MINI Australia Releases JCW Challenge Edition
MINI of Australia this week released the JCW Challenge Edition meant to bring the factory JCW car a little closer in visual apparel to the JCW Challenge race cars. There’s no word...
MINI Publishes First Results from MINI E Trial
The BMW Group today announced at the Washington Auto Show the first results from a comprehensive study conducted in cooperation with the University of California (UC Davis) and consumers leasing MINI E...
MINI Fixes Sagging MCS & JCW Hood Scoops
Due to the design of MINI’s 1.6L turbo engine, much of the heat generated by the engine ends up being emitted from the side closest to the hood/bonnet. One unforeseen consequence has...
MotoringFile Switches Servers & Loses a Few Comments
Under the darkness of night we switched servers last-night to something faster and more dedicated. It’s all around good news for us and you. With one little exception; any comments that were...
MF Exclusive: A Look Inside MINI Design Past Present Future (Part 5)
[nggallery id=6] Today’s look at MINI Design Past Present and Future is all about the Coupé and to some degree the roadster. It’s also the last look we’ll be giving you into...
Countryman Photo & Video Recap
Over the past week we have bombarded you with Countryman with images, video and enormous amounts of information. So in an effort to help you make sense of it all we’re going...
How Big is the MINI Countryman?
The answers; thankfully not so big. The German magazine Auto Bild had chance to get the latest R56 Hatchback in a studio with the just unveiled R60 MINI Countryman to show off...
MINI Kills Oxygen Blue
The idea of a Gulf Livery MINI is dead. As of March production MINI will be ceasing Oxygen Blue production and replacing it on the Cooper hatchback with Interchange Yellow. In other...
MF Exclusive: A Look Inside MINI Design Past Present Future (Part 4)
[nggallery id=5] In today’s look at the book MINI Design Past Present Future, we look at the early stages of the R56. It’s interesting to see how MINI design was trying to...
MF Exclusive: A Look Inside MINI Design Past Present Future (Part 3)
[nggallery id=4] In part three of our look into the book MINI Design Past Present Future, we look at the sketches that lead to the JCW GP’s interior. What’s really interesting about...