White Roof Radio #96
Try as we might, we still go long tonight. We answer some listener voicemails, I say 13th when I meants to say 23rd and Vanwall asks for us to put everything together...
MINI the world: Mt. Baker Run 2006
Traveling the world is always fun. Meeting and making new friends far away from home is even better. And the best is to go motoring with friends. That is exactly what happened...
R56 Television Promos
More for video Friday! Sent in by MF reader Berthil WOOHOO!
MF Reader on the ‘Ring
This Friday brings us Motoringfile reader Andrea Gritta, who writes: I’ve been at the Nurburgring the previous weekend, and I’ve made a new personal record. Check out my lap if you’ve got...
Richard Hammond Tests Three MINIs
We have a very special MotoringFile video Friday this week. For those that may not know, Richard Hammond (presenter on our favorite motor show in the world, Top Gear) recently sustained serious...
MINI vs. Quality
A familiar story. Sitting in the front passenger seat of my 2003 Mini Cooper was an engineer from one of the domestic automakers. As we drove down the road—a typically bumpy southeastern...
The JCW GP Top Five Mods
After one month of ownership it’s finally time to post my top five mods for the JCW GP so here goes. JCW leather/Alcantara steering wheel. When driving any car, the steering wheel...
US Interior Option Changes for the R56
We’ve got a scoop on what the US market will be seeing in the way of interior options. As with the R50 and R53, the US market will not offer all the...
MINI United in 2007 & MTTS in 2008?
For quite a few MINI owners who attended MINI United in Misano Italy last year, the prevailing question was, when can we do this again? We’re happy to exclusively report that MINI...
’06 Cabrio Delays
For those of you looking to get one of the last 2006 convertibles, you might have to wait a little bit longer. According to internal sources, MINI mistakenly gave many of the...