With the Mini Cooper S R53 now in its Twenties ... this is a proper six-speed torque converter gearbox with steering-wheel-mounted paddles. The first-generation New Mini’s final hurrah, was ...

which was available in front- or four-wheel drive, and even in Cooper S and John Cooper Works trims. A colleague summed it up perfectly when he said: ‘Mini fanboys call the Clubman the “Clubby”.