The 2015 Mini Cooper Hardtop 2 Door and 4 Door both come with a 134-horsepower, turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine, while the Cooper S Hardtop models have a 189-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.

RepairPal gave the Mini Cooper an overall reliability rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, which RepairPal describes as Above Average. This rating ranks Mini Cooper 24th out of 24 among Subcompact Cars.

2014–24 Hardtop. The Mini Hardtop is 4.5 inches longer than the vehicle it replaced. The four-door body style introduced in 2015 is even larger. In base models, a new 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine produces 134 horsepower.

The 2015 Mini Hardtop offers two engines: a turbocharged 1.5-liter I-3 134 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque (169 lb-ft in overboost) in the Cooper model and a turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4 with 189 hp and 2007 lb-ft (221 lb-ft in overboost) in the Cooper S. Both engines are paired to a six-speed manual and automatic.

Who Makes Mini Cooper Engines? The MINI Cooper brand is owned by German auto manufacturer BMW. All four-cylinder petrol BMW and Mini Cooper engines are currently made in the United Kingdom, at the Hams Hall Plant near Birmingham. Diesel MINI engines are made in Austria, at BMW's Plant Steyr.

What is the 2022 MINI Cooper Hardtop 2-Door Fuel Economy?

A typical Mini Cooper will probably last about 10-18 years on average, for most drivers. That's a long time compared with older vehicles, but not as long as some of the most durable brands, like Toyota or Honda can offer on some of their vehicles.

2015 MINI Cooper Value - $5,726-$17,045 | Edmunds.

MINI Hardtop 4 Door models. The 2023 Mini Convertible is available in two trim levels: Cooper and Cooper S. They're differentiated by the engine under the hood.

The 2024 MINI Hardtop 4 Door comes fully equipped with seating for 5 adults, a TwinPower Turbo engine configuration, and gets from 0-60 in as little as 6.5 seconds with the Cooper S model.

The new S will get a 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4, an engine now shared with other BMW offerings that gets a slight increase in power compared to the current S to 189 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque, also at 1250 rpm.

Still, there are a few weak spots you should be aware of: Plastic parts prone to breaking, oil starvation on second generation Mini Coopers, the electric power steering pump and the radiator expansion tank. If you know where to look, a used Mini Cooper is a great car and an excellent option.

You might know Mini as the spunky, go-kart-like British purveyor of small hatchbacks, convertibles, and SUVs, but the brand is actually owned by BMW.

Petrol engine The MINI Cooper S comes with a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine, as used in some Peugeot models.

MINI Cooper Reliability Ratings from J.D. Power Recent MINI Cooper model years have consistently earned overall scores between 82 to 85, with verified MINI owners rating the Quality and & Reliability as “Great.”

One of the main benefits of Mini Cooper engines is that they're very efficient. The Mini Cooper engine, no matter the size of the vehicle it's fitted to, produces a lot of power and still has very good fuel efficiency. This results from using several different technologies to reduce fuel consumption.