Their current lineup basically shares one engine and transmission in North America. The B38 has been in use in both the current gen Minis along with BMW for nearly a decade now, and it’s proven to be pretty reliable over that stretch. You’ve got a vehicle lineup consisting of only two models that are both nearly 9 years old, sharing the same engine and transmissions that have proven to be reliable over a long period of time now. It shouldn’t be a surprise that they’re high up on the reliability scale at the moment.
They rely on paying subscription model and for those limited members to self report.
Yes, and?
The kind of person who is subscribed to a magazine purely about reviewing the long term reliability of products is exactly the kind of person you want reporting on trouble spots for those products. They’ll be thorough. And according to Consumer Reports, they receive over 300,000 reports from subscribers on cars yearly, which is honestly a pretty solid sample size.
I owned a 2006 Mini Cooper S, and yes it was a total piece of shit reliability-wise. You want to know which magazine reported that it was a piece of shit? Consumer Reports. Want to know when Mini’s reliability ratings started to consistently reach the top 10 on the chart? 2015. They switched to the B38 in 2014 and haven’t updated it since. It all tracks.
Honestly surprised to see Mini slot in under Lexus/Toyota. I would never have pegged a Mini as being a reliable car.
Its not. Consumer reports has issues with self reporting. They rely on paying subscription model and for those limited members to self report.
A mini has never had a reliable track record and every perosn that owned one before. All have sworn them off.
I previously owned a Mini for 3 years and I will own another. So, there goes that.
Their current lineup basically shares one engine and transmission in North America. The B38 has been in use in both the current gen Minis along with BMW for nearly a decade now, and it’s proven to be pretty reliable over that stretch. You’ve got a vehicle lineup consisting of only two models that are both nearly 9 years old, sharing the same engine and transmissions that have proven to be reliable over a long period of time now. It shouldn’t be a surprise that they’re high up on the reliability scale at the moment.
Yes, and?
The kind of person who is subscribed to a magazine purely about reviewing the long term reliability of products is exactly the kind of person you want reporting on trouble spots for those products. They’ll be thorough. And according to Consumer Reports, they receive over 300,000 reports from subscribers on cars yearly, which is honestly a pretty solid sample size.
I owned a 2006 Mini Cooper S, and yes it was a total piece of shit reliability-wise. You want to know which magazine reported that it was a piece of shit? Consumer Reports. Want to know when Mini’s reliability ratings started to consistently reach the top 10 on the chart? 2015. They switched to the B38 in 2014 and haven’t updated it since. It all tracks.
“All have sworn off them”
Peak reddit hivemind parroting. Ever owned one? Ever even driven one?
I’ve owned two, and tracked one. No issues. I’d buy another again
They’re significantly better now that they’ve switched to BMW engines.
A buddy last night said he needed to remove 12 things just to access the battery on a Cooper
That’s not really related to reliability
It defiantly isn’t. Ask me how I know.
BMW / MIni improved a lot, underrated bc of their bad past.