General purchase advice R56 / R57

Hello together. As slowly as I get through the engines and so on, we want a Mini Cabrio R57 again. But each display has different engines on offer. From mid-2010 the facelift with other engines probably came. But what is the difference between the motors except in the power (Coper and Cooper S) control chain have as well as I have read all. But do all of them have problems with it too? What about the automatic transmissions? Are the OK, also in the Cooper S) From which manufacture r are these. Especially with FRONT-driven vehicles one often finds Aisin Warner. (Opel, Volvo) The search was not very productive, here only for special offers was asked.