2008 Chicago Auto Show Gallery

Some great cars, interesting debuts and about a foot of snow. The 2008 Chicago Auto Show had it all this year. If your only interested in MINIs, you’ll want to skip into...

MF Exclusive: Factory JCW MINI In Detail

MF Exclusive: A few months ago we broke the news on a few of the upgrades expected on the new factory John Cooper Works MINI and some of the general performance figures....

Introducing BimmerFile

Today is the launch of BimmerFile.com – the BMW equivilant to MotoringFile. BimmerFile’s goal is to bring you interesting BMW news, links and reviews much like MotoringFile has done for the MINI...

Upcoming Stories on MotoringFile

We’ve got a few big stories coming in the next week or two on MF we thought you might want to know about. Some of these have been in the works for...

Is Hatchback a Dirty Word?

At least that is the question Wired is asking. >The hatchback body style has never really flown with American car-shoppers. Oh, sure, there have always been low-buck liftbacks for “entry level” buyers...

White Roof Radio #220

A bit of tech talk before going into our thoughts about the outcome of Street Tuner Challenge. That brings us to a question; Is it possible to tune an R56 to the...

JCW Challenge Race Car Tests at Silverstone

Crash.net the scoop on MINI’s JCW Challenge Race car test at Silverstone. Here’s an excerpt: >Newly announced Avon Tyres British GT Championship driver Paul O’Neill was amongst the drivers to get a...

MINI Sales Increase 20% for January

Official BMW USA Press Release: The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) today reported January vehicle sales of 16,935, down 22.4 percent as expected from the 21,811 vehicles sold...

White Roof Radio #219

Starting off talking a bit about the outdoor carting that our respective clubs do. I did miss it this weekend, but hopefully I’ll be able to take part next time around. A...

BMW Isetta Set for Production?

While we normally don’t put much credence to Auto Express scoops, we believe this one may have some legs. For one is matches much of what we’re hearing from our own sources....