More Radical Look for Next MCS?

More on the next MINI from Autocar. With engineering work well underway on the next-generation Mini, and the secrets of the car’s new engine revealed, we didn’t expect to get a tip-off...

Motor Trend on the Next MINI

Reader John Schoettler gives us a brief synopsis on an article in the March issue of Motor Trend detailing the next MINI: In the new March issue Motor Trend magazine it states...

JCW Strut Brace US Availability

Since we posted about the new 2005 JCW US catalog several people have asked about the availability of the JCW strut brace. While, for some reason it wasn’t mentioned in the catalog,...

The Mini at Monte, Revisited

The Telegraph takes us on our journey through time and the Col de Turini and manages to paint to an incredible picture of the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in the process. It’s...

Advanced Airbags

Among the many small changes made on January 1st for all MINI production are the new standard advanced airbags. This is a addition that hasn’t really been talked about before just recently...

Cleaning your Cabin Air Filter

Promini has an informative article on the wonderful world of cabin air filters. It may not be as exciting of a topic as that latest JCW spoiler but it’s probably more important....

The Auto MCS in the Flesh

Sean Bartnik has some great info and photos on the new automatic MCS and all the other subtle 1/05 interior tweaks at his weblog. Here’s an excerpt from the site: The shift...

The JCW Carbon Fiber Spoiler

Update: We’ve got a better pic of the spoiler above (click the image for a larger view). You can also view the original we posted here. And check out this pic of...

Worldwide MINI Sales Breakdown for 2004

From BMW Press: Only three years after its market launch, the 500,000th MINI rolled off the production line in Oxford in August 2004. Altogether, sales of MINI brand cars rose to 184,357...

Official Heated Seat Retrofit

We got another set of official retrofit instructions for you. This one dealing with the ever popular heated seat option: [ Official Heated Seats Retrofit ]