Watch on. BMW Group, headquartered in Germany, owns the Mini brand. The group also owns BMW and Rolls-Royce. So although BMW and Mini have the same parent company, a Mini car is not a BMW vehicle. Rather than being only a quintessentially British brand, Mini also has German ties. And its biggest plant is located in England, but most vehicles Do Mini Coopers have BMW engines? Six all-new engines are offered for this Mini, four petrol and two diesels: two models of a 1.2 litre three-cylinder petrol with either 75 PS or 102 PS, a 1.5 litre 3-cylinder petrol with 136 PS, (BMW B38 engine), a 2.0 litre four-cylinder petrol (BMW B48 engine) that produces 192 PS for the Cooper S, and a 1.5 Nelson Ireson February 2, 2010 Comment Now! A lot of people don't know that the engine inside their BMW-parented MINI Cooper was built and designed in cooperation with PSA Peugeot Citroen. The current Prince engine family jointly developed by BMW and Peugeot is available in 1.4- and 1.6-liter displacements.2 Feb 2010 The original in the premium segment of small cars has reached its 60th birthday – but it is even younger than ever. It was sixty years ago, to be precise on 26 August 1959, that British Motor Corporation (BMC) proudly revealed the result of their development activities in creating a new, revolutionary compact car. 1. The technology at a glance. The innovative turbocharging technology also gave the greenlight for downsizing at BMW. Thanks to TwinPower Turbo, some of the preceding 6-cylinder engines in the The 2002-2006 R53 Mini Cooper S is the only version with a supercharged engine, which, combined with its lightweight design, makes it just as fast as the latest model. These used Mini Coopers have several notable problems, but some proactive maintenance can make them reliable, especially the 2005-2006 models. I've still got the Mini bug from driving one that day so I'm on the hunt again, better late than never, hey. N18 was fitted to R56 Cooper S from 2010 and JCW from 2012. Hi ok cheers for that . So it's basically based on the date/reg the car was registered. A JCW before 2012 would have the N14 engine. 2 posts · Joined 2004. #1 · Sep 9, 2004. Greeting miniacs -. Does the Mini 1.6L engine have valve-piston "interference"? That is, if the timing chain breaks or jumps off, would the top of the pistons hit the valves as they open? I have seen a few engines destroyed by this design. OTOH, they did not have timing chains, but belts. SIFdqJ.