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.
There’s has been lots of speculation recently in the press on both when the next generation MINI will be debut and when it will launch to the public. While we don’t have...
For those of you curious to see what becomes of the MINI Motion line of products, it looks like we now have our answer (from MINI USA Press): >Who waits to seize...
Updated: I’m pleased to report that we now have well over 500 600 700 readers listed on the MotoringFile Reader Map! That makes it easily the biggest online MINI owner map in...
As the MINI Plant in Oxford gets ready to commence large scale production of the new MINI later next year, expect availability of some options to change. Specifically we’ve learned that Black...
It looks like the floodgates are starting to open and Edmunds.com is first in line with spyshots of those recently built 2007 MINI product mules. Here’s an excerpt from today’s edition: >The...
For several years now North American Motoring has been putting out a MINI calendar of some of the finest owner photography out there. The black and white calendar featured photos from MINI...
Another reminder from your friendly MotoringFile moderator. For those using MotoringFile RSS (either via a web-based service like Yahoo or a standalone app) you need to update your feeds. That means you...
Yet another interesting development within the BMW Group’s Research and Engineering department. This time those crazy pencil pushing engineers have turned to our old friend steam to further enhance the efficiency of...
Whiteroofradio soldiers on without me this week. In fact they’ve got a couple of special guests in this edition. Michael Babischkin takes my place this week and Fireball Tim joins the group...
Once in awhile we like to give an overall thanks to the people and the companies that make MotoringFile possible. As I often say, if you want to support the site, support...