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You have to admire the marketing genius. BMW, with its reputation for build quality and dynamic excellence fully in play, reinvents the most brilliantly packaged car in history as... the worst packaged car of modern times. And yet still makes it a huge success. Terrific fun, but threatened by estate agent overkill.
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Clubman
£13,720 - £19,770
A folly, albeit a likeable one. Revisiting the original Mini's most useful hour, but without the usefulness. Shaped like a van, but with the load capacity of a shoebox.
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Convertible
The new Mini Convertible Cooper S is more than just a cutesy chick-mobile. This little beauty has fire in its belly
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Countryman
£15,380 - £21,365
A slap in the face of the Issigonis original blah, blah, blah. Actually a decent addition families will love.
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Coupe
£16,640 - £23,795
Yes, the Coupe is an unashamedly weird thing to look at, but at least it's small. After a dubious venture into definitely-not-mini territory with the Countryman, this is Mini returning to its heartland: compact, front-drive, lightweight.
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John Cooper Works
Fast enough to warp an estate agent’s morals into something resembling basic human compassion. OK, not quite that fast. But really quite fast nonetheless.
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One/Cooper
£11,110 - £24,490
Most talked about revival since Led Zeppelin, the new New Mini is a conundrum. Great to drive, well built and fun, but appallingly packaged and horribly common.
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Roadster
£18,015 - £24,850
What the world has been waiting for: a two-seater Mini Convertible. How have we managed so long without one?
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