MotoringFile was born out of a love for all things MINI. Technically started in January 2003 with our first post announcing that MINI had just won car of the year. But in reality it started way before. I grew up with a love for all things automotive. That fascination was particularly influenced by my dad’s BMW 2002tii and my love for all things British.
For the first time in recent memory Worldwide MINI sales were down. In 2018 MINI sales were down 2.8% as compared to the record sales achieved in 2017. In total the brand...
According to our sources and now Autocar, MINI is positioning it’s 2020 electric MINI has a performance minded hot hatch. This is rather unique in the marketplace and should set the electric...
MINI UK sales were impressive for 2018 despite it being a terrible year for the auto industry. While the total figures were down slightly, the brand achieved a record market share of...
The jaw-dropping MINI JCW buggy debuted at last year’s Dakar to much fanfare. It was a clean sheet design that took all the know-how from MINI’s previous Dakar appearances in creating a...
It’s official: 2018 wasn’t great but December was downright terrible for MINI USA sales. For the month MINI USA sales totaled 2,797 vehicles, a decrease of 39.3 percent from the 4,611 sold...
Strong words. But after spending the last 35,000 miles in a JCW Clubman automatic and a JCW Countryman manual, I feel like I’m ready to make the statement that the worst manual...
Thanks to sources from both sides of the Atlantic, our crystal ball predictions are pretty clear for MINI in 2019. Over the next year we’ll see a lot of revisions and additions...
BMW and MINI electric vehicles have evolved greatly over the past decade. From the initial steps taken with the MINI E to the upcoming BMW iX3 and MINI Cooper E there have...
The start of the 2019 Dakar Rally is days away and the MINI team is prepping for an all-out assault on the world’s toughest race. Led by rally legends Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA),...
Top Gear gear took the MINI Cooper out against the all new Audi A1 recently and came away with a tighter battle then we would have expected. But before we get to...
