Is it really new? 2024 Mini Cooper S 1000-mile review
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- There's a brand-new Mini out this year… in fact there's a tonne of new Minis. This is the new petrol-powered Mini Cooper S, a car that looks a lot like the new Mini Cooper E (that's the electric one). In this video I'll tell you what it's been like to live with for a 1000-mile trip to the Nurburgring, as well as using it as my daily driver for a bit. Can I fit in the back? Is the boot big enough for a road trip? Find out all this and more…
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My hamster is currently missing, is he in a BMW steering wheel? You've got to hand it to BMW for the 20 year-plus success of the Mini revival. The 3-door still remains the best and by far the most charming; the other versions are clumsy and Mini in name only.
But the Clubman. I liked that, but discontinued alas.
I really hate that they dropped the hood scoop and the twin exhaust pipes on the S.
I agree with the tailpipes for sure. At least the JCW will have them. That hood scoop has been useless for 2 generations, I am so happy its gone.
Great review Tim. Your humour is right up my street. Keep up the great content. 😊
15:50 Even the i20N has now been discontinued. There is shockingly little left in this class
GTI Polo👌
Recent subscriber but glad I’ve discovered ya. Honest reviews and just an all round nice chap 😃
...And you were a good boy by keeping your hands where they should be, unlike your latest bike review! Your vids always a real pleasure Tim, v much apprec'd.
I love a mini. I'm always tempted to go pick one up
Great review test driving a cooper S today
The glossy black wheel arches look nice.. But you need your own detailer after 3 month. I bet
Great review with humor and (for me) honestly. I don't care about the bad comments cause I drove both s and c and I loved them. I was going to buy the aF56 but thankfully I ordered the F66 which is a step up in all fields for me. Ok I wanted the visible exhaust but I can live without it at the time till I decide to do something about it. Thanks again for your perspective!
Fantastic ❤
It's a fun hot/warm light class of hatch so automatically a 👍🏻 from me as they are now sadly a rarity (one reason of many i have no plans on selling my swift sport).
Rear end isnt terrible, i don't mind it.
Is it a pass for the lift off oversteer segment of the hooliganism through a roundabout test? 🤣
JCW badging, just like amg/M badges on non AMG/M cars lol.
Also good video 👍🏻
Karmon hardon 😂😂😂😂
I love one exactly in the same spec as yours although in Royal blue or Midnight orange both colours with carbon detailing 😎👌
What do you think of the dash material? Will be ordering a JCW variant when they come out in the states
Lease is ending next year..... head says Octavia.... heart says Cooper S! What I need is a Cooper with a Tardis in the boot!!
Lovely in British racing green🍺🍺🇬🇧🇬🇧
You can shut the fake engine noise and believe or not it was only in the Go-Kart Mode that the fake engine noises come on. It called MINI Sound. Turn it off and it sounds great.
As someone who's spent far too long in the mini configurator recently a quick note on the option pack prices: the costs in the video are for the base Cooper. The Cooper S gets the Level 1 pack as standard on all trim levels and knocks £2k off the price of the level 2 and 3 packs. As a result Cooper S gets Level 2 as an option on the Classic and Level 3 on Exclusive or above while the base Cooper is Level 1 only for the Classic, up to 2 for Exclusive, 3 for Sport.
Had a poke around one of these last weekends and was honestly impressed. Interior feels very spacious though why BMW / Mini reflexively insist on calling the rear bag holders seats is beyond me. Love the material switch away from leather and the fake version they're using on seats and wheel feels pretty damn good. That screen really works and after seeing a lot of the BMW bits show up in the new 1 series (and then seeing the 1 series pricing) the Cooper suddenly looks like a bit of a bargain. My only real concern is the ride as this would have to do daily hundred-mile round trip motorway commutes so have to get one out on the road sometime soon.
I enjoyed your review. I was originally turned off by there not being a drivers display, but seems like that optional head up thing makes up for it. Actually prefer the look to the old one as well, which I thought always looked a bit too overdone. Good to see a nippy mini is still an option
If you Google pics of the original Mini (OG I believe the kids say) you'll see how retro the new interior design actually is.... hence the lack of drivers display.
7:40 I'm from the USA and really appreciate your video. Are Racoons indigenous to the UK, or are they an invasive species? I kinda though the US was the home of the Racoon.
but has the fuel consumption got any better than the out going models
Can you get the cooper S with the jcw look?
"The ride is a bit firm?" WTF do you expect in a Mini Cooper S?" That's like saying "The ride is a bit smooth in a Rolls Royce or Bentley!"
I love Minis as I've had a few, but I'm having a hard time with the lack of buttons. If you have a family though, I'd go with the countryman. Still plenty of pep.
I’ll stick with my 2024 USA version with the manual transmission. Got it because I wanted a Mini, your new one is too modern for me. Maybe for the younger driver. Good video.
Oh no! I hate no hood scoops. I’ve had an ‘04, ‘09 and ‘21 Cooper S. All manual transmissions. The final year of gas/petrol engines will be my next MINI…as long as a manual transmission is available.
