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.
Certainly a bad day for MINI. First Kerri Martin leaves for VW and now MINI’s award winning advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky makes the move to bigger money. This news comes...
Here it is folks… the first clear spy shots of the upcoming extended wheel-base MINI. Autowereld (and Dutch publication) has the scoop. Unfortunately our Dutch is a little rusty so let me...
Update: Thanks to an intrepid reader we’ve now learned that JCW isn’t aware of this product being sold as an accessory despite it being shown in the JCW tent along with other...
When it’s all said and done Hurricane Katrina will probably be the most economically devastating natural disaster to hit the US ever. And that’s not to mention the enormous human toll that...
It looks like that Engine Wiring Harness Campaign we reported on last week has been officially announced by MINIUSA. This news comes directly from the fine folks at MINIUSA HQ: MINI is...
Is it a bug or a feature? It’s a question software developers often grapple with when releasing software to the public. When something goes wrong, doesn’t work perfectly, or simply doesn’t look...
White Roof Radio Podcast #9 is a wrap and it looks like we’ve got the best one to date. We were lucky enough to have the famous Randy Webb from Webb Motorsports...
We do our best to make MotoringFile your window into the MINI world. In doing so we typically like to keep world news out of our general scope. However, I think the...
We’ve got the goods on the three new OEM wheels for the 2006 model year including full weight numbers. In the US all three will be available as dealer accessories with the...
Winding Road is chock full of MINI related info in this latest issue. In the past several issues Winding Road has been counting down the top 50 driver’s cars and in this...