While I've always been a rear-wheel drive aficionado, I can appreciate the front-wheel drive mindset. After all, a bit of torque steer never hurt anybody and when it's packaged up in a little pocket ...

Mini brought most of its lineup to Savannah, Georgia, where the low-country food is spectacular, but tight, twisty, hilly byways capable of showcasing a Mini’s go-kart nature are nonexistent. So a ...

Convertibles are a vanishingly rare body style in the North American market, especially affordable ones. You can count on one hand the number of drop-top vehicles available for less than $50,000: the ...

The MINI Convertible family is all-new for a fourth generation in 2025, with three distinct models for North America: Cooper (Cooper C in Canada), Cooper S, and John Cooper Works (JCW). These cars ...

The 2025 Mini Cooper JCW is one of the more interesting new cars you can buy in the $40,000 range right now. Despite ditching the optional manual transmission for 2025, I have to admit I enjoyed ...

Michael Frank has been writing and editing car and motorcycle coverage for the past two decades. His outlets have included Forbes, Coolhunting, The Wall Street Journal, Car & Driver, Road & Track, The ...

Like others in the MINI family, the John Cooper Works (JCW) Hardtop is all-new for a fourth generation in 2025. Available in both two and four-door variants (three and five-door in Canada), these ...

Back in October we got a good look at the 2025 Mini Cooper John Cooper Works hardtop and convertible but could only wonder how the new car, measuring and weighing roughly the same, would feel on the ...