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As MINI’s designers begin thinking about the next generation of the lineup, it’s a good moment to contemplate what comes next for each model. For the Countryman, that’s a particularly interesting question. It’s the model MINI has evolved more than any other in the past twenty years, reshaping it with nearly every generation while the hatch stayed close to its roots.

“It looks to me that Mini is loss-making. Is that a brand BMW really needs long term?” That question landed on BMW’s most recent earnings call, the same one already picked apart for its plant-by-plant cost cutting plans

BMW development boss Joachim Post has confirmed to Autocar what MotoringFile has been circling for the better part of eighteen months: the next generation MINI Cooper EV is a genuine candidate for rear whee...

The contrast roof is arguably the single most identifiable cue MINI has ever put on a production car, more recognizable at a glance than the octagonal grille or the toggle switches on the dash. So five drops into MINI USA’s yearlong

There are moments in automotive history where engineering and culture collide so completely that the car stops being a product and becomes a mirror for its time. The Mini’s 1960s decade was one of those moments, and it has never been equalled. Not by the Volkswagen Beetle, not by the VW Golf, not by anything the industry has produced in the sixty-seven years since Alec Issigo...