Sitting inside the vastly upgraded Volcanic Orange 2014 Mini Hardtop Cooper S had me reaching into the depths of my memory, accessing moments from December, when the last-gen limited-edition Mini ...
If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone from Mini refer to ‘go-kart-like handling,’ I’d be retired, living on a beautiful piece of coastline somewhere in the Caribbean. Perhaps even on the ...
ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: After some time in a Paceman, Mini was going to need quite the charmer to get me back on its side. I did not think a $37,000, automatic-equipped S Hardtop would do the ...
The Mini Cooper received a major redesign just over a year ago, growing in size once again and gaining an all-new powerplant in the form of a turbocharged 1.5-liter TwinPower three-cylinder engine.
In our recent $30,000 Cheap Speed Challenge the Volkswagen GTI bested a field of eight contenders to take the win. However, the redesigned Mini Cooper was not part of that test. Things don’t always ...
Big wheels. Automobile designers and consumers alike often fall for the way a car looks when its wheelwells are full of cast-aluminum and rubber. Unfortunately, life is full of compromises. Larger ...
The 2014 MINI Cooper hardtop is the first entire, top-to-bottom redesign of the iconic British minicar. In its base form, with a new 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine and a six-speed manual ...
Cars.com caught wind of the Mini Cooper Hardtop’s lowered fuel-economy ratings a few weeks ago while, coincidentally, a 2014 Mini Cooper S with a manual transmission sat in our test fleet. Talk about ...
My favorite driving roads in the Austin area come up after Mopac dead ends into RM 1826 in Hays County. Then you're on some really nice, winding Hill Country roads down by Driftwood, Dripping Springs, ...