Superchips has just unveiled its phase 2 ECU remap for the turbocharged 1.6-litre, 181 bhp engine in the the R56 MINI Cooper S (produced from 1st March 2010 onwards). Given the high demand for ...

Theo has dedicated his life to cars. He has studied the only Automotive Journalism course in the world located at Coventry University and describes this passion as a clinical obsession. Give Theo four ...

The R56 MINI Cooper S, and also the Cooper, comes with a 1.6-liter engine. It's small, but so is the engine bay, so doing any mechanical work vaguely resembles contortionism. People keep complaining ...

The word "mini" is an adjective, a comparative word and not a unit of measure. My colleagues in auto journalism always squeal in delight at any opportunity to point out that the Mini Cooper has grown ...