Mini Cooper SD - The ultimate diesel hot hatch? 

Cooper S or Cooper SD?

Great video. I love the mini Cooper SD. Really good to see Dave on the video.

Mr Dave is back! Nice review chaps and slick production Dom.

Bought a white one for my gf. Converted taillights to union and black faded. Looks great and drives great. Mpg is great. Had 0 issues with it. She can fit a dog/cage in the back plus luggage. Cheap parts for service. Kinda expensive if you let BMW do everything. Great winter car too here in Sweden tons of grip. Feals like a heavier car in the winter than it really is.

Great video. Filmed all around my neck of the woods too 👍🏻

Some great information thankyou :)

Finally caught up on your past videos, congrats on the C63! Can’t go wrong with these modern Minis really, cracking cars on the whole, surprisingly reliable too… I think earlier Cooper Ses with their superchargers were a little more interesting, but in £1.70 petrol world they do seem rather dear compared to a diesel!

So nice!!!!

The funny thing about that bonnet scoop is that even my electric model has it 😂

I’ve got the petrol counter part. Absolutely love it! Got a valved exhaust on it that mini made

Does this have auto blip or auto revmatch on dowshifting ?

Cooper SD all the way. Was lucky enough to get a fully loaded 2015 one with heads up display, active cruise control. I drove 78000 miles in that bad boy and, bar 2 punctures due to my bad driving, it was a reliable workhorse. I managed to clock 74mpg granny driving a few times and if I was driving it really spiritedly I’d get around 38mpg. I also got it remapped halfway through ownership by Dervtech which got it around 240 bhp. It was a full on animal!

Great review guys. No mention of the gears... Are all mini SD automatics?

These have the max torque of 360Nm from just 1500rpm. That's why it feels so peppy. Amazing engine.

Awesome video mate!! But I'm prety shore that the headlights are full led and not bi xenon!!

Man i really wish we got this in the states. Diesels really fell off here after the whole volkswagen dieselgate

I learned to drive in one of these. Never really got along with it. I found the gear shift horrible, the view out like a letter box and the steering ad clutch too heavy alongside a chunky but small steering wheel. Accelerated like a stabbed rat though. In all fairness its the only diesel I've driven so that might account for a lot of the unfamiliarity/distaste.

Decided to buy an SD rather than a Cooper S on the back of this. Cheers. Good content.

Well crap the Cooper my family bought from Carvana Doesn’t have Union Jack taillights.

The Mk7 GTDs are definitely an all round better car than the cooper SD. I really love the look of the SD I just think the white head lining and the basic look of the seats let it down.

Copper SD is Ulez friendly chaps

*Life Cycle Impulse ...LCI in BMW speak.

You cannot buy a new manual mini as of July 2023.

Try having a paceman sd with jcw kit . That’s a lot rarer