The R56 MINI Cooper S, and also the Cooper, comes with a 1.6-liter engine. It's small, but so is the engine bay, so doing any mechanical work vaguely resembles contortionism. People keep complaining ...
It wasn’t simply that the R56 Mini Cooper S Hatch, which hit the road in 2007, was a couple of inches longer than the R53 that came before it. No, there was something else about the new model, too. It ...
The 2014 Cooper will come with a three-cylinder engine and the Cooper S will get a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, both with Mini’s TwinPower turbochargers. A higher-performing package will, of course, ...
Missing a whole year on the account of you know who might have proved providential for some of the most exotic attendees of the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed (July 8-11). Case in point, “Vini' the ...
If you’re a U.S. citizen hankering for a factory-tuned R56 MINI Cooper S, you’re officially in luck. MotoringFile has received the press release on the new JCW tuning package, and according to our ...
This first drive of a modified R56 Mini shows how upgrades transform performance and character. With engine tuning, suspension work, and styling changes, the Mini delivers sharper handling and a more ...
You’d think plugging a comparatively giant 4.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 into a tiny R56 Mini Cooper S would be a tricky project, wouldn’t you? Well, you’d be absolutely correct, because the ...
It wasn’t simply that the R56 Mini Cooper S Hatch, which hit the road in 2007, was a couple of inches longer than the R53 that came before it. No, there was something else about the new model, too. It ...