mini diesel

Packaging any engine into the restrictive area found under the Mini Cooper's bonnet can present a challenge for engineers. For example, Mini engineers managed to shoehorn the newly-released 1.6-liter four-cylinder diesel into the ...

PSA Peugeot Citroen, along with BMW, jointly developed the Mini's gasoline-fed engine and, until recently, PSA's diesel mill could be found under the bonnet of the little Cooper as well. With motivation partly ...

MINI is apparently not satisfied with the performance levels of its high mileage MINI D so it's working on something a bit more spritely. The current MINI D is not especially quick right off the line, with a 0-60 time of around 10 seconds from its 108 hp 1.6-liter engine but it does accelerate ...

And now to repeat one particular bit of news that's been playing over and over like a broken record since the modern Mini first made its appearance Stateside back in 2001 – there's little if any chance that the U.S. market will be ...

In North America, the Cooper represents the entry point to the MINI lineup, but Europeans have always had the option of the MINI One. Until now however, the MINI One has used gasoline engines. That will be changing come September when the MINI ...

Last summer we had a chance to drive a European spec MINI Cooper D (that's D as in diesel) and loved its combination of fantastic handling, torque and 47 real world mpg. Shortly after that we had the chance to speak with MINI USA VP Jim McDowell and asked ...

Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the new Mini Cooper DA couple of months ago the latest generation Mini went on sale in Europe in a Cooper D edition with the D being a reference to Dr. Rudolf and his magical oil burner. The 53.5mpg diesel Mini has never been an option for the American Mini ...