2015 Mini Cooper S Hardtop 4-Door Automatic Tested: Practicality with a Hard Edge

-The denizens of the Mini publicity mill are fond of making go-kart allusions in describing their brand's products, and those allusions have some foundation in fact. Consider our test car, the new four-door version of the Mini Hardtop, in 189-hp Cooper S tune. It has gunfighter reflexes, hardly a trace of body roll, transient responses reminiscent of a mongoose tormenting a cobra, and steering that's both quick (2.5 turns lock-to-lock) and precise to several decimal places. The net-net is a car capable both of distinguishing itself at an autocross and of making its owner feel like Fernando Alonso at track days. READ MORE ››

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