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  Mini 1275GT (1969 - 1980) (Classics Reviews)
  Seeking to save money, British Leyland replaced the Mini-Cooper with an uprated version of the Mini Clubman. However, just as the blunt-fronted Clubman lacked the character of the original Mini, so the 1275GT was a disappointment compared with the Cooper, with only a single-carburettor 1275cc
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  Mini Clubman (1969 - 1982) (Classics Reviews)
  The Clubman was British Leyland's attempt to modernise the Mini on a relatively tight budget. It had originally been intended as a hatchback, but ended up being little more than a smart revamp of the front-end. It was given a higher list price, and marketed as the upmarket Mini - a tactic
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  Innocenti Mini (1965 - 1975) (Classics Reviews)
  The best known of Innocenti’s models, produced in a varitey of specifications including the original Mini Minor', the 'Mini t' (Traveller) and 'Mini Cooper', as pictured here. The Mini Cooper remained in production after manufacture of the equivalent UK models ceased. The Innocenti
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  Mini Moke (1964 - 1993) (Classics Reviews)
  The Mini Moke was originally the brainchild of Alec Issigonis, who conceived it as a lightweight, simple, flat-pack vehicle for the military. However, the armed forced didn't fall for the Moke, preferring to play it safe with Land-Rovers. Instead, BMC sold the Moke as a fun fashion accessory
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  Mini Mk1 (1959 - 1967) (Classics Reviews)
  Alec Issigonis’s cheap small car for BMC was innovative with its front-wheel drive and spacesaving transverse engine layout but, more than that, it was incredibly entertaining to drive, even if it took buyers quite a while to cotton on. The Mini had a personality that few small cars
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  MINI John Cooper Works (2015 on) (Reviews)
  side, the suspension treads the line between ride quality and a fun drive very well. Fun though it may be, the MINI Cooper JCW isn’t without its flaws. The cabin, while very well-finished and attractive, is somewhat cramped. This is particularly true in the back, which is too tight
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  MINI Hatch 5-door (2014 on) (Reviews)
  MINI has been very good at filling niches, even ones we never knew existed until it launched a model. It’s surprising, then, this company took as long to offer a five-door version of the popular hatch. Amazingly, it took until 2014 for the five-door hatch to arrive, some 13 years after
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  MINI Paceman 2013 Road Test 9 Nov 2012 (roadtest)
  You have to admire the MINI brand. What started out as the 'new' MINI back in 2001 has expanded into a range of models including the Clubman, the Roadster and the Countryman. The latter raised a few eyebrows when it was unveiled
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  MINI E 2009 Road Test 18 Oct 2009 (roadtest)
  Guest Test of the MINI E all electric MINI by Martin Gurdon. Big car makers have been talking the talk about electric cars for years, but few have actually tried selling them. Prototypes are made, there are tightly controlled field trials involving ‘partners
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  MINI Convertible 2009 Road Test 15 Mar 2009 (roadtest)
  First a lesson in MINI product codes, just so we’re all clear about this. The first BMW MINI was coded R50, followed by the R52 convertible, while the Cooper S was designated R53. The second generation MINI hatchback is the R56. The Clubman version is the R55. And the new
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  MINI Clubman 2007 Road Test 21 Sep 2007 (roadtest)
  The R55 MINI Clubman is BMW's response to requests from MINI fans for MINI vans, with a bit more room in the back for carrying sports equipment, several people's luggage or more than a lampshade back from IKEA. No doubt about it the MINI is the biggest motoring marketing
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  MINI One 2007 Road Test 16 May 2007 (roadtest)
  Unlike the old MINI One, the new One is a 1.4 rather than a 1.6. So you can’t simply programme out the throttle restrictor to get Cooper performance from it. You have to settle for the 95PS it comes with. But, of course, the point of the One is to offer MINI
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  MINI Convertible 2005 Road Test 19 Sep 2005 (roadtest)
  When I tested an R50 MINI Cooper back in 2002 I reckoned it was the most fun car there was. Not the fastest by a long way. It didn’t need to be. The combination of size, grip and handling simply made it hugely enjoyable to drive at any speed it was capable of, even fairly slowly
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  MINI One 2004 Road Test 5 Feb 2004 (roadtest)
  It was two years since I’d driven a MINI. That long ago. Yet I could still remember the fun I’d had. Every control sharp and immediate. Steering, clutch, gearshift all feel like extensions of yourself. No slop at all. The engineers tried very hard to make it feel like a go
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  MINI Cooper 2002 Road Test 27 Mar 2002 (roadtest)
  I thought I was the last bloke in the country to get my hands on the new R50 MINI Cooper. Until I drove one to the auctions and half the traders wanted a go. First impressions: every control is sharp and immediate. Steering, clutch, gearshift all feel like
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  MINI (BMW) One (2001 - 2007) (Classics Reviews)
  During the dissolution of the former Rover Group, BMW allegedly cherry-picked the best bits and keeping the iconic Mini brand for itself. The rest, as they say, is history as the BMW new range of small MINI-badged cars sold like hot cakes. Much of the development of the car was carried
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  Mini Mk2-Mk5 (1967 - 1992) (Classics Reviews)
  Such was the rightness of the original Mini, that once it had reached Mk3 form, there really wasn't much left to improve - and so, between the late 1960s and early '90s, very little materially changed, other than trim and equipment. The short-lived Mk2 (1967-69) had received a new grille
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  Mini Cooper 970S (1964 - 1965) (Classics Reviews)
  Revvier and more fun than the 1071S
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  Mini Cooper 1275S (1964 - 1971) (Classics Reviews)
  to almost 100mph. Single-colour paint schemes were available alongside the usual two-tone ones, making these Coopers great little Q-cars, as there wasn’t too much else to distinguish one from a standard Mini. Hydrolastic suspension was introduced in 1964, then an oil cooler and twin fuel tanks
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  Mini Cooper 1071S (1963 - 1964) (Classics Reviews)
  John Cooper Garages had more experience with A-Series engines in the 1100cc racing class and put that knowledge to good use with the first Mini-Cooper S. Its enlarged 1071cc engine managed 70bhp and there were larger disc brakes to cope with its additional performance. Nothing much