Mini One D bests Honda Insight with 60mpg

The Mini Cooper isn’t the first car you’d associate with the environmental movement, but with its frugal four-cylinder engines and the new Mini E battery-operated version, the Cooper’s green credentials are considerable.

Now Mini’s buffing the inexpensive, high-miler Cooper it sells in Europe as the Mini One. While other Minis get diesel engines, too, the new Mini One D has a special 90hp (67kW) version of a BMW Group oil-burner that turns in the equivalent of 6mpg fuel economy. The One D also includes regenerative braking that supplies juice for accessory power, and stop-start functionality to save gas in traffic and city driving.

Mini won’t actually be selling the diesel One in America, but it’s not too early to imagine future Coopers coming with the fuel-efficient drivetrain.

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