Sections: Countryman WRC, Official News Aug 18th, 2011 No Comments 
(Official News via MINI Motorsports) MINI rally fans are in for a treat this weekend when Trier hosts the WRC for its ninth stop of the 2011 season. Never before has the MINI brand been represented by more entries in a WRC round than in this year’s Rallye Deutschland. continued →
Sections: MotoringFile Garage Aug 17th, 2011 17 Comments 
The distance between the moon and the Earth varies from around 356,400 km to 406,700 km at the extreme perigees (closest) and apogees (farthest). On 19 March 2011, it was closer to the earth while at full phase than it has been since 1993.[87] Reported as a “super moon”, this closest point coincides within an hour of a full moon, and it thus appeared 30 percent brighter, and 14 percent larger than when at its greatest distance
Depending on what number you look at (and how nerdy you want to be), the moon is between 221,456.69 and 252,711.66 miles from Earth. Or pretty gosh darned close to how far I have driven my 2003 MINI Cooper since I brought her home on March 6th, 2003. If the average driver (my age) drives 18,858 miles per year (via), then I’ve driven the equivalent of 13.4 years worth of miles.
Sections: Podcast Aug 16th, 2011 No Comments 
Like the sands of an hour glass, we get that much closer to Woofcast 400. For your entertainment this week, we present you, the fine and good looking White Roof Radio listener, some 3 Stooges, news from Motoringfile.com, Todd maybe on the television and a bunch of AskChad. And, if you missed the MINI @ Red Bull Art of Motion 2011 video, you can check that out here.
Woofcast 390
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Sections: R60 (Countryman), Technology Aug 16th, 2011 27 Comments 
The addition of the ALL4 Countryman to the MotoringFile garage has led us to wanting to know more about the rather novel all-wheel drive system in the car. When we first drove the Countryman in May of 2010 we found that the system was purely a safety device and not intended to be a performance option. And all subsequent drives we’ve had with the car (including with our long-term test car) have reinforced that fact. But that doesn’t make All4 any less interesting from a technical perspective (or less relevant). So we wanted to get past the marketing and hype and understand the technical details of All4. continued →
Sections: Countryman WRC, Official News Aug 15th, 2011 9 Comments 
Full info from MINI this morning for the upcoming MINI appearance in Rally Germany. With lots of practice and a couple big races under their belts, Team MINI has high hopes for a race that could almost be considered home turf. Full release after the break. continued →
Sections: JCW, R58 (Coupe) Aug 12th, 2011 33 Comments 
The MINI Coupe has debuted, been driven and totally dissected. Now it’s for the accessories. Specifically of the JCW variety. MINI will be releasing a set of new JCW accessories later this fall for the Coupe starting with what you see above. And the eye-catching has to be the JCW spoiler. Let’s go through the list and take a closer look. continued →
Sections: Official News Aug 11th, 2011 6 Comments 
Official MINI UK Release: Over a third of a million Brits have bought one, they’ve clocked up an estimated 15 billion miles on UK roads and have driven enough miles to go around the world 600,000 times or take 33,000 return journeys to the moon and back*…
In the summer of 2001 the very first BMW built MINI rolled off of the production line in Oxford, 10 years later MINI is celebrating a decade of motoring by taking its owners on a virtual trip into space. continued →
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