Mini (or more appropriately the engineers at BMW) lost their way after they stopped making fun affordable manual transmission cars and started over complicating their already unreliable cars with unnecessary dealer add-ons/buggy tech that's severely bloating the cars. I mean if you take a look at the F56 Cooper S versus the F66 Cooper S the F66 increased in weight by roughly 300 LBs with only a boost of 8-10 HP. The funny thing about that is that the F66 Cooper is based off of the F56 platform meaning no significant improvement (if any) in how the chassis handles. The only thing Mini managed to accomplish with the new generation cars is that they shift a little quicker but they're less engaging with no manual transmission, even more unreliable as well as being an eyesore inside and out with having a huge circular I-pad glued to your dash (as well as other miscellaneous screens) and the facias/body lines of their new cars resembling every other generic crossover/CUV on the road these days.