The Mini Cooper S gets the letter-sport treatment by way of JCW. It’s cool but pricey, making us wonder if $60K could be better spent elsewhere. The alphabet is a magic pudding provider of ...

My favorite non-Go-Kart mode was Core, which turned on the Mini’s massaging front seats. Our test vehicle had John Cooper Works sport seats instead of more comfort-oriented ones, but I still ...

and the only way to select your own gears in a 2025 Mini Cooper S is by opting into several option packages that will eventually include a sports steering wheel with paddle shifters. To get those ...

A Sport drive mode surely cures all ills ... there’s still some fun to be found in the 2025 Mini Cooper S. The point between cornering grip and brake balance isn’t hard to find thanks to ...

Mini continues its portfolio overhaul with the ... (rather than the previous turbo three-cylinder), and the sportier Cooper S. Following past tradition, it’s safe to assume a higher-performance ...

The Mini Cooper has its charms, being thoroughly stylish, powerful and – for the most part – good to drive. It has its flaws and there are objectively better small cars, but the Cooper has ...

The Cooper S only has 201bhp and weighs 1,285kg. Despite all the ‘go kart mode’ pretentiousness, no-one’s seriously expecting this to be a modern track day star. Even the most recent Mini GP ...

Mini Cooper S: This is still recognizably Mini and ... “While it’s still not the same as an olden-days sports car with unassisted or hydraulic steering in terms of road feel,” espouses ...

and the only way to select your own gears in a 2025 Mini Cooper S is by opting into several option packages that will eventually include a sports steering wheel with paddle shifters. To get those ...

The Mini Cooper has its charms, being thoroughly stylish, powerful and – for the most part – good to drive. It has its flaws and there are objectively better small cars, but the Cooper has ...