Alex Sitbon, Author at MotoringFile

Woofcast #539: Thirteen Dollars and Fifty Cents, Plus Tax

Db still doesn’t think the diesel is coming and other news from [MotoringFile.com](https://www.motoringfile.com) start us out this week. All of the news that is fit for us to talk about it. A...

F60 | 2016 - 2024 MINI In the Press

Spied: F60 Countryman Plug-In Hybrid Caught Winter Testing

Another week, another set of [spy photos](http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1502-mini-countryman-plug-in-hybrid-spied-testing/) from [Automobile Magazine](http://www.automobilemag.com/). This time, the upcoming F60 Countryman was caught winter testing, but interestingly enough this is not the most interesting bit of the...

F56 Hardtop | 2014-2024 JCW

Exclusive: The F56 John Cooper Works Ordering Guide

When MINI USA announces order allocations for a new model, they usually provides Motoring Advisors with detailed information pertaining to the technical and pricing specificities of said model. This information serves as...

MINI Design MINI In the Press Technology

The Truth About Active Sound

Earlier this week, we [linked](https://www.motoringfile.com/2015/01/27/car-purists-vs-active-sound/) to an [article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americas-best-selling-cars-and-trucks-are-built-on-lies-the-rise-of-fake-engine-noise/2015/01/21/6db09a10-a0ba-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html?tid=pm_pop) from the [Washington Post](www.washingtonpost.com) describing how car enthusiasts feel about technology-generated engine sounds. Our takeaway was that Active Sound is a necessary evil given...

Official News Sales

MINI USA Sales Up 27% for January 2015

The first sales figures of the year are in! The result is good but don’t get carried away by the headline above. With 2,543 vehicles sold during the same period last year,...

Podcast

Woofcast #538: Overserved at the MGM Grand

Weather and Vegas silliness to get us started this week. And Todd had lunch with Carlos Santana. And Chad shoveled the driveway. And Todd reconned the Silverton Resort for [AMVIV](http://www.amviv.com/). Once I...

F54 | 2015 - 2024 MINI In the Press

Spied: F54 Clubman S Caught with Reduced Camouflage

Our colleagues at [Automobile Magazine](http://www.automobilemag.com/) have been on a roll lately. Following their [scoop](https://www.motoringfile.com/2015/01/23/mini-rocketman-renamed-mini-minor-and-other-rumors/) on the potential MINI Minor and Superleggera, they recently published a series of [spy pictures](http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1501-mini-cooper-clubman-spied-with-less-camouflage/) of the F54...

Ask MotoringFile JCW NAIAS Podcast

MF Interview: MINI USA VP David Duncan & Product Manager Chris Potgieter

It took us some time, but our interview with David Duncan and Chris Potgieter is finally available! One quick disclaimer before you listen. Because the new JCW was the focus of this...

Awards MINI In the Press

Auto, Motor und Sport Names F56 Best Car of 2015

The new MINI is only 14 months old but [awards](https://www.motoringfile.com/2014/09/18/the-new-mini-is-voted-best-looking-car-of-2014-in-its-class/) keep coming. This time [Auto, Motor und Sport](http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de) asked 112,000 of its readers to choose their preferred imported car, and the F56...

Podcast

Woofcast #537: The Coffee Mug is Mine!

db buys a MINI, Alex’s friends check out the new MINI 5 door and Todd makes a MINI say whoa! All that, plus news of the week from [MotoringFile.com](https://www.motoringfile.com) and Chad’s thoughts...