The electric MINI Cooper has been named Best in Class for Safest City and Supermini by Euro NCAP thanks to impressive safety results from recent testing. What did it do to get the award and just how...
While much of MINI’s 2025 narrative centers on electrification and crossovers, there is another story hiding in plain sight. Performance is not going away. In 2025, MINI John Cooper Works sales increased...
The electric MINI Countryman SE doesn’t win on numbers. It won’t raise eyebrows with its range, speed or charging capabilities. But get behind the wheel and put miles on it and all...
Globally, MINI delivered 105,535 fully electric vehicles, an 87.9 percent increase year over year. For the first time in the brand’s history, electric models accounted for more than 30 percent of total MINI sales, pushing...
For most of its modern history, MINI’s global identity was defined by small cars. Hatchbacks led the volume charts, while larger models played a supporting role. In 2025, that balance decisively shifted....
One of MINI most controversial additions to the Cooper in its 2024 redesign was the fabric dash and door trim. So much so that, when we wrote about the upcoming 2028 MINI...
MINI closed 2025 with one of its strongest global performances in years, signaling that the brand’s reset is not just a North American story. Worldwide, MINI delivered 288,290 vehicles, an increase of 17.7 percent...
Over the last 12 years MINI Cooper has been on a path of methodical evolution rather than reinvention. Each refresh has historically been about sharpening the edges, refining the details, and nudging...
In the continuing saga of MINI and the manual transmission, there might be a new chapter. For a brand that built its modern identity on driver engagement, the disappearance of the manual...
MINI entered 2025 facing a year of transition. A new retail model, an almost entirely refreshed lineup, and mounting pressure to prove that electrification could drive real demand rather than just headlines....
MINI finished 2025 on a positive note in the U.S., posting full-year growth despite a sharp slowdown at the end of the year. On the strength of a largely refreshed lineup, MINI USA reported...
As 2025 comes to a close, one thing is clear. The global MINI community is as curious, engaged, and opinionated as it has ever been. And once again, MotoringFile existed to serve...
Join us over the next week as we look back at some of the biggest stories of our year – starting with the past imagining the future. One of the subjects that...
For a North America based site like MotoringFile, time behind the wheel of the new J01 electric MINI Cooper has been frustratingly limited. And until recently, the electric JCW variant had remained...
MINI has begun rolling out a major software update for the electric Countryman SE that has the chance to radically change how owners charge their cars for owners in North America. Beyond...
The Improbable Story of How MINI Outlasted the Rest of the British Motoring Industry British automotive history is littered with proud names that lost their way. Some drifted until the market forgot...
Every brand has its great what-ifs, but MINI’s biggest almost-car wasn’t just radical, it would have changed the brand forever. In the late 1990s, long before the reborn MINI took shape in...
The all new BMW iX3 is the first SUV built on the Neue Klasse platform and it is already drawing praise for its dynamics and tech. But it’s the underlying tech and...
Every few years MINI design circles back to the same source of inspiration. The ACV 30. The radical little concept that not only previewed the rebirth of MINI but helped reorient the...
MINI was recently in Japan for the debut of the Paul Smith MINI at the Japan Mobility Show. While they were there, they grabbed the keys to an F66 MINI Cooper JCW...
I’ve driven the Tail of the Dragon in more MINIs than I can remember. But the last time I was there just a few months ago was in a (forgive me) BMW...
What to inspect, what fails, and how to spot the gems Few modern cars have aged into cult-classic status as quickly as the first-generation MINI. The R50 and R53 brought the brand...
MINI has always delivered style, personality, and one of the most engaging small car driving experiences on the market. What the brand did not always deliver was consistency in long-term reliability. Owners...
Welcome to White Roof Radio 702. We start off strong by going deep on the Superleggera concept and the new MotoringFile video. Then we dive into all the MINI news (complete that...
If you want to understand what the new all-electric MINI Countryman SE is really made of, don’t look at spec sheets or WLTP charts. Take it to Iceland. That’s exactly what MINI...
MINI has spent the last decade with an uneven portfolio of driver assistance features. Some models nearly BMW level hardware. Others carried older systems that never quite matched what the parent company...
For MINI fans, “GP” has always meant something special. Long before BMW created its modern JCW GP models with carbon arches and Nürburgring lap times, the Cooper family defined what a Grand...
As MINI and it’s products evolve, one constant behind the scenes has been BMW Designworks, the California-based creative studio that’s had its fingerprints on the brand since it’s relaunch in the late...
When the MINI Superleggera Vision rolled onto the lawn at Villa d’Este in 2014, it instantly became one of the most breathtaking concept cars of the modern era. A minimalist, hand-formed sculpture...
MINI USA is once again doubling down on value and style with the debut of the 2026 MINI Oxford Edition – this time with the Countryman S ALL4 model. This new model...
MINI is heading back where it belongs, to the gravel, the mud, and the fast-flowing stages of rally racing. LAP Motorsport, the longtime partner behind MINI USA’s race and off-road programs, will...
BMW’s latest move in driver assistance tech isn’t just big news for its electric iX3 — it’s a glimpse into what’s coming for MINI. BMW has become the first automaker in Germany...
There’s something quietly revolutionary happening in the world of performance cars and it could easily find its way into the next generation of MINIs. Pirelli’s new Cyber Tyre system, recently named V2X Innovation of the...
When the MINI Superleggera Vision debuted at Villa d’Este in 2014, it looked almost too perfect to be real — a minimalist, hand-formed sculpture that captured MINI’s spirit while stripping away every...
