Front wheel drive - never again for me!
I'm fed up with that completely.
I would consider Mini Cooper S as an emergency setback only (due to it's "best handling in the class" reputation).
Yet, almost a stopping issue for me about Mini, besides it's ugliness, would be a decade or so back news I recall, claiming Mini was officially advertised as a *** car in the USA. That would be insulting if true!
The 1 Series is too big for me, actually, but no deliberate "one car - one cylinder" approach: I'd rather go up for 6 in that respect.