how BMW quietly rebuilt the MINI Cooper with the UKL Platform
Every MINI Cooper built since 2014 owes its bones to a BMW board decision that had nothing to do with MINI at all. BMW needed a way to build small, front-wheel-drive premium...
Can Electric Performance Cars Ever Truly Satisfy Enthusiasts?
For years, the assumption was simple. Once electric vehicles reached maturity, performance would naturally follow. Faster acceleration, smarter chassis control, limitless tuning potential. On paper, electric cars should be the ultimate enthusiast...
2026 MINI Cooper Buying Guide:Â Pricing, Trims, and What to Buy
If you are shopping for a new 2026 MINI Cooper in the United States, this is the point in the product cycle where things get interesting. The big design and technology changes...
JCW Hits Record Highs as Performance Still Matters in a Changing MINI Lineup
While much of MINI’s 2025 narrative centers on electrification and crossovers, there is another story hiding in plain sight. Performance is not going away. In 2025, MINI John Cooper Works sales increased...
MINI EV Sales Top 100,000 Units in 2025, Reaching 30% of Global Sales
Globally, MINI delivered 105,535 fully electric vehicles, an 87.9 percent increase year over year. For the first time in the brand’s history, electric models accounted for more than 30 percent of total MINI sales, pushing...
Did the MINI Cooper Go Too Far With Fabric Interiors?
One of MINI most controversial additions to the Cooper in its 2024 redesign was the fabric dash and door trim. So much so that, when we wrote about the upcoming 2028 MINI...
Global MINI Sales Surge in 2025 as EV Share Grows
MINI closed 2025 with one of its strongest global performances in years, signaling that the brand’s reset is not just a North American story. Worldwide, MINI delivered 288,290 vehicles, an increase of 17.7 percent...
2028 MINI Cooper F66 LCI Preview: Design Revisions & The Manual Returns?
Over the last 12 years MINI Cooper has been on a path of methodical evolution rather than reinvention. Each refresh has historically been about sharpening the edges, refining the details, and nudging...
The Manual May Still Have a Future at MINI and Here’s How It Could Come Back
In the continuing saga of MINI and the manual transmission, there might be a new chapter. For a brand that built its modern identity on driver engagement, the disappearance of the manual...
How BMW Almost Killed The Combustion MINI Cooper
MINI, and BMW more broadly, have been smarter than most automakers in their expansion into electric vehicles. Yes, there have been missteps. But the key to their enviable position today is a...
How MINI Changed Its EV Strategy and What It Means for the Brand’s Future
In 2021, MINI made one of the boldest commitments of any legacy automaker, announcing it would become fully electric by 2030. Four short years later, those plans and the models that were...