Fifty years later, it's still big fun.
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The Mini Cooper Clubman is the epitome of a niche vehicle.
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Mini is looking to simplify and purify its offerings at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show.
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Designers traded the rear seats for some extra style.
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Because even a stellar city car like the Mini Cooper convertible needs a break now and then.
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If you like the Mini formula in hardtop form, you'll love the 2009 Mini Cooper S Convertible.
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We drive the world's greatest beach car; pity about the torque steer.
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Ready or not, electric cars are coming. Mini is the latest brand to join the kilowatt club with a clever conversion called - minus Verne Troyer's blessing - the Mini E.
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To check how the Mini Cooper S weathered the automotive-evolution storm, we ordered a second-generation edition and fed it into the Automobile Magazine staff rotation for four seasons of use, abuse, criticism, and candor.
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Welcome back, sunshine. The 2009 Mini Cooper Convertible and Mini Cooper S Convertible finally earn all the updates their coupe cousins received two years ago.
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Of course, the Wall Street meltdown and attendant consumer credit freeze - not to mention tens of thousands of pink slips handed down in October - didn't just affect GM, or the domestic auto makers.
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Does a brand that celebrates its smallness compromise itself by bringing out a larger model?
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The factory-built 2009 Mini E electric vehicle is a different type of CAFE racer.
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No longer just a dealer-installed package, the John Cooper Works Mini can be ordered direct from the factory. We drive the most powerful Minis yet.
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Less is more, more or less. Cool small cars such as the Mini Cooper, the Volvo C30, and the Fiat 500 are just what the doctor ordered for us obese Americans.
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Longer, and now with dinky doors. Is a bigger Mini really what the world needs?
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The John Cooper Work tuning kit (JCW) wasn't a simple upgrade on the last-generation Mini Cooper S: it was labor-intensive to install and included expensive items like a new supercharger and cylinder head.
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Over the next few years, the number of automakers offering diesel engines will continue to increase. Below is a list of forthcoming diesel cars we know about -- and when to expect them to go on sale.
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Every year, awards are given for the best in automotive media. Our winners are listed below. Congratulations, everyone!
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Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote that: "For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." What a shame it is that he didn't live long enough to buy himself something with a heap of torque so that he
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When you boil it all down, there's only one thing to say about the new Mini: it looks a lot like the old Mini. Yes, it's better; yes, it's faster; yes, the engineers continually emphasize the number of parts that aren't shared with the outgoing car. But the po
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We take the all-new Mini Cooper on an adventure across the Spanish countryside. Check out the pictures here.
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Adria, Italy As a send-off for the current Mini Cooper, Mini is offering the Cooper S with the John Cooper Works GP kit, a stripped-down, pumped-up version for 415 of the hard-core faithful. The GP dumps its rear seats and rear wiper and forgoes options such a
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BMW's Mini brand has sold more than 800,000 of its cheeky little Coopers, so clearly auto journalists are not its only fans. And although it is as adorable today as it was when it launched in 2002, a new one is on its way for next year. Not just a refresh, thi
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Cheeky upscale practicality.
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