To me, the last and the end of the Mini was with my little Mini Cooper S R56. All the rest are over fatted.
If you own a F66 you’d probably leave the physical keys at home and just use the andriod / apple wallet unlock feature which I do with my MINI J01 electric.
Glad you had fun.
A few nights away from the kids have clearly had some effects 😀
They’ve never been my thing at all, but I can’t believe there is no man-box!
i20n is gone already
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Btw, the Mini has a longer wheelbase than a 911 😮
„…they’ve never been my thing…“. Kids? 😂
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No kids here, so it’s not that 🤓
They’ve done a good job on the hatch but I don’t know what they were thinking with the new Countryman.
Maybe I've missed something but I thought the JCW badges were exclusive to that model? Or is it like R line VWs using the R badge?
Yep, just like like! It's the 'sporty' badging. The full-on JCW with the more powerful engine will have a bodykit/spoiler etc.
…..and the old favourite, M/// badges on definitely not M, BMW M-Sport models.
I'm not too keen on them. I like the JCW seats and wheels, but you can keep the badging!
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How many kg of downforce does the rear diffuser and en-vogue double roof spoiler (stolen from mg4 Xpower) add?
Oh, ok. I still approve of the 3dr and really quite like it.
Cheers Tim, glad you had some fun in it
I think the spoiler is a ‘mini’ GP3 thing 🤓
I think the read ‘diffuser’ adds 5kg of downforce, as it weighs 5kg 😂
@@DontPanicDear well sh1t me a fresh one. Every day's a school day. Cheers!
I've got a F56 Cooper S with the JCW Tuning Kit. The new interior looks very cheap. The F56 interior is way better than this one.
Well what do sou expect bump up prices leave all switchgear from old one which are costly and charge more money and all paid “reviews”are positiv but we al know it will look complitly shite after ten years and screen is already laggy
Source?
You can tell this from the way it looks? As someone who has experience the F56 and F66 interior, I can tell you the new interior is leagues better. The touch points feel far better, the fabric over the dash is nicer to look at and experience than the plastic of the F56, the AC vents are nicer to interact with, the doors handles, the steering wheel buttons, seats are more comfortable... all while looking far more modern and fresh. Even my partner, who is not at all into cars, noticed the step up in quality. Interior was a deal breaker for us in F56, and was no longer in F66 (however lack of manual shift paddles were in the S). Though physical HVAC controls are missed
So now nearly every Mini is a John Cooper Works just like nearly every BMW is an ///M-car...
I was very interested to learn about the different models - the Chinese one vs the Oxford one.
Wait wtf i had to stop at 4:45.. no manual anymore... OKkkkayyy.. NO MORE EXHASUT PIPES ? u serious??!
So a what £36k Cooper S. 😮 with tarty works badges when it’s not. Slowly chipping away the character. We have had five two currently on the drive. Experience mode, I’d rather have Sport, Normal, Eco and obviously there is no manual option now. I have heard the box is not too bad. This Car in Electric guise is £43k. Why is the key phob a TV control. 😢 Same S engine with a different map?
Thinking Electric next so will wait to see what the new Electric Renault 5 comes in at. Mini just too expensive for what they are.
Are we awake yet?
That back end... YUCK! Interior looks nice. Front end is all Mini which is good.
That interior makes the FIAT 500 look like a luxury car. Congrats BMW, you´ve succeded in making this new Mini uglier than the previous gen, just to keep up with tradition
Not even close. I am sure you are judging only by the video. It's perfect and nicer, especially the seats, wheel, buttons ( I hated the glossy plastic and cheap buttons on the wheel of f56) from the previous fat and old interior.
@@thanasisbert564 Sorry, but it looks cheap. Shares the same interior as the EV. They save weight in EV´s by making simpler interiors, with less quality materials. They look too basic. The previous MINI was miles ahead from this in terms of quality of materials and design
These are 2025 not 2024, idk what it is about ppl overseas with their car dates haha
Tell me now, overseas person. What year is it
Wow, a comments section not full of false hate. Nice car, must test.
A great car…if it didn’t look that 💩from behind. And the pricing wasn’t that outrageous
No bonnet scoop “look” or visible exhaust. How boring!
In the states we won't get JCW _TRIM_ only legit JCWs later on this year - and less deceit (we leave the deceit to our government)... all the F66 are '25 model years we have 2024 as the F56. I'd love to replace my bonnet stripes with those on my 2024 (F56) JCW and the new JCW logo is growing on me....
Haha, I think every global government has picked the deceit trim…
this thing is like 50k lmao
Sounds crappy compared to previous model can’t even see the exhaust
"still a small car" . . . . . with a price of a SUV . . . .
Lets make cheap interior in all laggy screen lets remove all the nice feeling switches from old one lets put cheap fabric charge more money and yes lets do back and of a suzuki swift from 6 years ago sure its much better then f56 lci… this reviews have to be positiv they wont get another car back
Firstly, the screen isn’t laggy. Secondly, you’re new around here if you think I won’t get another car after criticising one… that’s not how it works
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