Exterior highlights envisioned by the tuners at CoverEFX include a full metal coating (teflon-gray-metallic and electro-red-metallic ... Dubbed MINI R53 ProjectOne, this latest customization ...

I’m currently rebuilding an R53 Mini Cooper S ... A video shows a Chili Red first-gen Mini Cooper S on four rubber tank tracks parked outside a bookstore in Anchorage, Alaska.

Built from 2001 and available from 2002 in North America, the R53-chassis Cooper S has aged surprisingly well. Yes, it's bigger than the 1960s swinger, but the early Frank Stephenson design just ...

I’ve long loved the first-generation “new” Minis, known by their chassis code R53, but never quite been in the right place at the right time to scoop one up. That changed weeks ago ...