MotoringFile Year in Review

With the door about to close on 2005 I thought it might a good time to take a look back. As you can expect it’s been a ton of fun covering the...

MINI Tops Segment in Strategic Resale

Here is the official press release from MINI USA on the recent strategic resale award that we reported on last week: >Automotive Lease Guide (ALG) has awarded MINI a top spot in...

Future MINI & iPod Integration?

We expect quite a few subtle improvements with music and mobile phone integration over the years with the next MINI. However we’ve never really heard of specifics until a recent Autoweek article....

White Roof Radio Podcast #27

Whiteroofradio is back this week with our last show for 2005. This week we critic the new US based MINI magazine content and design and find some room for improvement. We also...

The Radford MINI reviewed

The Unofficial Austin-Rover Web Resource takes the new Radford MINI out for a spirited drive and gives us the first review of the £30,000+ coachbuilt car. Here’s an excerpt: >To look at,...

MINI Winter Driving From MINI.ca

For those who are new to winter driving (or in need of a refresher like many of us) MINI Canada has an entertaining and even educational portion of their website dedicated to...

Happy Holidays from MotoringFile

‘Tis the season for the MotoringFile HQ to go a little quiet over the next couple of days. But don’t worry, we’ve got a few classics lined up for you that are...

2007 Cooper S at the Nürburgring

We’ve got a little stocking stuffer for you today. Another clear shot of the next generation Cooper S doing some final shake-down tests at the Nurburgring in Germany. The image comes courtesy...

The MINI Traveller at Detroit

Last month MotoringFile exclusively revealed that BMW was planning a third Traveller concept based on the forthcoming next generation MINI. This time the concept will make it’s world debut at the North...

MINI Wins Again With High Residuals

For the fourth year in a row the MINI has earned the highest projected resale value in the compact car segment from ALG. >BMW of North America, LLC has once again made...