The new-generation Mini Cooper SE will come with a John Cooper Works edition, but this time it brings cosmetic changes only. The 2023 Cooper S two-door made 189 horsepower and 206 pound-feet of torque ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew MacConnell covers the evolving world of motoring. I believe in the saying: “Life’s too short to drive boring cars”. After ...

Mini Countryman John Cooper Works: John Cooper Works (JCW) variants have been the apotheosis of performance Minis for eons now, and any Mini boasting a JCW badge should have you and your passengers ...

An all-electric Mini tweaked by in-house performance tuners at John Cooper Works should be a blast. Will it keep pace with competition from Hyundai, Rivian, and others? Mini built a legacy on making ...

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With the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich less than a week away, we were kind of expecting to see some truly revolutionary, ready-for-production vehicles being announced already. Instead, for now, ...

MINI is growing up, though while a healthy embrace of electrification is on the menu for the 2025 model year, that's not to say the giddy gasoline versions are going anywhere quite yet. See, for ...

John Cooper was a trailblazing Formula 1 owner, his team pioneering the rear-mounted engine in the sport and winning two World Championships. Yet these days, the British engineer is best known for his ...

Mini became MINI after the BMW Group took control of the British automaker in 2000. The introduction of the R50-generation MINI Hatch in 2001 saw the company reinvent itself while staying true to its ...

According to Mini, the Countryman simply had to get bigger. Late last year at the 2025 Countryman JCW debut, a Mini spokesperson told us at AutoGuide that the largest Mini offering is that way to keep ...

For folks who enjoy thinking small, or who are smallish themselves, a BMW-made MINI seems just the ticket. Yet, even those of us of diminutive stature sometimes haul stuff and friends and could use a ...