EVO’s Long Term Cooper S Test
One of our favorite magazines has an update on it’s long term 2007 MCS. Here’s an excerpt: >OK, it is much bigger than the original Issigonis design (what isn’t?), but with the...
Cars.com Names Top Urban Cars
Cars.com knows what a beating a car in an urban enviroment can take. Bad roads and bad drivers don’t always help the cause. So with that in mind, they have made a...
Autospectator.com reviews the Clubman
In what has to be one of the most positive reviews seen so far, Autospectator.com reviews the Clubman. >One of the absolute highlights in this context is the innovative door concept of...
MINI Clubman In Depth (UK)
More doors, more space, more legroom, more individuality, more British production. (Official MINI UK Press Release – note not all features available worldwide. Technical Details available in PDF version below.) The new...
MINI USA Sales up 36% for September
Official MINI USA Press Release: MINI USA reports September sales of 4,031 automobiles, up 36 percent from the 2,964 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reports sales of 31,936 automobiles, an...
Anniversary of the MINI Debut
With the 2008 R55 MINI Clubman having made it’s public debut last month at the Frankfurt Motorshow, we thought it was appropriate to re-run a story that was first published on the...
Car Connection drives the Clubman
Another great review of a MINI that we don’t yet get to experience in the US. >That “Clubdoor” you see etched into the MINI’s flank opens on its rear hinges, like that...
Accelerate Bristol Drives the MINI Cooper D
For those of you that can actually purchase this MINI, Accelerate Bristol got some seat time in a MINI Cooper D and give us this very favourable review. >Where the old MINI...
BMW/PSA Engine Development Ends
Potentially huge news for the next generation of MINIs set to debut around 2012 (via Motoring Authority): >Unlikely bedmates BMW and the PSA Peugeot Citroen Group are breaking up – or at...
BMW X1/MINI SAV Caught Testing
Similar to the early X6 testing mules, BMW appears to be going old school with it’s camouflage of the BMW X1. But why on MotoringFile are we mentioning the X1? Because BMW...