The Classic Mini Timeline: 40 Years That Changed Everything
There is a version of automotive history where the Mini is a footnote, a clever economy car that solved a fuel crisis and then quietly faded. Luckily what Alec Issigonis delivered on...
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The Future of the MINI Cooper: What We Know So Far
The next generation MINI Cooper won’t arrive until the early 2030s at the earliest. And yet the questions surrounding it are already some of the most interesting in MINI’s recent history. Not...
MINI USA Opens Registration for MINI Takes the State 2026
MINI USA has officially opened registration for MINI Takes the States 2026, marking not just another run of the brand’s most iconic owner rally, but a significant milestone. This year celebrates 20...
MINI at 67: The Key Moments in the History of MINI
Before MINI became a premium small car success story under BMW, it was something far rarer: a genuine revolution on four wheels. How did it unfold? We have a full timeline of...
The Modern MINI Turns 25: How BMW Reinvented an Icon for the Modern Era
There are anniversaries, and then there are inflection points. For MINI, 2026 is both. It marks 25 years since the rebirth of the brand under BMW Group, a moment that could have...
MINI Goes All-In on Customization at Auto China 2026 with Vagabund Debut and 14-Car Showcase
At Auto China 2026 in Beijing, MINI arrives with one of its most expansive and unconventional showings in recent memory. That matters because this isn’t a typical product showcase. It’s a statement...
MINI x Vagabund Concept Review: When Restraint Finally Takes a Holiday
With the Vagabund concepts, it’s now clear MINI is entering into a new era of its design langauge. After years of disciplined minimalism, sometimes bordering on austerity, the brand is stepping into...
The JCW Race Team Finishes The Olympus Rally Outside of the Top Three
After a podium finish in its first rally, the JCW Race Team’s rookie season is becoming a bit grueling. Both the JCW Cooper and JCW Countryman finished off the podium in what...
MINI Heads Into ARA Olympus Rally With Momentum and Optimism
This weekend, the brand heads west to tackle one of the most iconic events on the American stage, the Olympus Rally. Held April 17–19 in Shelton, Washington, the event is equal parts speed,...
Japan, MINI and the Art of Automotive Obsession
There are countries that like cars, and then there’s Japan, a place that doesn’t just appreciate the automobile but elevates it into something closer to cultural currency. But spend a few days...
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Are New MINIs Actually Selling? A Deep Dive Into MINI USA’s Q1 2026 Sales
A 10% drop isn’t catastrophic. But it’s meaningful, especially now that the full lineup is in market. MINI is asking fewer products to do more work. The Clubman is gone. The range...
MINI JCW F66 vs. the Tail of the Dragon: An Old Test for the New JCW
There are few roads in America that carry mythology quite like Deals Gap. Straddling the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, this remote stretch of US 129, better known as the Tail...
Our Favorite MINI April Fools’ Pranks
There are two types of automotive April Fools’ jokes. The lazy ones, dashed off by brands that should know better, and the rare good ones, the kind that feel just plausible enough...
The 25th Anniversary of the New MINI Cooper – Building a Brand While Reinventing an Icon
Reinventing a car is one thing. Reinventing a car while simultaneously inventing a brand is something else entirely. It’s a story that often gets lost in the narrative but sets the MINI’s...
The Science Behind That New MINI Smell
For years MINI owners have had their own version of a familiar automotive joke. Open the door to a brand new MINI, slide into the driver’s seat, and there it is. That...
Revisiting the U25 Countryman JCW: MINI’s Most Powerful Car Ever
There’s a predictable cycle to every new MINI. The first drive is all adrenaline and first impressions. The specs dominate the conversation, the design gets endlessly dissected, and enthusiasts immediately begin comparing...
MINI USA Celebrates 24 Years & 1 Million Sold: How the MINI Cooper Found America and Built Something Bigger
This week MINI USA celebrates its 1 millionth car sold and its 24th birthday. So we wanted to look back at the start of this improbable journey for a brand that most...
