Our Favorite MINI Mods That Actually Make a Difference
Skip the mirror caps—these are the upgrades that count. Whether you drive an R53 with a supercharger whine that sounds like a swarm of angry bees or a brand-new U25 Countryman that’s...
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MINI USA Is Preparing For Tariffs With 2026 Pricing Tweaks
Sales are up for MINI USA and MINI Global, but the brand isn’t taking any chances – especially with the US market. MINI USA has created a pricing strategy pre-positioning for tariff...
UK Relaunches EV Grant Making Some MINI EVs £3,750 cheaper
Just as the current US administration is turning off EV subsidies, the UK government is turning them back on. The UK government is back in the EV game with a new grant...
The Next Five Years of MINI: EV Dreams, ICE Realities, and the Brand’s Most Radical Pivot Yet
By all outward appearances, MINI is a brand straddling two worlds: the nostalgic charm of petrol-powered motoring and the sleek inevitability of the electric future. But dig deeper—past the Instagrammable retro-modernism and...
MINI Global Sales Surge 17% in 2025, Driven by New Models & EV Demand
After a challenging 2024 marked by production delays and model changeovers, MINI has delivered a decisive comeback in the first half of 2025. The brand sold 133,778 vehicles globally through the end...
The 2026 MINI Countryman to get Upgraded Battery and Charging Capabilities
The 2026 MINI Countryman SE ALL4 is set to receive two highly anticipated upgrades, boosting its range and expanding its charging capabilities (the latter specific to North America). Countryman Charging Updates MINI,...
Is the Lack of Manual Hurting MINI Cooper Sales?
In Q2 2025, MINI USA posted an impressive 29.1% year-over-year sales increase, thanks largely to stronger momentum from the new Cooper and Countryman models. YTD sales have climbed 19% compared with the same period in 2024. But...
2026 MINI USA Ordering Guide: JCW Style Package, Prices, Best Options
What’s the best way to spec your new MINI? For U.S. buyers, 2026 brings a host of updates worth knowing. Should you opt for the new JCW Style package or go all-in...
The Ultimate Guide to MINI’s Red, White & Blue Colors (2001–2025)
To mark the Fourth of July, MINI USA brought out its lineup of red, white, and blue colors outside its of North America HQ in New Jersey. Whether you see it as...
MINI Officially Launches New JCW Accessories for the F66 MINI Cooper
After months of anticipation, MINI has officially pulled the wraps off its JCW accessory lineup for the 2025 F66 MINI Cooper—a collection designed to visually connect the road-going hatch to the brand’s...
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MINI’s U.S. Comeback: New Cooper and Countryman Push Sales Up 29% in Q2
MINI USA is firmly back in growth territory. After a challenging 2024 marked by model transitions and supply constraints, Q2 2025 sales surged 29.1% year-over-year, with year-to-date sales up 19%. It’s a...
Agents of Fun: MINI’s Spy Thriller Campaign Pairs Jack Lowden & the New JCW Cooper
MINI’s latest campaign isn’t just a car ad—it’s a cinematic short film led by actor (and Golden Globe nominee) Jack Lowden. Styled as a sharp, espionage-inspired thriller, Agents of Fun ditches tired...
Callum and Wood & Pickett Reimagine the Classic Mini with £75,000 Coachbuilt Precision
Famed Design Ian Callum and renowned coahbuilder Wood & Pickett are reimagining the classic Mini as a £75,000/$125,000 Singer like retro-build. When news first broke of Callum’s collaboration with the revived Wood...
BMW is Replacing Carbon Fiber With Lighter, Stronger & More Sustainable
What starts on the racetrack doesn’t always stay there—at least not when BMW Group sees a future in it. After years of R&D and real-world abuse in motorsport, natural fiber composites—think flax...
MINI Places P2 in the Nurburgring 24 Hours! (Developing…)
After a grueling 24 hours, MINI has taken the checkered in P2 in the SP 3T class. While it’s not a class win like last year, it’s a huge result for the...
Live Updates & Streaming: MINI at the 2025 Nurburgring 24 Hours
The MINI Bulldog Racing Team is once again taking on its role of giant killer at the most grueling 24 Hours race in the world: The 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Follow below...
2026 MINI Cooper S JCW Style Package Officially Hits US Showrooms: Pricing, Features and Ordering Guide
Since the introduction of the F66 generation, MINI fans in the U.S. have had two big asks: bring back the manual or give us shift paddles. While the manual is still MIA,...
