The new Mini Cooper SD twin-turbo diesel has just been revealed. With 170 hp (125 kW) and a 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h) time of just 7.2 seconds with the optional 6-speed Steptronic transmission, the SD ...

The MINI Cooper S name first graced the classic Mini back in 1963 and during the ensuing half century it has represented the ultimate performance Mini, having won the Monte Carlo rally three times ...

Do you remember the exact moment when every manufacturer scrambled to add a high-riding SUV to their line-up? It was around the time the Nissan Qashqai started to become a runaway sales success. As a ...

What is it? The Mini Cooper SD, the high performance diesel variant of the ever-popular small car. It’s not only the Mini’s most powerful diesel option yet, but the biggest engine in its 54-year ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

This Mini has a long name, huh? Yep, but there are only two initials you really need to pay much attention to – SD. We’ve driven the new Mini Countryman before, as a Cooper S petrol, but given it’s a ...

This is the Mini Cooper SD, and it is the most powerful diesel ever slotted into the not-actually-that-small supermini. The hatch, drop-top, Countryman and Clubman are now being offered with BMW's 2.0 ...

Although the MINI Countryman Cooper SD is very easy to like - the punchy engine, lively handling and characterful design ensure that - the price tag means it’s not the model we’d go for. A Cooper D is ...

The Sun might be a familiar sight now, but it was pelting it down as I drove my 1959 Mini – whose engine started to splutter and hiccup just as old Mini engines used to do when drowning – to the ...

Cooper SD or Cooper S? The petrol engine offers sharper acceleration and a cheerful exhaust noise, but this SD is just as much fun and much more frugal. It’s not the most practical hot hatch by far, ...