The Italian Job Tour
Having trouble reliving the original Italian Job on your daily commute? Here’s your chance to do it right: The Italian Job Tour.
MINI_Motion Line Wins a Gold IDEA Award
From the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA.org): The MINI_motion product line contains a series of accessories-a watch, shoe, carpack, and jacket. The products are sold outside the typical channel of car...
Worldwide MINI Sales Up 14% for the Year
From MINI Press: In the first half of the year, 108,114 MINI brand vehicles were delivered to customers worldwide (previous year: 95,176/+13.6%). Growth became even more dynamic in June with sales rising...
MINI Convertible Wins a Silver IDEA Award
From the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA.org): BMW wanted to build on its popular MINI vehicle by offering a convertible model. The challenge was to integrate a fully automatic soft top...
Retro Failure
Jerry Flint from the Car Connection takes on retro in his most recent column and why it has failed for most automakers… with a few notable exceptions of course. Here’s an excerpt:...
The MINI Cooper S Powertrain in Detail
Quite a bit has been written about the current MINI’s Tritec Powerplant over the years. While there’s a certain amount of respect out there for it’s packaging, power, and apparent reliability, much...
MINI_Motion Watch Wins IDEA Design Award
The MINI_Motion watch (we reviewed last summer) has just been awarded a Bronze in the IDEA/BussinessWeek 2005 design award. Here’s an excerpt from the article: The MINI_motion watch features a digital display...
2006 Special Edition Websites
This slipped under our radar screen last week with all the other daily posts. MINI has launched a few web-pages detailing the three new special edition MINIs for 2006 that were announced...
A Three Year Report
Here’s another three year report from a frequent MotoringFile contributor. As you’ll seen find out, Rob has a specific style of writing that truly transports the reader: Marlowe had a name for...
MINI and Doctor Who
Here’s a story that’s been in the MF inbox for awhile just waiting for a day like today (from frequent contributor Timothy Sipples): Mini has a major role in the season finale...