White Roof Radio Podcast #45

We revisit audio options for you MINI. Check the shownotes link for links to products mentioned. We also announce the first ever WhiteRoofRadio contest! We need you to call in those detail...

MotoringFile Review: Honda Civic Si

I’ve thought long and hard about how to present this review. Long drawn-out prose? Two paragraphs and performance data? None of it really seemed appropriate.  Heck, I only had the car for...

MINI USA Promotes MINI Motoring Hearts

As a few of your have undoutedly noticed, MINI has quetly started a new compaign to promote good works and good news called Mini Motoring Hearts. Here’s more from this week’s Automotive...

White Roof Radio Podcast #44

Sneaking up on #50 ( ! ) We review numbers for the month so far, answer some listener feedback, tease you about the next contest and wish Todd a happy birthday! Yes,...

Castagna’s Hybrid MINI

Tucked away in the corner of this year’s Geneva Motorshow were a couple of rather interesting concepts created by the coach builder Carrozzeria Castagna (maker of the original new MINI wagon that...

Official H/K Retrofit PDF

It’s another DIY Friday here at MotoringFile and we have another official MINI PDF for you. Yes, it is probably a crazy idea – retrofitting something like the H/K system. But maybe...

MINI Traveler Caught Hot Weather Testing

MotoringFile reader Stefan managed to take a few pics of what appears to be the Cooper S version of the new R55 (aka the Traveler) during his honeymoon in Africa. While the...

South African GP Availability and Pricing

For our friends in South Africa we have a bit of JCW GP news for you. We’ve recently learned that MINI of South Africa will be getting up to 28 GPs. Pricing...

MF Review: MCS Supersprint Exhaust

Since stock exhausts typically have to appeal to a broad range of consumers many of the more enthusiast oriented owners tend to feel a little let down by the hollow tone and...

MotoringFile Needs a Server!

MotoringFile has a big problem. It’s a good problem, but a problem just the same. It seems that we now officially have a gazillion people visiting the site every day. And that...