MINIUSA.com: Sorry Folks, Park's Closed
From MINIUSA.com: We're tied up right now doing maintenance work on MINIUSA.com. It shouldn't take long though, so please check back in a few hours. A few hours? Sounds like an upgrade...
2005 Utility Box Retrofit
One of the more interesting interior improvements to the 2005 MINI (at least to current owners of the car) has to be the new “utility box” storage are under the toggle switches....
Ask a Motoring Advisor is Back!
MotoringFile is happy to announce our second edition of Ask a Motoring Advisor. The first edition of Ask an MA proved to be so popular that we've scheduled to do a 2nd...
Italian Job 2 in the Works?
Several sources seem to confirm that the wheels are in motion on the production of a second Italian Job. No word yet of MINI's involvement in the project. Here's an excerpt from...
The iPod/MINI Connector Reviewed
I've owned an iPod for two and a half years and owned my MINI for just under that. I've grown to appreciate both the longer I own them. Both illustrate how great...
MINI Still Selling Well in the Land of Trucks
An excerpt from a story in the Dallas Morning News: Two years after Texas finally got some Mini Cooper dealerships, the still-hip little sedans are selling well in a region known mainly...
Review of the MCS vs the BMW 1-Series
While those of us in the US won't be able to even entertain this possibility – it does seem many elsewhere will be cross-shopping these two cars. BTW this contribution comes from...
Official 2005 MP3/CD Head Unit
Here's some visual proof that the new 2005 head unit (UK spec shown to the right) does indeed play properly encoded MP3 discs. For those that don't know, MP3 discs are simply...
MINI Transformer to be Released this Fall
Here's an interesting bit of info that just came into the MotoringFile inbox: I recently discovered that Mini Cooper transformers (of Men of Metal compaign) will be manufactured by a company in...
MINI to Revise 2005 Interior Changes
MINI2 has the scoop on some minor interior changes coming to the MINI in the near future: A trusted and reliable source from inside MINI has come forward and informed MINI2 that...