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.
Hot off the presses, this is the data-drop that many of you have been waiting for. It includes weight, estimate MPG and just about everything else you could ever hope to know...
But don’t get too excited. These are preliminary numbers and may fluctuate slightly before they’re announced by the EPA in February. Now with that out of the way let’s look at the...
Often times the initial launch photos of a car do it a great disservice. They’re overly processed and produced to the point that they lack content. Luckily at the F56 launch event...
We’ve finally got US specifications on the F56 and the first thing that is interesting to note is weight. Yes weight is up across the board. For the Cooper 70 lbs and...
It’s official, the F56 MINI will start at less than $20,000. While prices are up slightly, MINI has held the line on many things and increased specifications across the board. Here’s the...
We’re in San Juan, Puerto Rico about to get behind the wheel of the new 2014 MINI Cooper and Cooper S. We will have a massive amount of data, photos, video and...
In 48 hours we will be among the first people in the world (outside of MINI) to drive the F56 MINI Cooper and Cooper S. We will also have access to MINI...
We learned last week at NAIAS that MINI’s F56 launch has been pushed back. Just how pushed back was a little unclear. At the time (as some of you may have heard...
The Timeline Lets start with the basics – timeline. MINI is planning to debut the 2015 JCW on the internet in December of 2014. This means we should see a production debut...
