A New Cheaper JCW Cooper Kit Coming?
This month's GoMINI has an interesting article where they tour the John Cooper Works facilities in Sussex England. They also get a bit of insight into a future product for 2005: “America...
MINIUSA Configurator Updated
We've received word from the fine folks behind MINIUSA.com that there were a few issues at launch time last Thursday that have since been cleared up. They read through all of the...
MINI2's Mixed Reaction to the 2005 MINI
Paul over at MINI2 has a great review of the 2005 Cooper. He asks some tough questions and, while he find the driving experience superb, other conclusions he reaches aren't all positive....
Update on the 2005 MCS JCW Kits
We just recieved this in the MotoringFile inbox from a dealer in the UK: I have some info about the new JCW kits. We are just recieving ours now, but only a...
MINIUSA to Bring Back The Anthracite Headliner
Early last week I sent a letter to a contact and MINIUSA regarding the Anthracite Headliner and it's availability in the US. Two days later we got a very promising response saying...
Another MCS Cabrio First Drive Report
Our friend over at GBMINI.net, Ian Cull, has posted his thoughts on the MINI Cooper S Convertible (MCSc) after a blast through the northeastern US countryside. Here's an excerpt: “I would say...
The 2005 JCW Kit to get New Injectors
We've picked up a few more details on the 2005 JCW kit for the MCS. Apparently one of the big differences between the '04 and the '05 is that the new kit...
Ask an MA: Answers
Here are the answers for the third iteration of “Ask an MA”. A mentioned before, with this version of Ask an MA our Motoring Advisor unfortunately wasn't capable of answering technical questions....
MINIUSA Configurator Updated for 2005
As scheduled the 2005 MINIUSA.com configurator was finally launched today (yes it was actually scheduled for 9/2 believe it or not) leading to lost job productivity for MINI enthusiasts everywhere. We at...
Official MINI Armrest Revealed
Update: The armrest in this story has since been withdrawn by MINI due to several concerns. They have now released a new armrest which will be available on all Us spec MINIs...