If you were around in 1959, perhaps you remember when the British Motor Corporation introduced the original Mini. Its packaging of a compact transverse engine with front-wheel-drive left room inside ...

Future Mini EVs will switch to the BMW Neue Klasse platform. BMW created the Neue Klasse architecture with either rear- or all-wheel drive in mind. No cheaper front-wheel-drive version of the platform ...

BMW Group's next-generation EV powertrain doesn't support FWD models. The reason for this is the limitations of the technology itself. BMW’s Gen6 EV powertrain will feature two motor types: ...

Craig has worked in automotive media for nearly 20 years, producing content for publications ranging from Autoline and AutoGuide to Roadshow by CNET and EV Pulse. Aside from writing, he’s also ...

While I've always been a rear-wheel drive aficionado, I can appreciate the front-wheel drive mindset. After all, a bit of torque steer never hurt anybody and when it's packaged up in a little pocket ...

Typically, getting to a media drive involves getting on an airplane and flying to the event, but I got lucky when the Mini held the 2025 John Cooper Works 2 Door launch only a few hours from where I ...

Mini has never made a production rear-wheel drive vehicle, but BMW’s Neue Klasse platform might change that in the future. Future Mini EVs will switch to the BMW Neue Klasse platform. BMW created the ...