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.
Here it is, the one you’ve been waiting for. We had a chance to speak to the MINI Design team this past Monday at the Detroit Auto Show and touched on everything...
One of the surprises to come out of Detroit was how many journalists loved the idea of the Beachcomber. The reaction to the concept was overwhelmingly positive to the point that we...
(Look below for the full release just published hours after this was originally posted). Over the last few days we’ve been able to get a clearer focus on MINI’s pending 2011 model...
Thanks to US regulations governing rear seat width, MINI will be forced to exclude the rear bench seat option for the US market. In its place will be two individual seats (somewhat...
Todd and I had a chance to catch-up with Dr. Armbrecht (VP of the MINI brand worldwide) yesterday a few hours before the introduction of the MINI Beachcomber. Dr. Armbrecht talked about...
We’ll have more on the Beachcomber release including our thoughts shortly. But until then we bring you the official transcript of the speech presenting the car for the first time to the...
The MotoringFile team will be bringing you every detail of the Detroit Auto Show over the next three days and part of that will be our continuously updated Flickr photo gallery above....
Well look at what we have here, it’s the MINI Crossover Concept. at first glance this looked as if it could be the actual Countryman. Alas the inage (courtesy of Jalopnik &...
Updated – thanks everyone for the questions. The cut off was Thursday night so anything before that time we got. Over the course of the press days at the Detroit Auto Show...
2011 is the start of an all-out product offensive for MINI. With efficiency regulations going up around the world, and the need for more economies of scale, BMW intends to leverage the...
