So it’s come to this: The latest Mini Cooper not ... Away from our test facility and on many of our favorite roads, the 2025 Cooper S is still a blast to drive around the canyon and curvy ...

The MINI Convertible family ... cars even have a go-kart drive mode!—and it persists in all the cars I drove in Savannah. This is most true for JCW, but Cooper S is no slouch, either.

Front-wheel drive and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic are mandatory on both. Mini claims the Cooper S convertible is good ... we schlep lil' Coop to our test track. The convertible top ...