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.
It’s taken years but MINI Connected is something that we at MF finally use on a daily basis. It’s simple in its scope but completely affective. With these new updates MINI is...
Last week the first letters from MINI USA went out to Cooper S owners extending the warranty on their turbos for 10 years or 120,000 miles. It’s both a generous move by MINI USA and one that was sorely needed. But there’s a lot of conflicting information and plenty of confusion for owners or even would be owners of these MINIs. So we have created the MotoringFile MINI Cooper S Turbo FAQ to bring together all the information in one place to give you a place get your questions answered and some insight into what to worry about and what to not.
MINIUSA is extending the warranty on specific Cooper S models directly relating to the turbocharger of their N18 engines. The warranty is being pushed to healthy 10 years or 120,000 miles for...
MINI reliability is a phrase that many former owners would scoff at. Yet MINIs have become decidedly more reliable and better built with the F generation of cars launched in late 2014....
It’s recently come to light that an organization that both BMW and Mercedes fund led diesel research on monkeys. The effort was intended to influence the public perception of diesel fumes being...
MINI USA sales are continuing their downward trend for the first month of 2018. In total MINI USA reported 2,937 vehicles sold, a decrease of 5.6 percent from the 3,110 sold in...
BMW is betting bit that drive sharing will be a big part of the future automotive market. The urbanization of populations worldwide and the changing attitudes towards car ownership have created a...
As anticipated, MINIUSA won’t be bringing the highly anticipated DCT transmissions to the US this year. But this news doesn’t come from secret sources. This comes via Automotive News and MINIUSA VP...
The next generation MINI due in the years ahead could get its own MINI-specific platform. A platform that isn’t bound by BMW design requirements and thus (theoretically) better suited for smaller MINIs....
The season kicks off tomorrow for the MINI JCW Team at Daytona. You can watch it live via the IMSA app AND ON THE IMSA website. Official release: The MINI JCW Team...
