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.
Maturity. That’s the overriding feeling you get when you step out of the 2023 F60 Countryman and into the new BMW X1. The X1 has raised the bar dramatically in terms of...
The concept of a circular economy isn’t a revolutionary new concept but one that has been practiced since humans first crawled out of caves. But doing it at scale is the real...
MINI is splitting its core Cooper offering into two distinctly different, yet visually identical products; the all new (electric) J01 MINI Cooper and the refreshed (ICE) F66 MINI Cooper. While we’ve talked...
MINI USA and the MINI John Cooper Works Team continued their excellent performance streak in the 2023 SRO TC America, trouncing the competition with three first place finishes at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) this weekend, as...
BMW has taken the wraps off of the BMW X1 M35i and we can’t help but dissecting it with the new JCW Countryman in mind. Given that the X1 and the Countryman...
The BMW Group has taken a significant stride toward the production of electric vehicles in the United States with the groundbreaking of the first ever US BMW battery plant in Woodruff, South...
MINI is about to usher in three new all electric models over the next 18 months, but the brand isn’t letting go of internal combustion engines (ICE) yet. For the 2025 model...
What you’re looking at are exclusive first photos of the 2025 electric MINI JCW scheduled to debut late next year. While this prototype is still camouflaged, we can see several tell-tale signs...
Is it possible to call any MINI the perfect highway car? In a word, no. But our 2023 MINI Countryman Untamed Edition may just be the perfect highway MINI. Recently we’ve been...
Recently we reported that Head of MINI Stefanie Wurst commented the brand was “99% sure” they wouldn’t offer manual options on future products. To go along with this announcement MINI’s latest limited edition JCW 1to6 is...
