BMW sure knew how to keep interest in its new Mini rolling when the car was first launched in 2001. Just as we'd become accustomed to the new interpretation of an icon, along came the Cooper S to ...

I’m currently rebuilding an R53 Mini Cooper S. It’s getting an aftermarket exhaust and a comprehensive suspension and brake refresh to take it from neglected near-classic to road-ready hot hatch. But ...

CoverEFX is an aftermarket specialist that has made an obsession for wrapping cars, but sometimes likes to go beyond the surface. This is one of those times, and we are here to show you what the ...

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It doesn’t seem that long ago (even though it actually was) that a Mini like the one seen here was the not-a-proper-Mini. It was too big to ever be a Mini kind of Mini - a Bini. How the tables have ...

The aftermarket world is like an endless gold mine, offering something for everybody, from light tweaks like adding new wheels to completely changing everything about a car. And the German tuners ...

Car wrapping specialist CoverEFX has presented not one, but two more takes on the first new generation of the MINI John Cooper Works [JCW] sports hatch with the R53 designation. Both cars feature a ...

The first-generation BMW-made Mini Cooper S has a fatal flaw. It’s not a faulty timing chain, an exploding power steering pump, or even a self-immolating ECU. It’s the oil dipstick. Come again? Due to ...

The Porsche 924 is known for its sharp handling but modest power… until now! In this video, I drive Chris’s 924, upgraded ...

The second generation of the new MINI from the BMW Group has been with us since 2007 but the tuning industry has yet to let go of the Mk1 hatch and especially the Cooper S model with the R53 ...