Jalopnik: Cooper S

Mini Owners With Broken Fuel Pumps Ask: Where's Our Recall?

Justin Hyde — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:15:00 EDT

BMW's recall of fuel pumps on 130,000 turbo-powered vehicles left some Mini owners scratching their heads - since they've had the same kind of failure on their BMW-designed Cooper S models since 2007. Mini's reply? No recall here. More »

Mini Taunts Porsche With Hilarious Rocky IV Spoof

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:30:00 EDT

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Mini challenges Porsche to a race. Porsche says no. Mini says oh, c'mon!. Porsche says nothing. And now the people at Mini make the 911 out to be Ivan Drago in this hilarious Rocky IV spoof. 80's montage FTW! More »

Mini Launches Air Raid On Porsche Headquarters

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EDT

The sky above Porsche's North American headquarters hosted a Mini banner this morning that read "Dear Porsche, Bring It! Love, Mini." It appears Mini isn't backing down from its challenge, even if Porsche is. More »

Porsche Refuses To Race Mini

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:30:00 EDT

Porsche has declined Mini's offer to pit a 911 Carrera S against Mini Cooper S at Road Atlanta next week. Here is Porsche Cars North America President Detlev Von Platen explanation for why. More »

Mini Challenges Porsche To A Race, Porsche Considering It

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Mini is using the power of the Internet to challenge Porsche to a race, pitting their Mini Cooper S against Porsche's superior 911 Carrera S two weeks from today at Road Atlanta. Surprisingly, Porsche is actually considering it. More »

Mini Countryman: First Four-Door Further Bastardizes Brand

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:20:00 EST

The first four-door Mini, the Countryman, is officially here, continuing the tradition BMW started with the Clubman of watering down this beloved brand until it's almost completely unrecognizable. What's next, a Mini minivan called the "Familyman?" More »

"Motor-Tober" Campaign Hopes To Scare Up Mini Sales

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Mini's rolling out a campaign dubbed "Motor-Tober" to drum up interest in the lineup. The fall-theme includes the above ad and others, open houses at dealers, auto-cross events and the like. Wonder if there'll be a mini-pumpkin carving contest? [Twitpic] More »

Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini

Peter Orosz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen—winners, respectively, of the 1964 and 1967 Monte Carlo Rallies in Mini Cooper S’s—revisit the rally course 40+ years later in a convertible John Cooper Works Mini. More »

2009 MINI Cooper Clubman S, Part Three

Andrew Didorosi — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Why you should buy the 2009 MINI Cooper Clubman S: More »

2009 MINI Cooper Clubman S, Part Two

Andrew Didorosi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:40:00 EDT

Exterior Design: **** More »

2009 MINI Cooper Clubman S, Part One

Andrew Didorosi — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT

As interns at Jalopnik, we've got a pretty sweet gig. Admittedly, there are occasionally humdrum duties such as cleaning the tire debris off of Challengers and Corvette ZR1s, but at the end of the day, the perks outweigh everything else. Heavily. When two of us were tossed the keys to a fully-fueled 2009 MINI Cooper Clubman S so fresh its interior plastics were still off-gassing, and the only spoken rule was that it had to be at the airport the next morning to meet the boss man with most of its important bits still attached, our minds ran wild. A full trunk of camera gear in tow, we did what anyone would when presented the keys to a MINI S. We went straight to Hell. More »

Mini Sold Out In U.S., Reports AutoWeek

Andrew Stoy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:20:00 EDT

According to AutoWeek, U.S. Mini dealers are down to a one-day supply of vehicles, and the factory doesn't see any near-term way to alleviate the shortage. So far this year, Mini sales are up 33.6%, resulting in a total depletion of the company's in-stock vehicles. While the factory is cranking out approximately 800 cars a day, the magazine says they're just keeping up with pre-ordered vehicles at this point. We like to take any "sold-out" news with the obligatory grain of salt; as such, we decided to take a quick look at some dealer websites in an attempt to find a Mini for sale. More »

Car & Driver Drags Odd Couple Car Combos, Shows Mom's V6 Camry Is As Good As A WRX

Ray Wert — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:40:00 EDT

Well, not "as good" in every sense, or even more than one sense, of the term — but certainly just as quick in a 1/4 mile straight-line race. That's what the boys at Car & Driver found after spending the day at Milan Dragway pitting some of the strangest combinations of straight-line non-performance we've ever seen to see if Mom and Dad's daily driver can put the kibosh on performance oriented cars. Most importantly, they finally answer the question of who wins in a drag race between a Mini Cooper S and a Cadillac Escalade? The answer? The Cooper S in 0-to-60 time, the Escalade in 1/4-mile time and, oh yes, the ability to swallow the Cooper S whole. Check out all the combos via the link below. [Car & Driver] More »

New Mini Cooper JCW Spied on Nurburgring

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:45:00 EST

The wicked and worldly watermarkers at World Car Fans tracked down what they claim to be a prototype Mini Cooper S lapping the Ring that is Nurburg. Word-on-the-street says this will be a new, higher-output model for those who want more than the vanilla John Cooper Works R56. The new kit could be sporting a power increase to 215 hp for the 1.6-liter four-banger (from 192 hp) in addition to what appears to be a JCW exhaust, bigger brakes, new suspension, unique 18' JCW wheels and a new body kit. More details below... More »

Oh, Sir Alec! New Mini Production Delayed

Davey G. Johnson — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:30:00 EST

The latest iteration of Issigonis' revolutionary little icon of a hatchback has been postponed due to the necessity to retool some fuel-pump bits due to leaks affecting at least 3,000 turbo'd Cooper S models. The plant's currently shuttered for the holidays, and neither the Germans in Munich nor the Brits in Oxford have announced a date for full resumption of production. Still, better a late Mini than a potentially-asploding one, non? Also, Willie Nelson's Read Headed Stranger is a really, really good record. We just thought we'd throw that out there. – Davey G. Johnson More »