New Details Confirm MINI Could Have Built a Manual JCW GP3 — So Why Didn’t It?
The F56 MINI JCW GP3 has always felt like a contradiction. It’s one of the fastest, most aggressive MINIs ever built, producing over 300 horsepower and 331 lb-ft of torque, with styling...
Are the New MINIs Actually Selling? We Now Have Our Answer
For the last year or so, one question has hung over MINI like a stubborn warning light: how would buyers respond to this new generation? Not just to the new designs, although...
The New Electric BMW i3 Might Be the Most Important New Car for MINI in 2026
There are moments in BMW Group history when a new car feels bigger than a normal launch. For MINI fans, those moments matter even more because what starts in Munich has a...
Paddy Hopkirk Memorial Foundation
db and Gabe were joined by Norm Nelson and Eric Newland, President and Vice President of the Paddy Hopkirk Memorial Foundation. They are building a life-sized bronze monument of Paddy and his...
The Best MINI Manual Ever? A Deep Dive Into the F56 JCW’s Surprising Getrag 6-Speed
For enthusiasts who still insist on three pedals, the manual gearbox in the modern JCW hatch may be one of the most underrated parts of the car. Beneath the compact bodywork of...
Stability at BMW Group, and What It Quietly Means for MINI
At first glance, BMW Group’s latest earnings report reads like the sort of corporate document designed to induce mild drowsiness. There are margins to discuss, tariffs to acknowledge, and the usual parade...
MINI Heads Back to the Forest for the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
This weekend MINI USA and the John Cooper Works Race Team return to the American Rally Association championship for the second round of the 2026 season. The March 13–14 event, based around...
2025 MINI Cooper C Review: The Return of Momentum
The 2025 MINI Cooper C is not the car enthusiasts think it is. On paper it sits at the bottom of the lineup. It carries the least prestigious badge and is the...
MINI Climbs to Third in J.D. Power Dependability Study, A Major Milestone for Quality
For decades, MINI ownership came with a small, unspoken disclaimer. The cars were charming, quick and bursting with personality. Reliability, however, was sometimes treated as more of a suggestion than a promise....
What If JCW Looked Like the Machina? How MINI Could Evolve Its Performance Halo
JCW has been on a tear with record sales globally in 2025. But the brand also feels like it’s at a crossroads. MINI has allowed the look of the JCW to be...
MINI Rally Return Starts With a Podium and It’s Just Getting Started
The 2026 American Rally Association season began exactly the way MINI hoped it might, sideways, snow-covered and standing on a podium. At the February 6–7 Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan, MINI USA...
The Secret AWD MINI That Could Have Changed JCW Forever
In 2004, while the R53 MINI Cooper S was busy redefining what a modern hot hatch could be, Getrag was testing something that might have redefined MINI itself: a compact, torque vectoring...
A Look Back at the Best Looking F66 MINI Cooper Yet, The Elie Saab One Off
If you ask us what the best looking F66 MINI Cooper is to date, the answer is easy. It is the Elie Saab Cooper S. Not just because of the sculptural copper...
BMW Pauses Level 3 Rollout – What It Might Mean for MINI Autonomous Driving
For some MINI owners, hands off, eyes off driving has always felt fundamentally off brand. The joy of a MINI is not in disengagement. It is in the tactility, the immediacy, the...
MINI’s Latest Special Edition Rewinds to 1965 Monte Carlo Glory
Just one week after unveiling its latest GP inspired special edition, MINI is back with another heritage play. The new MINI 1965 Victory Edition is a design focused, appearance driven package with...
MINI Takes the States 2026: Three Weekends, Nine Cities, One Very Big Birthday
In 2006, MINI USA did something that felt slightly unhinged and completely on brand. It invited owners to drive across the country in celebration of the new GP and called it MINI...
New Leaderships Takes the Wheel at MINIUSA as Mike Peyton Departs
BMW Group has announced that Sean Green will assume the role of Vice President, MINI Region Americas, effective May 1, 2026. He succeeds Mike Peyton, who has decided to pursue opportunities outside...