Throughout the final year of this generation of Mini Cooper, the Anglo-German brand has been rolling out limited editions about every 90 days. We got the Mini 20 Years Edition last September, the Mini ...

Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a ...

The Mini Cooper S F56 with 6-speed manual transmission is so much fun. It rev-matches on down shifts which I wish could be disabled but other than that it is fantastic. Driving stick in traffic ...

The world still wants manuals, Mini maintains, so it’s upping its manual model count to nine, starting in March. “Fun to drive” was the top characteristic respondents most associated with a manual ...

Last month, Mini announced a special “1to6” manual model that was widely reported to be its last three-pedal car ever. But those reports seemingly jumped the gun, as sources inside Mini indicate its ...

MINI is on a roll, ladies and gentlemen, as this year, we have seen quite a lot of introductions from such a small and niche automotive brand. Add two more entries to the roster – John Cooper Works ...

BMW-owned MINI temporarily halted production of manual cars in May 2022 due to supply chain issues, with the British automaker noting the chip shortage and the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the main ...

Of all the automakers we’ve talked with so far, Mini seems to sell the largest percentage of its cars with a manual transmission. A representative from the company shared numbers with us that show 11% ...

Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). Mini is a brand ...

Between all the auto manufacturers moving to electric platforms — MINI and parent company BMW included — and the decades-long domination of automatic transmissions in the U.S. market, it can often ...