MINI Countryman Launch In Brief
Now that we’ve reviewed the Countryman in detail our thoughts turn to products details and launch dates. We expect production ready vehicles to start rolling off the line this September in Austria...
RSR Motorsports at Lime Rock this Weekend
As we highlighted last week, the RSR MINI’s are having some good success in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. This weekend sees them coming to Lime Rock, a track well suited...
A Classic Mini Designers Meet the New MINI Designer
Our friends from MINI Space (the internet arm of the official MINI International Magazine) recently were at the IMM 2010 (a huge European MINI meet) and stumbled onto two classic Minis completely...
MINI Considering Beachcomber Production
MINI is considering green-lighting the radical Beachcomber concept that debuted at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. That news comes from Dr Wolfgang Armbrecht (head of MINI band management) via Autoexpress. We can...
MF Special: Behind the Scenes at BMW’s ETC
Last week I spent several days talking MINI technology at the public unveiling of the BMW Environmental Test Center. While we have specific stories coming on the ETC we also wanted to...
White Roof Radio #338
The Cowboy show? It’s going to be short? [insert losing game show buzzing sound here]. We start by spending a fair amount of time talking about news from MotoringFile, including a call,...
MINI’s Revised 2011 Engines In Depth
(The following article is a revised version of what was published last week in the MotoringFile Countryman review) Starting with September production MINI will be substantially revising the entire range of cars...
MotoringFile 1st Drive: MINI Countryman Cooper S
The MINI Countryman has a lot on it’s broad shoulders. Not only is MINI expanding into a new market but it’s an entirely new model for the still very small brand. In...
MINI Countryman First Drive Preview
It’s the dawn of a perfect day in Vienna. I’m just hours away from driving the most talked about MINiI since the introduction of the R56. The Countryman is the first four...
MTTS: Registration is open!
We know you are guys are dying to get it on this as soon as possible. So does MINI USA. This morning, registration for MTTS has opened at the MTTS Registration Page....