With the Mini Cooper S R53 now in its Twenties ... more aggressive bumpers missing their chrome, plus different side skirts and a larger rear spoiler. Inside, the changes over an R50 Cooper ...

The R53 Mini Cooper S is a machine that stirs the emotions ... Essentially, you just bypass the passenger's side muffler entirely, leaving just one factory muffler in place.

A simple steel monocoque underpins the R53 Mini, to which is attached MacPherson ... alignment for any Cooper S you buy to be on the safe side. Failed central locking is often attributed to ...

The first generation of Mini Cooper (R50/R53) debuted in the United States in ... On the test drive, if the car is pulling to one side, the front strut towers may have been pushed out of alignment.

I’ve long loved the first-generation “new” Minis, known by their chassis code R53, but never quite been ... I checked on the Mini during my morning runs, tracking its progress across the ...

A simple steel monocoque underpins the R53 Mini, to which is attached MacPherson ... alignment for any Cooper S you buy to be on the safe side. Failed central locking is often attributed to ...