First drive: 2014 Mini Cooper S

The characterful Mini hatch has been selling in droves ever since BMW took over the iconic British marque in 2001. In fact, one in every 40 cars that was sold in the UK last year was a Mini. But despite the seemingly unstoppable march of the cute family car, it's rare to see two identical Mini's on the road at any one time thanks to a clever personalisation process and the creative nature of its customers. New Mini is bigger and more mature than the two generations that preceded it but has it lost some of its quirky adolescent charms? AOL Cars investigates...