MINI USA Dragster Debuts with Win

MINI USA has collaborated with the extreme California based tuner FIREBALL TIM RACING (FTR) to create a one-of-a-kind record-breaking dragster. The extreme MINI made its show debut, beating 300 competitors to win...

2006 John Cooper Works Accessories

Update: We’ve got photos and new info below! Despite 2006 being the last year for the current generation MINI, JCW has a few new products in the pipeline for the venerable R50...

The MotoringFile Top 5 Mods for the MCS

It’s time once again to dust off our top five MCS mods list and reevaluate. Only this time I’m going to ask for a bit of help. Ian (of gbmini.net fame) and...

The Rumored Lightweight MCS: Part 6

MINI will officially debut the new MCS Lightweight sometime next week according to a recent press release and language posted on the MINI United website. As we had predicted a few months...

White Roof Radio Podcast #17

The newbie show part 2! This time we hit all the basics on MINIUSA and ideas on how to configure your MINI and naturally run a little long in the process. I’d...

BMW/MINI UK Announce Automotive Recycling

From 1 January 2006 all owners of BMW, Rolls-Royce and MINI(1) vehicles (in the UK) will be entitled to free take back of their car once it has reached the end of...

MINI Cooper Remus Dual Exhaust Review

(Reviewed by Lucas) Just installed the dual tip Remus exhaust on my Cooper. This is actually the same kit that is used by German tuner AC Schnitzer kit. The exhaust looks well...

The MINI Concept Tokyo In Depth

Here’s the full press release detailing the new MINI Concept Tokyo that we’ll see in a few days at the Tokyo Auto Show (from MINI Press): At the Tokyo Motor Show MINI...

MotoringFile Makes the New York Times

It would appear that someone at the New York Times reads MotoringFile and likes a good joke as much as the rest of us. This appeared in today’s NYT Drivetimes:

Next Generation Cooper S at the 'Ring

This comes from Alex: A few German members from mini2-rheinland.de saw the next generation Cooper S on the Nurburgring “Nordschleife” this morning! You can check out more photos at the link below:...