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.
What do you call a car with more cup-holders than seat-belts? A MINI Clubman. We’ve confirmed another small detail about the interior configuration of the R55 and thought it might be interesting...
Last week I announced that I was selling my 2005 MCS and buying an 2007. This week, my ’05 MCS was officially sold and the order went in for my new R56....
MF Exclusive: Since we broke the news of the Clubman’s exclusive exterior color, Hot Chocolate, readers have been pondering what was in store for the interior. We can now exclusively report that...
Update The show is over and wow… it went incredibly well. Thanks everyone for watching. We’ll definitely trying this next week (Thursday around 10pm EST). Todd is off this week so DB...
After last week’s review of the R56, many of you asked how it was possible for the 2007 MCS to feel so much faster than previous version of the car with officially...
This edition of Ask MF comes courtesy of John H. >I’m about to order my 2007 Cooper S and was seriously considering getting the Nav until I saw thar MINI now offers...
This past Tuesday the first official Hot Chocolate pre-prodution Clubman rolled down the line at the Oxford Plant. It was described as a “dark shade of brown but with the most gorgous...
Here’s a little tidbit we had verified recently. The R56 Cooper gas tank is really 13.2 gallons for the US and Canada….the rest of the world gets the 10.6 gallon tank. Why?...
MINI Clubsport has what looks like one of the very first 2007 Cooper S race cars we at MF have seen prepped and ready to go for the 2007 season. Undoubtedly we’ll...
Most likely the last of our Dragon video footage for 2007, this is a full compilation of all video I shot from my garage in Chicago to our Cabin at Fontana. It...
