The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and BMW are recalling 89,911 Mini Cooper sedans equipped with a turbocharged engine. The electronic circuit board which controls the electrical water pump to cool the turbocharger may malfunction and smolder, possibly leading to an engine fire.

Federal investigators with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is trying to determine if the Mini Cooper sport coupes are literally hot cars.

Some days are better than others, especially if they are spent at a private test track with dozens of new cars. Several members of the Consumer Reports Cars team went to the Monticello Motor Club last week for the annual International Motor Press Association (IMPA) track days, sampling the latest cars on a 3.6-mile race track. Naturally, the staff found some favorites from among these high-speed first impressions.

BMW has unveiled the new Mini Coupe with pricing starting at $22,000, including destination charges. The S Coupe will start at $25,300 and the John Cooper Works model is priced at $31,900.

The biggest hurdle to electric cars right now may have less to do with limited range and more to do with limited understanding, according to a new study. BMW teamed up with the University of California, Davis, to survey some of the 450 early adopters who paid $850 a month to lease a Mini-E and asked them about their experiences with range anxiety, charging, weather, and other factors. Some of the findings were significant (pdf).

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced a deeper probe into the power steering on Mini Coopers. Expanding on an investigation from last fall, the agency now believes that as many as 60,000 Minis from the 2004 and 2005 model years may have steering issues that could lead to fires and collisions.

A bigger Mini might seem something of an oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp. But with modern Mini Coopers being on sale here for nearly a decade, certainly some Mini owners had to move into something bigger as time went on and their lifestyle changed. Not to mention those who wanted to buy a Mini but just couldn't make the car fit their family needs. Enter the Countryman.

The Honda Odyssey, Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, and Mini Cooper Countryman are the latest vehicles to earn the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Earning that designation means a car...

A digital music streaming service called Mog, could soon be found inside Mini Coopers.Photo: Consumer Reports Home entertainment gear in the living room is one place you'd expect to find digital streaming services like Netflix. And maybe you listen...

I picked up our new Mini Countryman and delivered it to the test track earlier this week, and frankly came away not quite ready to give up the keys. The largest Mini yet seems a little more grown up...

Mini is looking to maximize the brand with a new concept called the Paceman, which almost sounds like the 1980’s video game “Pac-Man.” The Mini is scheduled for its global reveal at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show in January....

With the 2010 LA Auto Show media days behind us, my notebook still contains many interesting, and even fun, anecdotes that don't readily fit into our traditional coverage. A couple items might be familiar to those who follow us...

Mini has announced pricing for the upcoming Countryman, a four-door, four-seat model that is the largest, tallest, and roomiest Mini yet. Due in showrooms early next year, base models will start at $22,350, or $500 more than the Mini...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened up investigations on the 2007-2008 Honda Fit and the 2004-2005 Mini Cooper, Cooper S, and the 2005 Mini Cooper convertible. NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations (ODI) has received eight complaints...

Electric cars, which have grown in fits and starts since the energy crises of the 1970s, make a big splash for 2011. By the end of the year, General Motors will begin selling the Chevrolet Volt, and Nissan will...