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.
Apparently BMW is serious this time. Not that the current JCW isn’t fast, but it’s clear that BMW will need more power if they are to position the MCS JCW against such...
Our “Next Generation MINI Revealed” story has proven to incredibly popular since it was first published in March of 2005. A quick look at recent MotoringFile stats shows that it was even...
MotoringFile Exclusive: The interior plastic trim on the R56 MINI will become smaller but available in more colors and materials. Our sources have confirmed that MINI will eventually offer such choices as...
Instead of sprinkling all 20+ photos of the new R56 prototypes throughout the official MINI press release, we thought readers might enjoy seeing them completely on their own in a separate post....
Racers take note, looks like MINI is getting serious about Racing (from 4Car): >Until now, competitive race series such as the John Cooper Challenge have been run on a country-by-country basis, but...
This comes from the Autoindustry.co.uk: >New MINI prices will reportedly be 3-4% higher than the current model’s, and BMW expects its investment in capacity expansion at Oxford to raise output to 240,000...
So BMW flies Edmunds out to the Netherlands, puts them up in nice hotel, gives them the keys to several R56 prototypes and some track time, and they can’t even write a...
Paul over at MINI2 has lots of video footage and photos of R56 prototypes (unfortunately all camouflaged) and some technical details as well. Be sure to check it out: [ R56 Video...
