BMW Acquires John Cooper Works Brand
As we reported way back in the spring of 2005, BMW has been working for some time on bringing the JCW brand completely in house. As of today, that’s just what BMW...
White Roof Radio #118
We spend some time talking about the advantages of joining BMWCCA, especially the monthly newsletter, The Roundel. And Gabe really enjoys the MINI International Magazine. Then a little bit of BMW talk....
MINI USA Releases 2007 MPG Numbers
In light of increasing fuel prices, many manufacturers are striving to produce vehicles with an average fuel economy of 30 miles per gallon. The fact that the all-new 2007 MINI Cooper achieves...
BMW Group Heading for Record Year
The BMW Group has delivered 1,244,775 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles through the end of November this year. Compared with the same period last year (1,211,121), this is an increase of...
White Roof Radio #117
It’s the GP and News show! Starring Gabe as the GP reviewer, Todd as the GP owner and db as the tight hat wearer! Gabe has spent some time in the GP...
MF Podcast Review: JCW GP (Part 2)
With the LSD working overtime, I take the GP through some one of my favorite local five minute drives. It’s still cold and the tires are still not much better than solid...
First Photos of the 2009 MINI Convertible
Our friends at LeftLaneNews have the very first photos of the R57 2009 MINI Convertible. Due out in Europe sometime during the fall of 2008 (early 2009 for the US market), the...
JCW Recaro Seat Install Guide for the R56
We’ve got another PDF in our series of R56 install guides for this week’s DIY Friday. This time it’s the coveted JCW Recaro seats. They may not be available in the US...
PML Flightlink Electric Mini Cooper
We’ve received emails about this in the past, and even posted it, but now it’s between the pages of Car and Driver Magazine with a lot more information. >This 640-hp Mini exists...
Fiesta ST vs MC vs Swift
Autoexpress has another hatch-back shoot-out, this time including the R56 MINI Cooper, the Ford Fiesta ST and the Suzuki Swift. >It’s win number two for the new MINI. The Cooper S has...