MINI Ad Agency Drive
On Sunday, MINIUSA’s new ad agency Butler, Shine, Stern, and Partners (BSSP) welcomed roughly 80 Northern California MINI owners to their Sausalito headquarters. The days events included a group drive organized in...
Photos From the Dragon
Greetings from the Travel Lodge somewhere in Kentucky. The Chicago Dragon group (it’s more of a coalition really) has made it halfway. I’ll be posting photos from the road to the MotoringFile...
MINI USA Sales Down 23% for April
MINI USA reported April sales of 3,313 automobiles, down 23 percent from the 4,310 cars sold in April 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 12,798 automobiles, a drop of 12 percent,...
A New Sheriff in Town
Frequent contributor Dave Bunting will be the ruler of all things MotoringFile for the next couple of days as I head down south for some Dragon slaying. Dave is well versed in...
MINI Challenge at Brands Hatch
The grids for Rounds 3 & 4 of the MINI Challenge were dominated by Arthur Forster (#1) and Gareth Nixon (#3) gaining pole position for both races in the S-Class and Club-Class...
White Roof Radio Podcast #57
The gas and dash show Gabe describes the install of his brand new JCW Leather Dash, and he actually used a saw getting his old dash out. We are still waiting for...
RIP Liquid Yellow
While Dave will probably be posting a bit more on the recent (and untimely) death of several MINI colors, I thought I’d make a special mention on Liquid Yellow. As we reported...
Dragon Pre-Registration Closed
And the total number of those registered for this year’s largest MINI event in North America….(drum roll please)… 612. Of course there will be dozens more there that haven’t registered so the...
MotoringFile Sponsor Shout-outs
Time again to give thanks to the fine folks that keep MotoringFile going. We’d also like to welcome a new sponsor to the site: MiniFini. That’s right, MiniFini is indeed back! Be...
Introducing MF Stickers + New Badges
Based on your requests we are now offering sticker versions of our MotoringFile Magnetic Grille badges. Each sticker is $4.50 and is made with the same materials as the magnetic badges (sans...