I’m currently rebuilding an R53 Mini Cooper S. It’s getting an aftermarket exhaust and a comprehensive suspension and brake refresh to take it from neglected near-classic to road-ready hot hatch. But ...

BMW sure knew how to keep interest in its new Mini rolling when the car was first launched in 2001. Just as we'd become accustomed to the new interpretation of an icon, along came the Cooper S to ...

I just bought another R53 MINI Cooper S, and the big question is why this small hot hatch keeps pulling me back in. This video looks at what makes the R53 Cooper S so addictive, from its supercharged ...

The aftermarket world is like an endless gold mine, offering something for everybody, from light tweaks like adding new wheels to completely changing everything about a car. And the German tuners ...

Under the bonnet was the same supercharged Tritec 1.6-litre four-cylinder as found in the Cooper S and S Works, but with its Eaton M45 supercharger faster spinning, a revised intake system improving ...

The first-generation BMW-made Mini Cooper S has a fatal flaw. It’s not a faulty timing chain, an exploding power steering pump, or even a self-immolating ECU. It’s the oil dipstick. Come again? Due to ...

The new Mini range has impressed most critics but divided opinion among Mini enthusiasts, meaning that some will be looking to the outgoing F56 Mini Cooper S (to which the new petrol models are ...

BMW sure knew how to keep interest in its new Mini rolling when the car was first launched in 2001. Just as we'd become accustomed to the new interpretation of an icon, along came the Cooper S to ...