticipated a Mini crossover SUV. Even so, he may have begrudgingly approved of BMW’s first crack at the Countryman variant, which, for all of its faults, drove like a plus-size Mini Cooper. The all-new Countryman, though, moves the needle even further away […]

If you don’t like SUVs, the JCW MINI All4 Clubman is an insanely fun alternative

The MINI Clubman has always been a weird car. The first iteration of MINI’s effort to provide more versatility that one could get with the “original” MINI two-door (itself a BMW reworking of a classic British car from the 1960s). Enter in the mid-2000s an offbeat design that feature a small, additional pair of gate-swinging […]