New electric countryman hits the road

TORQUE steer is a sensation that will be unfamiliar to new car drivers. But those who have owned an earlier turbocharged hot hatchback from the noughties, or any of the more punchy Saabs from the same

Confident driving on unknown roads.” This message popped into the car’s head-up-display while we had it on test. It’s nearly beautiful, almost like a haiku or sonnet. At the time I was left wondering

You can now buy your Mini JCW in two flavours. Which version is the better hot hatch, petrol or electric?

Transfixing on the weight figure of a newly launched EV is surely a hiding to nothing. They’re all broadly guilty of it, so why care? But when a new Mini hot hatchback carries even 1725kg before the d

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To find out how easy it is to live with a small-battery EV in 2025 The eagle-eyed among you might recognise YE74 NKC. It graced these pages a few weeks ago, when I delivered a two

THIS is the MINI John Cooper Works Aceman, the hottest version of the brand’s five-door, all-electric challenger. Less than a year ago, the Aceman would have had the class all to itself, but the recen