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For the 13th consecutive year, Mini is donating one of its models to the Vienna Life Ball, which raises money for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. This year, the car of choice is a 2013 Mini Paceman bedecked by fashion designer Roberto ...    Read more

Luck favors the prepared, and as it turned out, we were ready when we saw the 2014 Mini Cooper driving Southern California's Pacific Coast Highway at Point Mugu when we were evaluating vehicles for an upcoming crossover comparison. Overlooking the highway from a sand dune, our resident photographer Jason Davis snapped ...    Read more

Days after the brand's 11th anniversary of its US launch, and introduction of the new Mini Paceman, Mini announced its 500,000th vehicle sold. During the 2013 New York Auto Show, there was a counter at their display, where they kept track of how many vehicles they have sold. During the ...    Read more

Who'd have thought that most automakers, conservative in their business, would liven up a little for April Fool's Day, one of the best holidays of the year? Some have better senses of humor than others; some are a little more plausible than others. We've gathered up automakers' April Fool's pranks, ...    Read more

BMW and its slightly English, definitely smaller subsidiary, Mini, have priced two of their new models: The 2014 BMW 328i Sports Wagon and the 2013 Mini Cooper Clubvan. Let's get down to business on the details: 2014 BMW 328i Sports Wagon to Start from $42,345 Much like any other BMW 328i model, ...    Read more

As we've already explained, the 2013 Mini Paceman Cooper S makes no sense until you drive it. The idea of a two-door crossover makes as much sense as eating mayonnaise straight from the jar. And yet, when you get behind the wheel, you find it to be a ...    Read more

Forget the practical side of Automotive.com. Outside of having two cup holders, two seats, and a gas tank, there's nothing remotely pragmatic about the 2013 Mini Cooper JCW GP. A going away party of sorts for the seven-year-old hatchback before it gets replaced at the end of this year, the ...    Read more

"Hey, I know, how about we take our small crossover and get rid of two doors?" You can imagine in the case of the 2013 Mini Paceman Cooper S, this conversation took place in a bar instead of a boardroom. Or maybe an English pub. Using the Mini Countryman crossover as its ...    Read more

Daredevil and Freestyle Rally racer, Guerlain Chicherit completes a full MINI backflip in the video below, released this past weekend. In the frigid landscape of snow in Tignes, France, Chicherit manages to once again complete a bold John Cooper Works leap of faith. Although the video is just over a minute, ...    Read more

With the 2013 North American International Auto Show behind us--better known as the Detroit auto show--it's time once again for us to pick the best and worst of the show. We call them Studs and Duds, and the rules are simple. To be considered a Stud, a car needs to ...    Read more

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MINI has announced pricing for its 2013 lineup including the John Cooper Works ($32,050), which is $60 more than the 2012 model. All prices include a $700 destination and handling fee, which is unchanged from the 2012 model year. Upon the arrival of the restructured John Cooper Works engine, an automatic ...    Read more

We're on the showroom floor of the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and will be covering all angles of the show. From vehicle unveils like the highly-anticipated 2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette to our Reporter's Notebook, we'll be providing unsurpassed coverage of everything we ...    Read more

Perhaps you remember the Chevrolet Sonic ad from a few months ago where skateboarder Rob Dyrdek kickflipped the car. That was gutsy. What Mini is doing is insane. Taking a highly modified Mini Countryman John Cooper Works, the automaker handed the car off to French daredevil Guerlain Chicherit to ...    Read more

Fiscal cliff, schmishcal schmiff. There was a late sense of fear felt in the U.S. economy that capped what has been the best sales year in the auto industry since 2007. As cars and houses are the U.S.'s primary movers and shakers, there was an underlying sense that if credit ...    Read more

While the Mini Paceman just made its U.S. introduction at the Los Angeles Auto Show last month, we've known it was coming for a while. Thankfully, Mini let us have our look at the new compact crossover coupe before unveiling the even hotter version: the 2013 Mini Paceman John Cooper ...    Read more

Light-duty vehicles and planes are about to share something in common: data recorders. Airplanes already have a data recorder--colloquially known as a "black box"--that records real-time flight data which is relied upon in the event of an accident. Now, all new light-duty cars and trucks may required to carry a ...    Read more

December often tends to fly by as many are wrapped in finding a Christmas tree or scouting out presents for loved ones. As a result, the purpose behind the big day is sometimes forgotten. Christmas is a time to reflect and help those that are less fortunate so in the ...    Read more

November couldn't have posed a more challenging month for automakers this side of another economic collapse. The Big 3 were under scrutiny from politicians during election season, and that only intensified as Republican candidate Mitt Romney told the American public that ...    Read more

Automotive value tracker ALG has announced its lists for the automakers and their cars with the highest residual values for 2012. Honda and Acura sit at the top of their respective lists for mainstream and premium brands for the first time in several years in ALG's study, showing that there's ...    Read more

There's something to be said for a girl who happens to be a flexible gymnast. No, not that. Get your mind out of the gutter! What can be said is this: She'd likely be good at helping set a world record when partaking in seeing how many people can fit into ...    Read more

IntelliChoice, one of our sister brands and also a leader in value analysis for cars and trucks, has named Hyundai and Volvo as its top two certified pre-owned brand car brands, ranking above the likes of Porsche, Lincoln, Mini, and Honda. In its CPO Car Awards, IntelliChoice divided automotive brands into ...    Read more

A team of gymnasts is looking to beat last year's world record by somehow fitting 28 people in a modern Mini Cooper. The women will gather tomorrow at Potter Fields Park in London for Guinness World Record Day. There, they will contort themselves into the car—they've been practicing at a local ...    Read more

If you ask people what they think of their Minis, whether it's the traditional Mini Cooper hatchback or any other model, you'll find resoundingly positive feedback. Mini models also enjoy some of the highest resale values in the industry. Yet, when you look at data from J.D. Power and other consumer ...    Read more

All good things will eventually come to an end. Such is the case with the October sales month, a clear signal that the summer sales months that culminated with record sales abound were gone and will return with the budding of new leaves, melting of snow, and temperatures greater than ...    Read more

How the times have changed, and fast. Consumer Reports just released its 2012 Car Reliability Survey and one of Detroit's strongest nameplates is sitting at the very bottom looking up. While Jaguar took the top spot for CR's worst rated brands, Ford finished close behind in second, followed by its ...    Read more