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.
Nate writes: >With all the extra room in the rear, should we expect the Clubman to carry a spare tire and do without runflats? As with the coupe, the MINI Clubman Cooper...
Over the last year we’ve heard rumors of BMW working on a small city car to be positioned below the current MINI. With European law-makers looking more likely to demand lower and...
Today is MINI USA product manager Jeff Stracco’s last day with MINI. He’s moving on to another very cool opportunity in a far (far) off land. So we wanted to take a...
As some readers of MotoringFile may be aware, I sold my much loved 2005 Cooper S a couple of months ago for a brand new and fully loaded 2007 MCS. And instead...
Here are the numbers a lot of you have been waiting for. Included in this PDF are the final US spec weight figures and rear passenger space among others. [ US Clubman...
Today marks the start of official sales for the new JCW Challenge race car. You can read all about the car and check out the purchase contract below: [ MINI Challenge Race...
MINI recently completed some initial testing of the final spec JCW Challenge Race Car at the Nurburgring Grand Prix track (not the Nordschleife) with some impressive results. Our sources tell us that...
To continue on the track theme from yesterday, this question was sent in by MF reader Fred: >When testing a car, driving autocross, or racing, do you leave the DSC engaged, turn...
Let’s just say it. Certain parts of the MINI community (like other automotive communities) tend to spend way too much time arguing over modifications to their cars. What works, what doesn’t and...
