Sometimes you find the car, sometimes the car finds you. I’ve long loved the first-generation “new” Minis, known by their chassis code R53, but never quite been in the right place at the right time to ...

I’m currently rebuilding an R53 Mini Cooper S. It’s getting an aftermarket exhaust and a comprehensive suspension and brake refresh to take it from neglected near-classic to road-ready hot hatch. But ...

Q.I want to French in PT Cruiser taillights and Mini Cooper headlights on a 'glass 1941 Willys. I will be 17 in six months, and I just got my driver's license; my future is riding on your help.

Listen to that sweet small-block Chevy exhaust rumble as Duane Smith backs his home-built V-8-swapped 2003 Mini Cooper S out of the garage.