I currently own a Mini Countryman F60 S E from 2018. Haven't had any issues with it so far, and my last car was a Mini Countryman R60 from 2013. No issues there either. Maybe I am lucky or maybe people with the bad minis are unlucky. I think they look amazing, and the build quality isn't as bad as I expected myself. And they say that they drive like a go kart, which honestly is very true. They drive amazing. For the newer models, I don't like how most of the actual buttons have disappeared into a screen. I like having normal buttons, it looks much cleaner in my opinion.