Winter Driving Tips from Tirerack

Since the start of winter is almost upon us we thought it might be time for a little winter driving recap. For those in warmer climates you might want to skip this...

Autocar Reveals More of the Next MINI

Never one to rest on it's laurels, British magazine Autocar has a couple new photos of a testing mule that appears to be an early version of the R56 – the next...

New MotoringFile Desktop Wallpaper

As several have commented recently it's been a long time since we've added anything to our desktop wallpaper section. I'm happy to say the wait is over. Dave Bunting, long a fixture...

Official MINI/iPod Adapter Review

[Update: Matthew was kind enough to substantially update his review with another day's worth of use behind him. Skip down to the end of this article for the update portion.] For all...

MINIUSA To Finally Release iPod Adapter

Reports from a couple of people in the know indicate that the official iPod Adapter has just been released today and will slowly be making it's way out to dealers in large...

MotoringFile Profiled in Club Nouvelle MINI

Okay it's not really a profile on MotoringFile but on me. And it's not *exactly* written in english but in French. Laurent from Club Nouvelle (a European MINI enthusiast website) thought it...

Ask an MA: Answers

Aleks has a ton of information for us in the form of asnwers from the recent Ask an MA post: Hello all, It’s great to be back! I have tried to dig...

MINI's Definition of Limited Slip Differential

MINIUSA's awarding winning marketing is at it again… this time pertaining to the new and highly anticipated limited slip option. What they do is break down the option to make it easily...

MINI Designer Frank Stephenson Profiled

The Car Connection has an informative profile on Frank Stephenson, designer of the current MINI. Mr. Stephenson is currently the head of Ferrari/Maserati design and fresh off the introduction of the Ferrari...

Autoweek's Take on the Cooper Convertible

An excerpt from the Autoweek driver's log: I had a lot of exposure to our long-term hardtop Cooper S with more power and stiffer suspension, so I was pleasantly surprised by this...