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.
BMW has long enjoyed the reputation of being well built cars that have been exhaustively engineered and tested. And as MINI fans we’ve all seen the photos of a convoy of soon...
For over a year now we’ve told you about MINI’s plans for a high performance diesel to wear the moniker Cooper S D. In fact the MF Diesel section is riddled with...
MINI has been working on the idea of a city car for quite some time. However it was only last year that things began to fall into place and allow the idea...
The following report was done in conjunction with our friends at Bigblogg. Remember that 2011 Clubman we spotted outside of the BMW Environmental Test Center last week? While most of our attention...
Here it is, the 2011 MCS refresh that will be applied to the R55, R56 and R57 models. Autoexpress has the first photos of what can only be described as our best...
It’s taken a few months but last week we sat down with MINI Design head Gert Hildebrand and looked through all submissions of the Rail Accessory Contest. Gert and I talked about...
Now that we’ve reviewed the Countryman in detail our thoughts turn to products details and launch dates. We expect production ready vehicles to start rolling off the line this September in Austria...
Our friends from MINI Space (the internet arm of the official MINI International Magazine) recently were at the IMM 2010 (a huge European MINI meet) and stumbled onto two classic Minis completely...
MINI is considering green-lighting the radical Beachcomber concept that debuted at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. That news comes from Dr Wolfgang Armbrecht (head of MINI band management) via Autoexpress. We can...
Last week I spent several days talking MINI technology at the public unveiling of the BMW Environmental Test Center. While we have specific stories coming on the ETC we also wanted to...
