After 10 long years in its current form, MINI has elected to release an updated model for 2025. Built on the same wheelbase as the car that debuted for 2015 in Canada, the car is just a significant update, rather than a new car. The front end of the car is comprehensively revised, as is the rear, which echoes some of themes explored buy Fiat. The main centre carcass of the car looks little altered. The three-door model has been unveiled so it is unknown whether the five-door variant will return.

The cabin looks completely new and very fresh. The dashboard has a very low profile and is covered in cloth;  a very French flourish. There is no gauge package facing the driver, with all of the action centred on a large, Frisbee-like, free-standing clip-on screen which, in photos, looks to have outstanding visual clarity. A vestigial consolette is attached to the dash beneath the screen and has a few buttons on it for starting and to trigger some screen functions. The rest of the cabin is very Zen, with all you need and in a style that is very spare but far from plain. Cabin materials look lavish, which is fitting for what has become a very expensive car. With unchanged fixed points, cabin and cargo space will be similar to the 2024 model. Space is generous up front but rear seat legroom and cargo space will be tight.

Though offered in the U.S., MINI Canada has abandoned the mainstream 1.5L turbo triple for the updated car, leaving only the super-premium 2L turbo four S model. It is rated at 201 horsepower. Power will reach the front wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission. A six-speed manual transmission was once more available on the 2024 model and may make it to the updated 2025 car.

Comprehensive pricing details are not available as of spring 2024, but MINI has announced a starting price just under $40,000. MINIs have always been expensive to start and options are many and pricey. The base price of the updated 2025 model moves it firmly into the luxury class.

Not rated as too little information is available on the new generation. Below average reliability is likely. Short, four years 80,000 kilometer powertrain warranty.

The electric MINI Cooper E features a 40.7 kWh battery pack, up from the 32 kWh battery pack used previously. Power is rated at 134 kW (184 horsepower), three more than previously. Range, under optimal conditions, is stated to be 305 kilometers. The Cooper SE BEV is powered by a 54.2 kWh battery pack, rated at 160 kW (218 horsepower) with optimal range stated to be 402 kilometers.  

The MINI Cooper BEV, marketed oddly as the SE, is only offered in a single trim level. With L.E.D. headlights, fog lights, heated seats, dual-zone air conditioning, rain-sense wipers and navigation, the SE is nicely equipped. The BEV SE is priced $16,100 higher than a Cooper three-door.