Kicking Tires 2007 MCS Review
The Cars.com blog Kicking Tires updates their experience with the R56 Cooper S trying it out as a 4 passenger car for a 2 hour drive. >On the minus side, I took...
Upgraded JCW Brakes Due for 2008
One of the more subtle but appreciated upgrades MINI made to the 2007 MCS R56 was the addition of the JCW brake kit as standard. Sure the calipers aren’t red and don’t...
BMW 1 Series tii Concept
Based on the reaction of yesterday’s BMW 135i story, we thought today’s BMW press release concerning a high performance 1 Series concept of the car might be of interest to some readers…...
MINI Wins Total Value Index for the 6th Time
Official MINI USA Press Release: For the sixth consecutive year, MINI has earned top honors in Strategic Vision’s 2007 Total Value Index TM (TVI). For 2007, the MINI brand achieved the highest...
BMW and MINI Win Coveted Carolina Award
Official MINI USA Press Release: The BMW Group picked up as many as four awards at the CAROLINA Internet Auto Award 2007 by AutoScout24, Europe’s largest automobile portal. With its EfficientDynamics program,...
Street Tuner Challenge Media Day
All three Street Tuner Challenge cars have been built and they rolled them out Monday to a few media folks, myself included. Turns out that not only was I media, but also...
BMW 135i Reviews & Why We Still Want One
One of the most highly anticipated cars of the past few years is almost upon us. The BMW 1 Series Coupe (the supposed successor to the BMW 2002) had its first official...
White Roof Radio #195
Starting off with Todd totally killing my intro, we truck on without Gabe and talk about all manner of things. We might have had some fine beverages while making the show and...
EVO Magazine Drives the R56 JCW
EVO (for years one of our two favorite car mags at MF) got its hands on a 2007 MINI Cooper S with the newly released JCW kit. While we’ve featured three owner...
Automotive News Covers MINI USA Sales
The leading industry news source talks about sales, Motor-Tober events and even guesses a bit on the Clubman pricing. Here’s an excerpt: >Mini offers no discounts or special leases. The new-generation Cooper...