Jalopnik Drives the MINI E
Our good friends at Jalopnik.com got their hands on the MINI E in New York City last week. >As long as you can get a clean start, the engineers claim you’ll be...
White Roof Radio #279
Micheal Todd and myself get together to talk about MINIs and Todd’s basement remodel. Oh yea, plus news from Motoringfile. We also discuss when show 300 will be landing and we think...
UK Configurator Updated
It’s a lazy Sunday. Snow, ice or rain keeping you indoors? Worry not friends because the UK MINI site has updated it’s configurator to include the R57! Thanks to MF reader rkw...
Sign of the Times #2: CD Change Prep No Longer Standard
MINI USA has eliminated the standard CD Changer prep from US market cars for all production going forward. The reason? Only 50 cars out of over 50,000 actually had CD changers installed....
The MINI E Has Landed in NYC
The first batch of MINI E’s were just spotted at MINI of Manhattan getting prepped from the long haul across the Atlantic. These cars are meant for use as both press cars...
Sign of the Times? Ash Tray & Lighter Gone From US Market
In a sign of the times MINI USA will be eliminating the ash tray and lighter from all MINIs sold in the US. Is it cost cutting? Is it simply due to...
MINI Cabrio in 3-D
This time via Adrants.com, how about the new Cabrio in glorious 3D? >This print ad — which appeared in German car magazines last Friday — is more than ink on paper. It’s...
MotoringFile (JCW) MCS has been Sold
Apologies for the personal nature of this post but we’ve had a lot of inquires about my MCS that was for sale a few weeks ago and I wanted to update all...
BMW Fighting MINI Recall
We had to see this coming. >NHTSA announced on Friday that it will hold a public meeting Dec. 17 and take comments until Dec. 12 on its Initial Decision that model year...
MINI USA Sales Likely to Drop?
The last few months of MINI worldwide sales have told a very different story than the US market. With the UK down 40% for October and the Oxford Plant shut down for...