Opinion: Quality, Change and What Makes a MINI, a MINI
In Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, the narrator takes the reader on a journey that explores the nature of “Quality” as a thing we...
How Should MINI Change their Model Line-up?
For years we’ve been reporting that MINI’s line-up will expanding. And as you know it has, going from one model to seven models in as many years. But recent comments by MINIUSA...
MINI Competes in Allgäu-Orient Rally for Charity
While we’re used to seeing MINIs compete in the World Rally Championship at this point, the WRC isn’t the only venue where MINIs compete against the clock. From privateer teams running Targa...
MF Garage: Is the MINI JCW Roadster the Best Commuter Car Ever?
Bold claim for sure. But the recent warm and sunny weather in Chicago has me thinking the JCW Roadster may just represent the best every day car money can buy. Obviously, a...
MINI’s New Halo LED Foglight Make a Surprise Debut?
A few weeks back at this year’s Geneva Motorshow an MF reader noticed something odd about the fogs of the R56 hatch on the MINI stand. The Foglights were completely different and...
MINI Begins Local Production in India
The idea of local production is one that isn’t new to the Mini world. The classic Mini had numerous local production points throughout the world that allowed the company to efficiently meet...
White Roof Radio #463
Recorded live before an internet audience last Thursday, the boys carry on without me discussing the Paceman and barely even mentioning the GP! As a bonus, we have **finally** figured out the...
MF Garage: Our Roadster’s First Spring Road-trip
With a quickly packed bag in the trunk and the Valentine 1 mounted on the windshield, the MINI Roadster and its first spring road trip gets underway just as the sun begins...
Video: Autocar Pits the Paceman JCW Against the BMW M135i
Today we've got an unlikely pairing between the new MINI Paceman JCW and the BMW 135i. While the Paceman JCW is the more sporting than its Cooper and Cooper S siblings, it's still a no-brainer that the M135i has it beat in the performance category. So why compare the two? Simple. Because they cost about the same.
MINI Sales Down 2% Worldwide for March
Official release: A total of 31,763 MINI brand vehicles were delivered worldwide to customers in March (prev. yr. 32,422/-2.0%) and 66,154 (prev. yr. 68,211/-3.0%) vehicles were sold in the first quarter of...