MINI’s Nurburgring 24 Hours Driver Line-Up is Set and there’s a Surprise Addition
MINI has just unveiled the full roster for its 2025 Nürburgring 24?hour assault—and eyes will be locked on one big change: Charlie Cooper won’t be behind the wheel. Instead, Bulldog Racing and...
How a Manual MINI and Charlie Cooper Took on the 2023 Nurburgring 24 Hours
MINI at the Nürburgring 2023: A Manual Gearbox, a Podium Finish, and a Story Worth Telling This weekend MINI heads back to the Nurburgring to tackle the famous 24 Hour race. So...
MINI Superleggera: Approved Electric Roadster That Never Reached Production
How MINI’s most jaw-dropping concept went electric, almost reached showrooms and still shapes the brand today. Buried in BMW’s 2014 product minutes sits a line that still raises eyebrows: “MINI Superleggera –...
MINI Cooper JCW Targets Back-to-Back Nürburgring 24 Hours Victories
MINI and Bulldog Racing are heading back to the Nürburgring 24 Hours—not to bask in the glow of last year’s SP-3T class victory, but to defend it. After their 2024 triumph, the...
Video Review: The 2025 MINI Cooper JCW – What’s New, Improved & Missing
We recently spent a day behind the wheel of the new MINI Cooper JCW (F66) and came away with three positives and three negatives. Unlike our first few drives with the new...
White Roof Radio 700: A Trail of Ibuprofen
The 700th meeting under the White Roof has us looking back a bit before we dive into some rather dramatic MINI news. But first, did you know MINI made a Rolls Royce?...
Paddy Hopkirk’s Iconic 1966 Winning Monte Carlo Mini Cooper S Is for Sale
In the pantheon of motorsport legends, few cars have etched their names as indelibly as the Mini Cooper S. Among these, one stands out—not just for its rallying prowess but for the...
Track-Day Bucket List: Inside MINI’s Performance Driving School at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The following is a throwback and repost of our experience at MINI’s Performance Driving School at the Indianapolis Speedway from 2014. Unfortunately the Speedway has since discontinued performance driving programs like this....
2025 MINI JCW Electric UK Reviews Are In: Performance Meets Polarizing Ride
MINI UK just handed the keys to the new JCW Electric (J01) over to the British press, and while we’ve logged serious seat time in the petrol-powered JCWs, we haven’t yet driven...
2025 MINI Cooper F66 vs F56: The Full Breakdown After 12 Months Behind the Wheel
At first glance, it’s easy to assume the new F66 MINI Cooper is just a lightly updated F56. But look closer, and the story gets far more interesting. Despite sharing the same basic...
The F66 MINI Cooper: Why the Brand’s Oldest Model Might Be Its Best
At first glance, the F66 MINI Cooper might seem like the least exciting car in MINI’s next-generation lineup. No all-new platform. No ground-up redesign. No wild proportions or radical materials. In fact, it looks…...
MINI USA Showcases 2025 Convertible at Miami Swim Week with Summer Vibes
In a move that perfectly aligns with its brand ethos of fun, individuality, and style, MINI USA recently took center stage at Miami Swim Week to unveil the 2025 MINI Convertible. This...
In 2022, MINI Took a Radical JCW GP to the Nürburgring 24—Here’s What Happened
The JCW GP is the pinnacle of performance for the MINI brand. But until 2022, there had never been a factory-backed effort to take it racing. That changed when MINI partnered with...
BMW’s Solid-State Battery Breakthrough—How It Transform MINI EVs
BMW just hit a major milestone: it’s now actively testing all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells in a BMW i7 prototype. Developed in collaboration with Solid Power, these smaller, lighter next-gen batteries are finally seeing their first road testing—marking...
Top 5 MINI Concepts That Should Have Made Production
After chronicling every MINI concept from the past three decades, one question kept surfacing in our inbox (and frankly, in our own heads): which ones should have been built? So we went...
MINI’s Manual Transmission Future Once Again Looks Grim
According to officials from MINI Australia and New Zealand, MINI’s current generation lineup will not see the manual transmission return. If true it’s cold water on news we’ve reported (directly from MINI...
Stellantis to Re-Introduce Combustion, the Manual Transmission Fiat 500 – Could MINI Follow?
In a surprising turn of events, Fiat has taken a bold step by transforming its electric 500e into a hybrid model equipped with a manual transmission. This move comes in response to...