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.
More than any MINI in recent history the Roadster is a car that needs personal contact to fully understand it’s value proposition. It happened to us the first time we saw the...
The MINI JCW was a kit until 2006. Even then it was a factory option that was engineered in a garage. Then came the GP. Taking the spirit of the garage and...
For the first time ever MINI will be offering the six speed Aisin sourced automatic in the JCW. They first showed it in the JCW Countryman but we fully expect it to...
Over a month ago we broke the news tha a new GP was coming and debuting at MINI United this May. Last night in New York we got official confirmation. Dr Kay...
The highly anticipated Recaro seat option will be unavailable for the Coupe and Roadster during the month of April. This is due to a subtle tweak in the design of the stand-alone...
Ten years ago I played hooky from work for a few hours. After all it was a special day. A new brand from BMW was being introduced to the US that had...
Last January MINI pulled off perhaps the biggest win in it’s Motorsports resume since the 60’s with the a first place at the epic Dakar. Sure MINI did it in a dedicated...
MINI United, the largest MINI event in the world is back for 2012. After a three year hiatus Southern France will host the the biggest MINI related party of the year. And...
We’ve known it was coming for awhile. We had even predicted exactly when we’d see it’s debut and eventual launch. But it doesn’t diminish our excitement in seeing it close to production...
Our prediction two weeks ago that we’d be seeing a R56 based GP very soon appears to be coming true. Today we see that car in full motion (video after the break)...
