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.
Today BMW announced that they have reached an agreement for both parties to jointly develop a successor to the current four cylinder family of engines found in the MINI and several PSA...
(This article is specifically about the US-spec MINI JCW and not the version that comes with the aero-kit elsewhere in the world) Last year we gave you our take on the factory...
MINI of Australia this week released the JCW Challenge Edition meant to bring the factory JCW car a little closer in visual apparel to the JCW Challenge race cars. There’s no word...
Due to the design of MINI’s 1.6L turbo engine, much of the heat generated by the engine ends up being emitted from the side closest to the hood/bonnet. One unforeseen consequence has...
Under the darkness of night we switched servers last-night to something faster and more dedicated. It’s all around good news for us and you. With one little exception; any comments that were...
The answers; thankfully not so big. The German magazine Auto Bild had chance to get the latest R56 Hatchback in a studio with the just unveiled R60 MINI Countryman to show off...
The idea of a Gulf Livery MINI is dead. As of March production MINI will be ceasing Oxygen Blue production and replacing it on the Cooper hatchback with Interchange Yellow. In other...
[nggallery id=5] In today’s look at the book MINI Design Past Present Future, we look at the early stages of the R56. It’s interesting to see how MINI design was trying to...
[nggallery id=4] In part three of our look into the book MINI Design Past Present Future, we look at the sketches that lead to the JCW GP’s interior. What’s really interesting about...
