I’m not ashamed to say I’m a petrolhead and I have a collection of classic cars, but my 1963 Mini Cooper S stands out. I love driving it around the racetrack ... Sitting around a fire late into the ...

Cold-hard data backs it up… right? In December 2024 the Mini Cooper hatch was the fourth-best selling car in the country. But Mini’s overall sales in its homeland were fractionally down in 2024.

Mini launched its new John Cooper Works range-topper at the Detroit auto show. While based on the regular Mini Cooper S – it uses the same basic engine, for example – the JCW model features ...