50 Years of MINI: Techno Classica 2009

[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157616175877828] This year BMW Group Classic marks a number of anniversaries at Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. BMW celebrates 80 years of automobile production and the new BMW Z4 enjoys...

MINI to Launch Progressive Activity Vehicle

Over the last month we’ve heard from several sources that MINI will build its own “progressive activity vehicle” based off of the R60 MINI crossover. What’s a progressive activity vehicle? In BMW...

MINI Spacebox Mistimed?

At least that’s what Helen Walters at BusinessWeek.com wonders. >Still, I can’t help but wonder about initiatives like this. Given the economic environment and the grim news coming from the auto industry...

MINIs and Macs

We always talk about the comparison between the MINI brand and Apple. Both are considered to be premium brands in their respective segments for a number of reasons. Size and efficiency being...

$2,000 Tata Nano Goes On Sale

A car we have been hearing about for quite a while now, mostly because of it’s very low price, is finally almost available. >But six years after the project was conceived, Ratan...

MINI’s City Car to Go RWD?

German Magazine Auto Bilde gives us a peak (so it would seem) into BMW’s plans for small cars over the next few years. While the headliner is the new Z2, there are...

Is This The R56/R55 Facelift?

We’ve had these photos sent to us several times over the last few days and are still trying to figure out what they actually show. We know that MINI will be introducing...

MotoringFile Q&A: The R57 MINI Convertible

A few weeks back we invited you to ask us questions about our weeklong stint behind the wheel of the 2009 R57 MINI Convertible. Well now we have the answers… Question: can...

MINI United Update

MINI United is coming up in less than 60 days, which is a perfect time for us to get together with Gina Kutros, Shows and Events Manager from MINIUSA. She answers questions...